IV. Test

 

1. Выберите из колонки справа по смыслу слова, пропущенные в предложениях.[5]

 

1)Businesses aim to … these needs and wants by producing goods and services. 2) When food is produced, … are used up. 3)A business may be considering three investment options but can only … one. 4)The benefit lost from the next best … is called the opportunity cost of the choice. 5)There are not enough resources to satisfy all consumers … and wants. 6)In a household economy the family budget is … on a range of goods and services. 7)The function of an economy is to allocate scarce resources amongst … wants. 8)In less developed countries the decision about what to … is simpler. 9)The way in which goods and services are produced can …. 10) Resources are … relative to needs and wants.

a)afford   b)alternative   c)needs   d)produce   e)provide   f)research   g)resources   h)satisfy   i)scarce   j)spent   k)unlimited   l)vary

 

2.     Выберите существительное, которое может следовать за данным глаголом.

1)to solve        a)changes                            2)to use up         a)resources

                        b)problems                                                    b)assumptions

                        c)productions                                                 c)economies

 

3)to organize   a)quality                              4)to provide       a)choice

                        b)activity                                                        b)service

                        c)validity                                                        c)enterprise

 

5)to answer     a)options                               6)to buy             a)needs

                        b)portions                                                        b)wants

                        c)questions                                                      c)goods

3.     Выберите из приведенного списка термины, соответствующие данным определениям.

 

1) Means of supplying a want. 2) A thing that is or may be chosen. 3) The benefit lost from the next best alternative. 4) Practical science of the production and distribution of wealth. 5) Amount produced by manufacture, mining, labour etc. 6) Annual estimate of revenue and expenditure. 7) Money paid for commodities or services.

a) cost b) budget c) economics d) opportunity cost e) option f) output g) resource

 

Unit 2

 

I. Information for study. Text a

 

Прочтите следующую информацию и запишите на полях основные термины, связанные с тематикой текста.

 

MARKET ECONOMIES

 

In MARKET ECONOMIES (also known as CAPITALIST ECONOMIES or FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMIES) resources are allocated through markets.

The role of government in a free market system is limited. Its main functions are:

 To pass laws which protect the rights of businesses and consumers and punish offenders;

 To issue money and make sure that the monetary system operates so that markets work efficiently;

 To provide certain essential products and services that would not be provided by firms, such as policing, national defence and the judiciary;

 To prevent firms from dominating the market and to restrict the power of trade unions. These activities will restrict competition and affect the workings of the market.

 

What to produce. This decision is often made by consumers. Businesses will only produce goods if consumers will buy them and so firm must identify consumers’ needs and respond to them. Firms which produce unwanted products are likely to fail.

 

Resources will be used to produce those goods and services which are profitable for businesses. If consumers buy more of  a particular product prices will tend to rise. Rising prices will attract firms into that industry as they see the chance of profit. For example, in recent years, new firms have set up supplying accommodation for the elderly, to exploit rising demand as the population ages in the UK.

 

As demand for out of date and unwanted products falls their prices will also fall. Firms will leave these industries due to a fall in profit. They will sell unwanted resources like land, buildings and equipment and make labour redundant. These resources will be used by other businesses. For example, many cinemas have closed down due to a lack of demand. Some of the buildings used as cinemas have been bought by other businesses and used as bingo halls, night clubs or supermarkets.

 

How to produce. In market economies businesses decide this. Businesses aim to make a profit. They will choose productions methods which reduce their costs. Competition in business forces firms to keep prices low. Consumers will prefer to buy their goods from firms which offer lower prices, although other things such as quality will also influence them.

 

How are goods and services allocated? Firms produce goods and services which consumers purchase with money. The amount of money consumers have to spend depends on their income and wealth. In market economies individuals own the factors of production. For example, workers earn wages from selling their labour. Owners of capital receive interest, owners of businesses receive profits and owners of land receive rent. All of these can be spent on goods and services. Those individuals with the most money can buy the most products.

In practice  there are no pure market economies in the world. However, some countries such as the USA, Japan and Hong Kong have economies which possess many of the characteristics of market economies.

 

II. Exercises

 

1.     Переведите текст А на русский язык, используя словарь в конце урока, обращая внимание на перевод терминов.

 

2.     Найдите в тексте А ответы на поставленные вопросы и запишите их.

1)     What are main functions of government in a free market system?

2)     How do price force firms to produce the goods which consumers need?

3)     Why do firms leave production of unwanted goods and services?

4)     How are resources reallocated when demand for unwanted products falls?

5)     How does competition affect choice of production methods in market economies?

6)     How are goods and services allocated in a free market system?

 

3.     К выделенным жирным шрифтом словам в тексте подберите близкие по значению слова из следующего списка:

person, to possess, to influence, necessary, house, to work, to defend, old-fashioned, to limit.

 

4.     Подчеркните в тексте А предложения, соответствующие по смыслу данным ниже.

1)     Роль правительства в системе свободного рынка ограничена.

2)     Эти действия ограничивают конкуренцию и влияют на работу рынка.

3)     Фирмы, которые производят ненужные товары, могут разориться.

4)     По мере того, как падает спрос на ненужные и устаревшие товары, цены на них тоже падают.

5)     Многие кинотеатры закрылись из-за отсутствия спроса.

6)     Предприятия выбирают такие методы производства, которые дают возможность снизить издержки.

7)     Рабочие получают зарплату, продавая свой труд.

 

5. Образуйте существительные от глаголов при помощи суффиксов: -ion,   -ing, -er. Проверьте их по тексту и переведите.

to decide, to accommodate, to work, to offend, to own, to populate, to compete 

 

6. Изложите краткое содержание текста А на английском языке в письменном виде.

 

7. Прочтите список ключевых слов к тексту В.

market - рынок

to allocate resources – распределять ресурсы

command economy – командная экономика

government - правительство

to make (to take) a decision – принять решение

production - производство

consumption - потребление

planning office – планирующая организация

central planning – централизованное планирование

direction - руководство

to consume - потреблять

free market – свободный рынок

to intervene - вмешиваться

to pursue - преследовать

to invent - изобретать

production possibility frontier – граница производственных возможностей

to move the frontier outwards – раздвигать границы

better off - богаче

to create - создавать

opportunity - возможность

intervention - вмешательство

mixed economy – смешанная экономика

extreme – крайняя точка

restriction - ограничение

to interact - взаимодействовать

share - доля

output – объем производства, продукция

taxation - налогообложение

transfer payment – государственное пособие, трансфертный платеж

 

8. Прослушайте текст В на кассете 2-3 раза и постарайтесь понять его.

 

9. Запишите краткое изложение текста на английском языке.

10. Прочитайте утверждения и выберите те, которые соответствуют содержанию текста В:

1)     Markets are arrangements through which prices influence how the society allocates resources.

 

2)     The command economy is a society where the government does not intervene in production.

 

3)     There is no society which is completely a command economy.

 

4)     In a free market individual people are free to pursue their own interests.

 

5)     In a command economy planning is very easy to do.

 

6)     In a mixed economy the government and the private sector interact in solving economic problems.

 

III.Vocabulary to text A

 

accommodation	жильё
to affect	влиять
to age	стареть
to attract	привлекать
competition	конкуренция
to consume	потреблять
consumer	потребитель
costs	издержки
to defend	защищать, оборонять
defence	оборона
demand	спрос
to dominate	господствовать
due	обусловленный
to earn	зарабатывать
efficiently	эффективно
elderly	пожилой
enterprise	предпринимательство
essential	необходимый
to exploit	использовать
to fail	обанкротиться
to force	заставить
to identify	установить
income	доход
individual	личность
interest	процент
to issue	выпускать(в обращение)
judiciary	правосудие
lack	отсутствие
law	закон
monetary	денежный
offender	правонарушитель
to operate	работать, действовать
to own	владеть
out of date	устаревший
to pass laws	принимать  законы
to prefer	предпочитать
to prevent	препятствовать
profit	прибыль
profitable	выгодный
to protect	защищать
to provide	обеспечить
to punish	наказать
to purchase	покупать
to reallocate	перераспределять
recent	последний
to respond	отвечать
to restrict	ограничить
to set up	начать, основать
to supply	снабжать
to tend	иметь тенденцию
trade union	профсоюз
unwanted	ненужный
wages	зарплата
working	работа, действие

 

IV. Test

 

1.Выберите из колонки справа слова, пропущенные в предложениях.

1)     Firms which produce … products are  likely to fail. 2)     Rising prices will attract firms into that industry as they see the chance of … . 3)     Government provides certain … products and services that are not provided by firms. 4)     As … for out-of-date products falls their prices will also fall. 5)     Competition in business forces firms to keep … and prices low. 6)     The amount of money consumers have to pay depends on their … and wealth. 7)     Owners of capital receive … . 8)     Firms produce goods and services which consumers … with money. 9)     Consumers prefer to buy their goods from firms which … lower prices.  Businesses will only produce goods if … buy them.

a) demand b) interest c) unwanted d) offer e) income f) costs g) consumers h) profit i) purchase j) essential k) rent l) supply

2. Выберите существительное, которое может следовать за данным глаголом.

   1) to pass   a) rights                     2) to restrict     a) competition

                      b) laws                                               b) accommodation

                     c) wayes                                              c) consultation

 

   3) to issue  a) money                 4) to influence    a) services

                     b) measure                                          b) containers

                     c) power                                              c) consumers

 

  5) to earn   a) laws                       6) to own          a) activities

                     b) wages                                              b) businessess

                     c) workings                                         c) chances

3. Выберите из приведенного списка термины, соответствующие данным определениям.

a)   economy in which resources are allocated through markets b)  thing produced by natural process or manufacture c)   branch of trade or manufacture d)  user of an article money paid for use of money lent

1) interest  2) industry 3) consumer 4) market economy 5) trade union 6) product 7) wages organized association of workmen of a trade formed for protection and promotion of common interests

Unit 3