- •English for future Bankers and Financiers
- •Рецензенты:
- •Л.А. Коняева;
- •Т.И. Добрыдина
- •Content
- •Unit 1. Interbank Relations and financial market averages Part 1. Reading practice
- •1. Make up several sentences of your own using the vocabulary notes. Read them aloud for your group-mates and ask someone to translate.
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •4. Read and translate text a Text a
- •5. Answer the following questions based on text a:
- •6. Explain the following expressions:
- •9. Using the words in brackets, explain the meaning of the following terms:
- •10. Fill in the blanks with a proper word or phrase.
- •11. Read and translate Text b using a dictionary Text b
- •12. Answer the following questions based on text b:
- •13. Make up sentences of your own using the following expressions from text b.
- •14. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •15. Match the following words with the correct definition from the list.
- •16. Look through the text and then fill the spaces with the words below. Translate the text into Russian.
- •Part 2. Speech practice
- •Situation 1
- •Situation 2
- •Brainstorming activity
- •Problem 2
- •Final discussion
- •Unit 2. Foreign Exchange Part 1. Reading Practice
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Make up several sentences of your own using the vocabulary notes. Read them aloud for your group-mates and ask someone to translate.
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •3. Answer the following questions based on the dialogue:
- •4. Read and translate Text a Text a
- •5. Answer the following questions based on text a:
- •6. Explain following expressions:
- •7. Choose the right answer:
- •8. For each of the following phrases find the expression in the text which it explains.
- •9. Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases.
- •10. Read and translate text b using a dictionary Text b
- •11. Answer the following questions based on text b:
- •12. Make up sentences of your own using the following expressions from text b.
- •13. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •14. Using the words in brackets, explain the meaning of the following terms:
- •15. Match the following words with the correct definition from the list.
- •Part 2. Speech Practice
- •Situation 1
- •Situation 2
- •Brainstorming activity
- •Problem 2
- •Final discussion
- •Part 1. Reading Practice
- •1. Make up several sentences of your own using the vocabulary notes. Read them aloud for your group-mates and ask someone to translate.
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •3. Answer the following questions based on the dialogue:
- •4. Read and translate Text a Text a
- •5. Answer the following questions based on text a:
- •6. Explain following expressions:
- •7. Choose the right answer.
- •8. Complete the following sentences in English:
- •9. Read and translate Text b using a dictionary
- •10. Answer the following questions based on text b:
- •11. Make up sentences of your own using the following expressions from text b.
- •12. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •13. Match the information in column a with the correspondent information in column b.
- •14. Using the words in brackets, explain the meaning of the following terms:
- •15. Look through the text and then fill the spaces with the words below. Translate the text into Russian.
- •Part 2. Speech Practice
- •Situation 1
- •Situation 2
- •Problem 2
- •Final discussion
- •Unit 4. The Global Money Market options. Futures Part 1. Reading Practice
- •1. Make up several sentences of your own using the vocabulary notes. Read them aloud for your group-mates and ask someone to translate.
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue
- •3. Answer the following questions based on the dialogue:
- •4. Read and translate Text a Text a
- •5. Answer the following questions based on Text a:
- •6. Using the words in brackets, explain the meaning of the following terms and phrases:
- •7. Match the information in column a with the correspondent information in column b.
- •8. Choose the word or phrase in brackets that would best substitute for the word or phrase in bold print in the following sentences:
- •9. Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases.
- •10. Read and translate Text b using a dictionary Text b
- •11. Answer the following questions based on text b.
- •12. Make up sentences of your own using the following expressions from text b.
- •13. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •14. Complete the following sentences in English:
- •15. Match the following words with the correct definition from the list.
- •16. Look through these texts and then fill the spaces with the words below. Translate the text into Russian.
- •Part 2. Speech practice
- •Situation 1
- •Situation 2
- •Unit 5. Trading on the stock exchange floor Part 1. Reading Practice
- •1. Make up several sentences of your own using the vocabulary notes. Read them aloud for your group-mates and ask someone to translate.
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue
- •3. Answer the following questions based on the dialogue:
- •4. Read and translate Text a Text a
- •5. Answer the following questions based on text a:
- •7. Choose the word or phrase in brackets that would best substitute for the word or phrase in bold print in the following sentences.
- •9. Match the information in column a with the correspondent information in column b.
- •10. Read and translate Text b using a dictionary Text b
- •11. Answer the following questions based on text b:
- •12. Make up sentences of your own using the following expressions from text b.
- •13. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •15. Using the words in brackets as a guide, explain the meaning of the following terms:
- •16. Match the following words with the correct definition from the list.
- •17. Look through these texts and then fill the spaces with the words below. Translate the text into Russian.
- •Part 2. Speech Practice
- •Situation 1
- •Brainstorming activity
- •Problem 2 (this problem requires creative approach to its solving)
- •Final discussion
- •Unit 6. Investment Risk and mutual funds Part 1. Reading practice
- •Vocabulary notes
- •1. Make up several sentences of your own using the vocabulary notes. Read them aloud for your group-mates and ask someone to translate.
- •2. Read and translate the dialogue
- •3. Answer the following questions based on the dialogue:
- •4. Read and translate Text a Text a
- •5. Answer the following questions based on text a:
- •6. Explain the following expressions.
- •7. Choose the right answer:
- •8. Using the words in brackets, explain the meaning of the following terms:
- •9. Choose the word or phrase in brackets that would best substitute for the word or phrase in bold print in the following sentences.
- •10. Read and translate Text b using a dictionary Text b
- •11. Answer the following questions based on Text b:
- •12. Match the information in column a with the correspondent information in column b.
- •13. Make up sentences of your own using the following expressions from text b.
- •14. Say what is true and what is false. Correct the false sentences.
- •15. Match the following words with the correct definition from the list.
- •16. Look through these texts and then fill the spaces with the words below. Translate the texts into Russian.
- •Part 2 Speech Practice
- •Situation 1
- •Situation 2
- •Brainstorming activity Problem 1
- •Problem 2
- •Final discussion
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- •Словари
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Part 2. Speech Practice
Step 1. Study the following text about London stock exchange.
В Великобритании действует одна, Лондонская фондовая биржа (в форме ассоциации), имеющая операционные филиалы еще в семи городах. В 1986 г. произошли существенные изменения в ее деятельности и в организации рынка ценных бумаг в Великобритании. До середины 80-х гг. фактически все сегменты рынка ценных бумаг (как государственных, так и промышленных компаний) находились под контролем Лондонской фондовой биржи. Ее члены подразделялись на две основные группы: брокеров и джобберов.* Джобберы выполняли функции дилеров (покупали и продавали ценные бумаги за свой счет с обязательством заключить сделки на покупку и продажу ценных бумаг по объявленным ими ценам покупки и продажи) и не имели права выполнять посреднические операции по поручению клиентов. Брокеры, наоборот, имели право выполнять только посреднические функции (покупать и продавать ценные бумаги по поручению институциональных инвесторов и граждан). Цель подобного разграничения заключалась в исключении возможных злоупотреблений со стороны брокеров (например, в случаях, когда брокер, выполняя заказы клиентов, сам осуществляет операции с этими же ценными бумагами, он может получать дополнительную прибыль от изменения курса в нужном ему направлении). Однако с 1986 г. специализация и разделение функций между брокерами и джобберами перестали существовать, каждый из них (как это характерно для фондовых бирж США) стал выступать в двойной роли.
Членами биржи являются физические лица, отвечающие квалифицированным требованиям фондовой биржи. В свою очередь, они являются акционерами, пайщиками, директорами, служащими брокерских компаний и фирм, имеющих статус ассоциированных членов биржи. По сути дела, брокерские компании и фирмы представляют собой основные операционные единицы, осуществляющие операции с ценными бумагами, как за свой счет, так и по поручению и за счет клиентов.
В Уставе биржи предусматриваются достаточно жесткие требования к уровню квалификации, деловой и финансовой репутации члена фондовой биржи. Для того чтобы стать членом биржи, заявитель должен получить рекомендации двух ее членов, иметь опыт практической работы на рынке ценных бумаг, сдать «вступительный экзамен». Кроме того, предусмотрены определенные финансовые условия членства.
Системы предоставления, покупки и продажи места на бирже (т. е. права осуществления операций на бирже) не существует. Члены биржи платят вступительные и членские взносы.
Step 2. Render the text in English using vocabulary notes.
Step 3. Role play the following situations. Use the information from the text.
Situation 1
Mr. Smith. You work as a journalist for the famous and very popular British magazine «Money». There are some problems with your magazine. The circulation is falling and you need a good article to push its rating up. You try to organize a meeting with Mr.Wholres, one of the most famous financial and stock exchange specialists in the world.
Mr. Wholres. You agree to answer the questions concerning the activity of the London Stock Exchange. You speak about the differences in operations with securities between the British and American Exchanges. You also analyse the division of the London Stock Exchange members into brokers and jobbers. Finally you explain the requirements provided by the Regulations of the London Stock Exchange for the potential members.
Situation 2
Roger Sharply. You run a very profitable company (imagine any). Your only ambition in life is to possess the control stock of the company and to enlarge its profit. You know much about stock market and you are ready to act on it. You hope Harley Metchif, an old friend of yours, will help you out. You trust him, you don’t doubt his integrity.
Harley Metchif. You consider your meeting Roger Sharply another stroke of luck. Therefore you have a lot of experience in stock market. You are quite a professional stock broker. However you have some financial problems at the moment. You want to turn Roger’s plan to your benefit. With the help of a skillful lawyer you have worked out a course of actions and suggest it to your friend. Your task is to convince Roger that your only concern is to help him to earn more money. You should rule out any possibility of his consulting his lawyer.