- •26 Апреля 2013
- •Contents
- •1. Business Finance
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
- •4. Complete the crossword puzzle using the information from the text.
- •4. Make up your own sentences using the vocabulary from ex.1 and the text.
- •5. Discuss the following.
- •2. Personal Banking
- •1. Read the text about personal banking and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Complete the advertisement with the words from the box.
- •4. Read the text again and decide whether the folowing statements are true or false.
- •5. Find words in the text with the following meaning.
- •6. Discuss the following.
- •3. Commercial and Retail Banking
- •1. Read the text about commercial and retail banking and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Complete the sentences from banks’ websites using the vocabulary of the unit.
- •4. Match the two parts of the sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •5. Find verbs in the text that can be used to make word combinations with the nouns below. Then use some of the verbs in the proper form to complete the sentences.
- •6. Discuss the following.
- •4. Central Banking
- •1. Read the text about central banking and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Complete the text from the website of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States.
- •4. Make word combinations using a word from each box. One word can be used twice. Then use the word combinations to complete the sentences below.
- •5. Discuss the following.
- •5. Venture Capital
- •1. Read the text about a venture capital company and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Read the text again and answer the questions.
- •4. Match the two parts of the sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •5. Complete the crossword puzzle using the vocabulary of the text.
- •6. Discuss the following.
- •6. Stocks and shares
- •1. Read the text stocks and shares and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Read the text again and decide whether the statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •4. Match the following words in the box with their definitions below.
- •5. Make word combinations matching the two parts of the table. Then use the correct forms of the word combinations to complete these sentences below.
- •6. Discuss the following.
- •7. Financial Planning
- •1. Read the text and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Match the words in the box with the definitions below.
- •4. Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •5. Match the two parts of the sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •6. Discuss the following.
- •8. Business Plans
- •1. Read the text about business plans and answer the following questions.
- •2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
- •3. Make word combinations matching the two parts of the table. Then use the correct forms of the word combinations to complete these sentences below.
- •4. Complete the following sentences using the vocabulary of the text.
- •5. Choose the correct option (a-c) to complete the text.
- •6. Discuss the following.
2. Read the text again and match the English collocations on the left to their Russian equivalents on the right.
1) part ownership of a company |
a) получать фиксированный дивидент |
2) stockholders |
b) первичный рынок |
3) securities |
c) внебиржевой рынок |
4) government bonds |
d) долевое владение компанией |
5) equity |
e) номинальная цена акции |
6) ordinary shares |
f) зависеть от спроса и предложения |
7) to receive a fixed dividend |
g) акционеры |
8) to go bankrupt |
h) автоматизированные системы торгов |
9) to go into liquidation |
i) акционерный капитал |
10) primary market |
j) назначать цену |
11) оver-the-counter (OTC) markets |
k) прекратить существование |
12) nominal value of a share |
m) ценные бумаги |
13) to depend on supply and demand |
n) производить торги |
14) automatic trading systems |
o) обыкновенные акции |
15) quote bid |
p) государственные облигации |
16) to sell at a profit |
q) произвести выпуск новых акций |
17) spread |
r) размещать заявки о покупке и продаже акций |
18) mark-up |
s) сделать отчет по результатам комплексной проверки |
19 to place buying and selling orders |
t) процентная надбавка |
20) to produce a due diligence report |
u) обанкротиться |
21) to produce a prospectus |
v) гарантировать выпуск акций |
22) to make a flotation |
w)предоставлять проспект |
23) to underwrite the stock issue |
x) разница между доходностью акций |
3. Read the text again and decide whether the statements are true (t) or false (f).
New companies can apply to join a stock exchange. (T/F)
Investment banks sometimes have to buy some of the stocks in an IPO. (T/F)
The due diligence report is produced by the company’s own accountants. (T/F)
The dividend paid on preference shares is variable. (T/F)
If a company goes bankrupt, the first investors to get any money back are the holders of preference shares. (T/F)
Stocks that have already been bought at least once are traded on the primary market. (T/F)
NASDAQ and the AIM have more regulations than the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. (T/F)
The market price of stocks depends on how many buyers and sellers there are. (T/F)
Automatic trading systems do not require market makers. (T/F)
Market makers make a profit from the difference between their bid and offer prices. (T/F)
4. Match the following words in the box with their definitions below.
bankrupt going public flotation liquidation prospectus preference shares stock exchange to underwrite market price investors primary market nominal value secondary market ordinary shares |
1. a document describing a company and offering stocks for sale
2. a market on which companies’ stocks are traded
3. buyers of stocks
4. changing from a private company to a public one, quoted on a stock exchange on a stock exchange
5. the first sale of a company’s stocks to the public
6. to guarantee to buy newly issued shares if no one else does
7. shares that pay a guaranteed dividend
8. the most common form of shares
9. insolvent, unable to pay debts
10. the sale of the assets of a failed company
11. the price written on a share, which never changes
12. the marker on which shares can be re-sold
13. the price at which a share is currently being traded
14. the market on which new shares are sold