- •Тема: Этика делового общения
- •1.Look at the picture. Read and listen. Where are Michael and Zofia from?
- •3. Greet some people in your class. Use the conversation in exercise 1
- •4. Read Countries and nationalities.
- •5. Role -play the dialogues imaging that your partner is from one of these countries.
- •2. Use your answers to exercise 1. Complete the parts of the form.
- •3. Match the 'official' terms with the questions.
- •4. Fill the same form for yourself. Work in pairs. Ask your partner the questions from ex.3 and answer his/her ones.
- •5. Read a sample of an American business letter with the help of a dictionary. Pay attention to its composition and wording
- •6.Read the example of invitation
- •Application
- •1. Письмо – ходатайство на запрос или объявление о работе:
- •2. Письмо – «неходатайство», когда идет самостоятельный поиск работы:
- •Тема: Рабочий день делового человека (a Woking day of a Bussinessman) My Work at the Office
- •2. Make a list of international words used in the text. Pronounce them correctly and learn their meanings.
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the following English word combinations:
- •Who likes not his business his business likes him not. Busiest men find the most time.
- •Тема: Телефонный разговор (a Phone Conversation)
- •1. Listen to the conversation. 2.32
- •2. Ask your partner these questions:
- •3.Read the text Travelling on Business
- •2. Make a list of international words and expressions used in the text. Pay attention to their correct pronunciation and meanings.
- •3. Give Russian equivalents to the word combinations. Use the text for reference:
- •4. Give English equivalents to the word combinations. Use the text for reference:
- •5. Answer the following questions to discuss the details of the text. Use the text for reference.
- •6. Read the text attentively. Divide it into logical parts and make a plan for retelling.
- •7. Imagine that you are the author of the text. Retell the text. Speak about a business trip: a) by train; b) by air
- •8 Listen to the conversation. 1.28 Jeff Kramer is flying to Denver. He's at the airport check-in desk now.
- •9. Role-play the conversation. Change the words in blue. Use your partner's name and information from the Communication Activity.
- •10. Discuss the proverbs. Use them while speaking about customs and in other situations to make your speech more expressive. Honesty is the best policy. Gone for a penny, gone for a pound.
- •11. Speak about your own experience of going through the customs. Use the material of the unit.
- •Staying at a Hotel
- •I. Read the words to the text. Pronounce them correctly and learn their Russian equivalents. Pay attention to the international words, their pronunciation and meaning:
- •II. Give English equivalents to the following word combinations. Use the text for reference:
- •III. Answer the following questions to discuss the details of the text. Use the text for reference.
- •IV. Read and discuss the proverb.
- •V. Speak about your stay at a hotel. Use the material of the unit and your own experience if you have any. Describe the sdvantages and disadvantages of hotels.
- •Shopping
- •I. Read the words. Say what things can people buy at these shops and departments.
- •II. Read and listen to the dialogue.
- •III. Answer:
- •At the Restauraunt expressions for dialogues (role-play)
- •1. Activating Background Knowledge
- •2. General Comprehension
- •What Is Economics
- •3. Pronunciation
- •4. Word Study
- •6. Diving Deeper
- •7. Speaking
- •8. Translatе the text
- •1. Memorize the words.
- •2. Answer the following questions.
- •3. Read the text The Republic of Belarus
- •4. Match the words on the left to those on the right. Make 10 word partnerships and translate them into Russian.
- •5. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian collocations.
- •6. Get ready to discuss the following.
- •1. Memorize the words.
- •2. Answer the following questions before you read Text a.
- •3.Read text and fulfill the tasks which follow. Belarusian Economy
- •4. Match the words on the left to those on the right. Make 10 word partnerships and translate them into Russian.
- •5. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian collocations.
- •6. Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •2. Answer the following questions before you read Text a.
- •3.Read the text and fulfill the tasks which follow. Great Britain
- •4. Match the words on the left to those on the right. Make 10 word partnerships and translate them into Russian.
- •5. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian colloca- tions.
- •6. Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •2. Answer the following questions before you read Text a.
- •3.Read the text and fulfill the tasks which follow. British Economy
- •4. Match the words on the left to those on the right. Make 10 word partnerships and translate them into Russian.
- •5. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian collocations.
- •6. Choose the best alternative to complete the sentence.
- •7. Answer the following questions.
- •8. Get ready to discuss the following.
- •Marketing — a Driving Force of Companies
- •1. Find international words in the text and write them out. Learn their correct pronunciation.
- •2. Give Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •4. Answer the following questions to discuss the details of the text
- •5. Finish the sentences according to the text.
- •6. Prove the statements using the information from the text.
- •7.Say if the following sentences are true or false before reading the text, then read the text and check your answers.
- •Advertising and Advertisement
- •Marketing Management
- •1.Find international words in the text and write them out. Learn their correct pronunciation. Say which ones are the easist to understand.
- •2.Give Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:
- •3.Give English equivalents to the word combinations:
- •4. Find in the article the opposites to the following words:
- •5.Finish the sentences according to the text.
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Translate into English:
- •British Schools
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •2. Compare British and Belarussian Education.
- •A Hairdresser With a Passion For Styling
- •At the Hairdresser’s
- •Hairdresser services
- •Growing up of hairs
3. Pronunciation
A. Underline the main stress in each word. Practise saying the words.
Economics, microeconomic, economize, storekeeper, merchandise, fundamental, alternative.
B. Circle the word in each line which has a different vowel sound. Listen to the teacher and check your answers.
1) scarce wealth welfare therefore
2 ascertain trade saving allowance
3) society guiding discipline item
4. Word Study
A. Find international words in the text and write them out. Learn their correct pronunciation.
B. Give Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:
as old as the human race; to trade skins for flint axes; to want more than one can afford; to seek better schools; the guiding idea in economics; to spend one's allowance on a motion picture; to assemble the three vital ingredients; to combine the basic resources of labour and land; alternative definition of economics; the concept of welfare; to be relatively new; to develop rapidly; scarce resources; to use one's
savings to buy more merchandise; to satisfy one's most important needs and wants; the relationship between scarce resources and the various uses.
C. Give English equivalents to the word combinations:
выяснить сущность; определенные предметы одежды; выбрать лучший из возможных способов использования ресурсов; материальные активы; составлять уровень жизни; одна из ведущих проблем экономики; увеличивать запас экономических благ; брать во внимание благосостояние; быть связанным с благополучием в целом; здравоохранение; продолжительность рабочего дня; правопорядок; соперничающие теоретические школы; с точки зрения экономики.
D. Match the words from A with their opposites from B.
A |
В |
compete, physical, fundamental, attack, well-being, assemble, scarce, economize, wealth |
waste, plentiful, poverty, misery, spiritual, separate, marginal, cooperate, defend |
E. Match the words from A with their synonyms from B.
A |
В |
economize, ingredient, guiding, assemble, vital, storekeeper, trade, item, stock, scarce, fundamental, motion picture, state, welfare, ascertain, seek, discipline, relatively |
subject, gather, insufficient, comparatively, significant, leading, save, exchange, well-being, condition, film, thing, clear up, component, look for, shopkeeper, primary, supply |
6. Diving Deeper
A. In pairs, think of the questions students could ask a teacher about economics, its history and guiding ideas. What would the answers be?
B. Finish the sentences according to the text.
1. Economics is the oldest ... . 2. Although economics is as old as the human race, ... . 3. Since the first major book on economics by Adam Smith ... .4. Economics is subdivided into ... . 5. A rich nation can afford more to buy. However, ... . 6. People are choosy because they do not just want ... .7. Scarcity is one of the most ... . 8. Nations do not possess enough .... 9. The resources are scarce. Therefore, .... 10. Everybody economizes to ... . 11. People, scarcity and choice are ... . 12. Having assembled the three vital ingredients in the definition of economics, we ... . 13. Economics is also the study of both ... . 14. The difference between wealth and welfare is that wealth ..., while welfare is concerned ... . 15. By physical assets we mean ....