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Федеральное агентство морского и речного транспорта Федеральное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования

Волжская государственная академия водного транспорта

Кафедра иностранных языков

Ю.Р. Гуро – Фролова, О.Б. Соловьева

Business English

Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса

экономических специальностей

Нижний Новгород Издательство ФБОУ ВПО «ВГАВТ»

2012

Федеральное агентство морского и речного транспорта Федеральное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования

Волжская государственная академия водного транспорта

Кафедра иностранных языков

Ю.Р. Гуро – Фролова, О.Б. Соловьева

Business English

Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса

экономических специальностей очной формы обучения

Нижний Новгород Издательство ФБОУ ВПО «ВГАВТ»

2012

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УДК 811.111

Г 95

Рецензент: кандидат педагогических наук О.В. Чувилина

Гуро – Фролова, Ю.Р.

Business English: учеб. пособие для студ. 1 курса оч. обуч. эконом. специальностей / Ю.Р. Гуро – Фролова, О.Б. Соловьева. – Н. Новгород: Изд-во ФБОУ ВПО «ВГАВТ», 2012. – 57 с.

Целью данного пособия является развитие умений во всех видах речевой деятельности на основе профессионально-ориентированных тем. Система упражнений направлена в первую очередь на формирование и развитие лексических, коммуникативных навыков, а также умений чтения и перевода со словарем текстов по специальности. Материал пособия организован в виде тематических уроков. К пособию прилагается диск с аудиоматериалами.

Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов 1 курса очной формы обучения по специальности 080100 «Экономика (бакалавриат)», а также может быть использовано для специальности 080200 «Экономика (менеджмент)».

Работа рекомендована к изданию кафедрой иностранных языков (протокол № 2 от 10 октября 2011).

© ФБОУ ВПО «ВГАВТ», 2012

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Unit 1

Being an Economist

1.Reading. Read the article and find the following:

1.Carlos Ghosn’s nationality is Brazilian.

2.Two companies that he works for are _______.

3.A city in Asia is _________.

4.Three European cities are ________.

5.A country in Asia is __________.

New words from the article:

foreign

иностранный, зарубежный

the head of the company

глава компании

employee

работник

IT (informational technology)

информационная технология

to commute

перемещаться на работу и с работы

tax

налог

ticket

билет

expensive

дорогой

increase

увеличение

government

правительство

Working in a foreign country

Today more and more people travel in their job. Carlos Ghosn is a Brazilian businessman and he travels to different countries for his work. He is the head of the French car

company Renault, and he spends 40 per cent of his time in Paris. He is also the head of Nissan, and he spends 35 per cent of his time in Asia, in Tokyo. He spends 25% of his time in other countries, such as the USA.

Some employees travel to

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different countries to work on projects. They are in the country until the project ends and then they return home. For example, many IT engineers live in India but work on projects in the USA. Other people live in a country but go to work every day to a different country. In Europe, workers regularly commute between Brussels, London and Paris. Plane tickets are not expensive and travel between the cities is easy with a European passport.

But is the increase in business travel a good thing? It is interesting for employees to meet different nationalities. It is also good for business to have contacts in different countries around the world. But there are also problems. Some employees spend a lot of time away from their home country and it is not easy for governments to decide exactly where workers should pay tax.

2. Read the article again. Are these statements true or false?

1.Carlos Ghosn is the head of BMW. It is false. He is the head of Renault company.

2.He travels between Asia, Europe and the USA.

3.Some workers travel to different countries to work on projects.

4.Indian software engineers work on projects in the UK.

5.It is difficult to travel between European cities.

6.It is interesting to meet people from different countries.

7.Contacts in different countries are good for business.

8.It is difficult to know what country to pay tax in.

3.Speaking. Do you like the idea of working in a different country as part of your job? What countries do you think are interesting to work in?

4.Complete the table with a country or nationality. 1-5 are from the article. Use a dictionary to help you with 6-12.

1.

France

1.

French

 

7. Germany

7.

 

2.

Brazil

2.

 

 

8.

8.

Chinese

3.

 

3.

American

 

9.

9.

Polish

4.

 

4.

British

 

10. Japan

10.

5.

 

5.

Indian

 

11.

11. Russian

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

6. Spain

6.

12. Kuwait

12.

5. Choose the correct word in italics.

1.We are Britain/British but we live in China / Chinese.

2.There are a lot of Australian / Australia workers in Hong Kong.

3.I am from Poland / Polish and I live in Warsaw.

4.Three of our employees are in Japanese / Japan on a project.

5.The head of the company is Sweden / Swedish.

6.Is this your first visit to Asia / Asian?

6.Talk about the nationalities of these companies. Talk about other companies you know.

Shanghai Tang, Michelin, General Motors, Aeroflot, Adidas, Sony, McDonalds.

Shanghai Tang is a Chinese company.

7.Career skills.

Introducing yourself

When we meet business contacts for the first time, we usually give information about ourselves, for example name, nationality, job title, company, etc. We may also need to ask people for information about themselves. Look at the following examples:

1.What is your name?

I am Tom Allen. (My name is Tom

 

 

Allen.)

2.

Where are you from?

I am from Brazil.

3.

What do you do?

I am an IT manager.

4.

What company are you with?

I am with Alcoa.

5.

What countries do you have

We have contacts with Japan and

contacts with?

China.

6.

How many employees are

There are one million employees.

there in your company?

 

7.

Do you travel a lot on

Yes, quite a lot.

business?

 

8 (1). Listening. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

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1.Is this Jan’s first or second meeting with Ben?

2.What company is Ben (Jan) with?

3.What is Ben (Jan)?

4.What nationality is Ben’s company?

9. Speaking. Use the information from the table. Introduce yourself to your partner and ask questions.

10.Find the meaning of the following words in the dictionary: production, distribution, consumption, supply, demand, income, entrepreneur, profit.

11.Read the text and explain the words in bold.

What is Economics?

Economics is a social science studying production, distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services. Economists focus on the way in which individuals, groups, business enterprises, and governments try to achieve efficiently any economic objective they select.

Standard economics can be divided into two major fields. The first, microeconomics, explains how supply and demand in competitive markets create prices, wage rates, profit margins, and rental changes. Microeconomics assumes that people behave rationally. Consumers try to spend their income in ways that give them as much pleasure as possible. As economists say, they maximize utility. For their part, entrepreneurs seek as much profit as they can extract from their operations.

The second field, macroeconomics, deals with modern explanations of national income and employment. Macroeconomics dates from the book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1935), by the British economist John Maynard Keynes. His explanation of prosperity and depression is based on the total or aggregate demand for goods and services by consumers, business investors, and governments.

Vocabulary

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business enterprises – коммерческие предприятия efficiently – эффективно

objective – цель fields – отрасль

competitive markets – конкурентные рынки wage rates – ставки заработной платы profit margin – размер прибыли

to assume – предполагать utility – полезность

to extract – извлекать employment – занятость prosperity – процветание

aggregate demand – совокупный спрос

12.Choose words from the list to fill in the gaps, then use them to make sentences:

maximize, aggregate, business, rental

1._______ enterprise

2._______ change

3._______ utility

4._______ demand

13.Answer the questions:

1.What does economics study?

2.What do economists focus on?

3.What are the two major fields in economics?

4.What does microeconomics explain?

5.What does microeconomics assume?

6.What do entrepreneurs seek?

7.What does macroeconomics deal with?

14. Make notes under the following headings:

Economics as a science, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics.

Close your books, look at your notes an talk about economy.

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There are two hundred and thirty-nine point three four US dollars to the euro. (to the British pound, etc.)
Listening. Listen and complete the information.

Unit 2

Money

1. Match the countries with the currency.

country

currency

1. Italy

a. dollar

2. the UK

b. pound

3. Japan

c. yen

4. the USA

d. riyal

5. Saudi Arabia

e. euro

2. What is the currency in your country? Add more currencies to the list above.

Look at how we say large numbers

800 eight hundred

80,000 eighty thousand

50,000,000

fifty million

Look at how we say these numbers

 

 

157

a/one hundred (and) fifty-seven

579

five hundred (and) seventy-nine

5,790

five thousand seven hundred (and) ninety

57,901

fifty-seven thousand nine hundred (and) one

5,790,000

five million seven hundred (and) ninety thousand

When we talk about exchange rates, we can say the decimal point (.)

$239.34

3 (2).

1.We have ______ workers in our factory.

2.There are ______ dollars to the British pound.

3.Their company manufactures more than _______ products every

year.

4.I have _______ Saudi Arabian riyals. How much is that in euros?

5.The world population increases by ______ people every day.

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6. Our profits this year are _______ euros.

4. Reading. Read the article and answer the question:

Does the writer think that money is the only thing that rich people can use to help the world?

New vocabulary:

charity

 

благотворительность

recently

 

недавно

charitable foundation

 

благотворительный фонд

founder

 

основатель

the rich

 

богатые

the poor

 

бедные

poverty

 

бедность

solution

 

решение

social connections

 

общественные связи

skills

 

умения

environment

 

окружающая среда

 

The Business of Giving

Today many rich and famous people give money to charity. Technology billionaire Bill Gates recently gave $ 31 billion to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Other technology leaders also give away money. Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay wants to use his billions to help “make the world a better place”.

Why do charities receive so much money? One reason is that there are more rich people than in the past. The world now has 691 billionaires, compared with 432 in 1996. Rich people in many different countries give millions of euros,

riyals, yen and other currencies to charity.

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