III. Vocabulary to Text a

 

admission	–	допуск
advance	–	прогресс, достижение
auction	–	аукцион
to bid (against)	–	предлагать цену (на аукционе)
to bring together	–	свести вместе
on behalf (of)	–	от имени
campaign	–	кампания
capacity	–	вместимость
to charge (a price)	–	назначить (цену)
chiefly	–	главным образом
cocoa beans	–	бобы какао
conceivable	–	возможный
corresponding	–	соответствующий
decay	–	разрушение
to equal	–	равняться
to exceed	–	превышать
to fall	–	падать
finite	–	ограниченный
force	–	сила; фактор
ground	–	спортивная площадка
incentive	–	стимул
intermediary	–	посредник
lucrative	–	выгодный, прибыльный
namely	–	а именно
other things equal	–	при прочих равных
packaging	–	упаковка
to perform	–	выполнять
quantity demanded	–	требуемое количество
quantity supplied	–	предлагаемое кол-во
range	–	диапазон
to relate	–	устанавливать отношение, относиться
to recognize	–	признать
to rise	–	подниматься
sale	–	продажа
schedule	–	таблица, схема
set	–	набор, система
space	–	место
stand	–	трибуна
to stock	–	хранить на складе
stockbroker	–	биржевой маклер
superficially	–	внешне, поверхностно
to underlie	–	лежать в основе
to warn	–	предостерегать

 

IV. Test

 

1. Выберите из колонки справа по смыслу слова, пропущенные в предложениях.

 

1) At the London Stock Exchange stockbrokers ... business on behalf of clients. 2) When supply is much greater than demand traders cut prices until the ... price is reached. 3) To understand how a market works in practice, we must study the interaction of ... and supply.   4) When the quantity demanded ... the quantity supplied, the sellers may run out of stock. 5) ... supply happens when the price of a commodity is too high.   6) At high prices it becomes very ... to supply the goods. 7) To balance the market, the traders must ... intermediate price. 8) At the auctions buyers ... against each other with the seller taking a passive role. 9) Some markets do not bring buyers and sellers together and operate through ... . 10) When the price is too low, there is no ... to supply the commodity.

a) exceeds b) lucrative c) transact d) bid e) intermediaries f) equilibrium   g) underlie h) incentive i) demand j) charge   k) capacity l) excess

 

2. Выберите существительное, которое может следовать за данным глаголом:

1) to bring together       a) the buyers;                                     b) the prices;                                     c) the sales.	2) to charge          a) spaces;                             b) stocks;                             c) prices.
3) to exceed          a) the goods;                             b) the quantity;                             c) the quality.	4) to increase        a) the intermediary;                               b) the supply;                               c) the equilibrium.
5) to adopt            a) a definition;                             b) an allocation;                             c) an auction.

 

3. Выберите из приведенного списка термины, соответствующие данным определениям.

а) gathering of buyers and sellers to exchange commodities or services; space or building used for it; b) the quantity of commodities sellers wish to sell at each possible price; c) the quantity of commodities buyers wish to purchase at each possible price; d) amount or number being measurable; e) state of balance; f) buying and selling transaction.

1. demand; 2. equilibrium; 3. sale; 4. market; 5. supply; 6. quantity.

 

Unit 8