8.1.23 Переведите слова и словосочетания на русский язык:

To be deeply in love, to get a good job with good prospects, the latest electric appliances, the couple, to pay off debts, for the rest of their lives, materialistic society, to be acquisitive, our possessions, to be labeled from early childhood, to earn a living, success is measured in terms of the money, to keep up with our neighbours, borrowed money, a suitable rate of interest, affluent society, to be obsessed with an idea, consumer goods, to create new markets, the wheels of industry, materialistic outlook, to acquire knowledge for its own sake, wagw packet, skilled personnel, to offer one’s services to the highest bidder, a wealthy nation.

24. Переведите слова и словосочетания на английский язык:

Получить работу с хорошими перспективами, супружеская пара, выплачивать долг, свое имущество, с раннего детства, зарабатывать на жизнь, процентная ставка, общество изобилия, потребительские товары, материалистический взгляд на жизнь, зарплата, обученный персонал, нанимать студентов, всю оставшуюся жизнь, богатое общество; предлагать свои услуги тому, кто больше платит; жадный, создавать новые рынки.

24. Прочитайте текст еще раз, найдите в тексте предложения с данными словосочетаниями:

A good job with good prospects, to lend money, paying off debts, to be

acquisitive, to earn a living, to be measured in terms of the money, to be bound to buy, to keep up with them, at a suitable rate of interest, the wheels of industry, to acquire knowledge, fringe benefits, brain drain, the highest bidder.

24. Объясните по-английски значение данных слов и выражений:

А job with good prospects, to earn a living, success, neighbours, to struggle

frantically, a suitable rate of interest, an affluent society, people are obsessed with the idea, consumer goods, to acquire knowledge, fringe benefits, brain drain, the highest bidder, Mammon.

8.1.27 Заполните пропуски соответствующими предлогами:

1. They were deeply … love.

2. “Wait till you get a job … good prospects”, parents said.

3. They didn’t have a house to live … .

4. The couple lived happily ever after paying … debts … the rest … their lives.

5. We live … a materialistic society.

6. Success is measured … terms … the money you earn.

7. We spend our lives keeping … … our neighbours, the Joneses.

8. The people are obsessed … the idea … making more money.

9. The wheels … industry must be kept turning.

10. Fewer and fewer young people these days acquire knowledge only … its own sake.

11. The demand … skilled personnel far exceeds the supply.

12. Tempting salaries and “fringe benefits” are offered … them.

8.1.28 Поставьте вопросы к выделенным словам:

1. They were deeply in love and wanted to get married.

2. The young man had a good job with good prospects.

3. Large organizations lent him the money to buy a house.

4. The couple lived happily ever after.

5. We live in materialistic society.

6. We spend the whole of our lives keeping up with our neighbours, the Joneses.

7. People are obsessed with the idea of making more money.

8. This materialistic outlook has seriously influenced education.

9. Big companies compete with each other to recruit students.

10.Tempting salaries and fringe benefits are offered to them.

11.This recruiting tactics have led to the brain drain.

12. The wealthier nations deprive their poorer neighbours of their most able

citizens.

8.1.29 Задайте разделительный и альтернативный вопросы к следующим предложениям:

1. They were very poor.

2. They wanted to get married.

3. They waited until they found good jobs with good prospects.

4. Large organizations lent them money.

5. We are trained from our earliest years to be acquisitive.

6. The Joneses are struggling frantically to keep up with their neighbours.

7. Consumer goods are desirable everywhere.

8. Modern industry deliberately sets out to create new markets.

9. The wheels of industry must be kept turning.

10. Cars get tinnier and tinnier.

11. Highly skilled people offer their services to the highest bidder.

12. “Fringe benefits” are offered to them.