- •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.
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1) to set up a business
a) быть должным деньги
2) to borrow a loan from a bank
b) предоставлять товары в кредит
3) to lend money
c) вкладывать деньги
4) to invest money
d) выпускать акции
5) to owe money
e) долгосрочные обязательства
6) to issue shares
f) текущие расходы
7) long-term liabilities
g) оборотный капитал
8) to provide goods on credit
h) удерживать прибыль
9) to buy bonds
i) финансовый отчёт
10) working capital
j) активы компании
11) operating expenses
k) открывать компанию
12) to retain earnings
l) брать кредит в банке
13) company’s assets
m) предоставлять деньги в кредит
14) financial statement
n) счёт прибылей и убытков
15) profit and loss account
o) балансовый отчет
16) balance sheet
p) покупать облигации
3. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
What do you need to set up a business?
What is interest?
Who are shareholders? What do they get when a company has a profit?
What do investors do?
How are debts called in accounting?
What is working capital?
How is profit calculated?
What is tax? What is its purpose?
What financial statements do you know?
4. Complete the crossword puzzle using the information from the text.
Across
3. Small companies often try to get bank loans when they need to ……. money.
5. We don’t have sufficient ….. to build a completely new factory.
7 and 6 down. Details of company’s liabilities are shown on the ……. …… .
8. We’re going to raise more money by selling new shares to our existing …… .
12. We had to raise $50,000 …… in order to start the business.
13. We’re going to pay back some of the people who lent us money, and reduce our ……. .
14. I decided to buy a $10,000 ……. instead of shares, as it’s probably safer.
16. Another term for profit is net ……. .
18. I think this is a good investment: it pays 8% ….. .
20. When they saw our financial statements, the bank refused to …… us any more money.
21. Profit is the difference between revenue and …… .
Down
1. The profit and ……. account shows if a company is receiving more money than it’s spending.
2. If you don’t like taking risks, you should only …… in very successful companies.
4. A company’s retained earnings belong to its ……. .
6. See 7 across.
9. Anything a company uses to produce goods or services is an …….. .
10. The company made such a big profit, I expected a higher ……. .
11. We sold a lot more last year, so our ……. went up.
15.We ……. our suppliers $100,000 for goods bought on credit.
17. Everyone who buys a share …… part of the company.
19.Thirty per cent of our profits goes straight to the government in …… .