1. Перепишіть подані речення. Визначте за граматичними ознаками, якою частиною мови є слова, оформлені закінченням – s – і яку функцію це закінчення виконує, тобто чи є воно:

а) показником 3-ї особи однини дієслова в Present Indefinite

б) ознакою множини іменника

в) показником присвійного відмінка іменника (див. зразок виконання 1).

1. Interest of foreign businessmen in significant investments in Ukraine’s economy has grown.

2. All towns and villages of Ukraine are connected by a wide network of highways.

3. The Odessa State Economic University trains highly qualified specialists.

2. Перепишіть подані речення та перекладіть їх, звертаючи увагу на особливості перекладу українською (російською) мовами означень, виражених іменником (дивись зразок виконання 2)

1. Those students who study on a contractual basis may be freed from tuition fees if they study well.

2. Our country possesses great business and investment opportunities.

3. Modern banking technology enables payment systems to handle volumes of information faster and with greater accuracy.

3. Перепишіть подані речення, в яких є різні форми порівняння та перекладіть їх українською (російською) мовами (дивись зразок виконання 3).

1. This machine tool is a bit more expensive than that one but it is much better.

2. Petrol is almost twice expensive now as it was a few years ago.

3. This road is about 20 kilometres longer than that one.

4. Перепишіть подані речення, підкресліть в кожному з них дієслово – присудок та визначте його видо-часову форму та стан. Перекладіть речення рідною мовою. У розділі /Б/ зверніть увагу на особливості перекладу пасивних конструкцій. (див. зразок виконання 4)

А) 1. All the girls who work at our exhibition as guides speak several foreign languages.

2. The manager was giving the last-minute instructions to his assistant when the TV people came to interview him.

3. We will require a large number of experienced specialists in the programming sphere.

В) 1. We are interested in buying modern office equipment for our research institute.

2. All the machines have been tested and the results have been written down and filed.

3. They were signing the contract when the press representatives arrived.

5. Перепишіть подані речення, підкресліть в них модальні дієслова та дайте їх еквіваленти. Перекладіть речення рідною мовою. (див. Зразок виконання 5)

1. You will not be able to achieve anything important if you can’t plan your time.

2. We must let you know that the factory could not fulfil its obligations under the contract.

3. These experiments may be successful in the near future.

6. Перепишіть подані речення, підкресліть в них Participle I, Participle II. Перекладіть речення рідною мовою (див. Зразок виконання).

1. The match cancelled last week will be held next Sunday.

2. While looking through the documents the inspector found several errors.

3. Students attending classes and seminars regularly usually have no troubles during examinations.

7. Прочитайте, перепишіть і письмово перекладіть українською (російською) мовами текст:

My Future Speciality.

Our country has taken on a course towards the market economy. In such conditions the significance of economist speciality is increasing. Economists have an important part to play in intensifying the national economy. In their work economists are guided by the latest achievements in science, technology and economics.

You may become an economist after graduation from the university or technical college and work at the industrial enterprise, research institute, at any firm or company.

While being at the university the students master the following subjects: statistics, organisation and planning of production, branch economics, fundamentals of management, marketing, cost-accounting, scientific labour organisation, industrial finance and others.

And economist has to know organisation of industrial management, organisation of labour and wages, organisation and planning of production as well. He must be able to work out long range and current plans of production, cost-accounting indicators, quota prices for new types of goods, give scientific forecasting of branch development.

Forecasting can not be without research, without the coordinated activity of large teams of research workers and investigators. Proceeding from the data contained in the forecasts, planning bodies are in a position to choose the most effective solutions as regards the trend of development, content which will subsequently take the shape of plan indices and targets. Forecasts are used in varying degree at all stages of the plan-drafting process and even at the stage of plan-fulfilment itself.

A modern economist must have good knowledge of management, marketing, accounting and many other branches of economics. Only a well-trained economist can cope with his tasks.

Words and word combinations to be remembered:

Speciality - фах

Cost-accounting - госпрозрахунок

To work out - розробляти

Indicator - показник

Forecasting - прогноз

Labour and wage – праця і зарплата

Accounting – облік (бухгалтерський), звітність

Research work – науково-дослідна робота

To cope with – справлятися з

Дайте відповіді на запитання до тексту.

1. What should an economist be able to do?

2. What does an economist have to know?

3. How can an economist cope with his tasks?

Варіант 5.