Ford /to export cars  – Ford's policy of exporting cars

1) General Motors / to export cars. 2) Procter and Gamble / to export cosmetics. 3) Microsoft / to sell computer software. 4) Bosch / to sell household goods. 5) Tefal / to sell electrical appliances.

Упражнение № 5. Translate into English using Gerunds.

Они искали пути улучшения сотрудничества с этой страной. Когда они начали изучать экономическую теорию? Вы знаете метод получения этих данных? Они опубликовали эту статью после того, как были исследо­ваны все необходимые условия. Компания начала выпускать эти диски десять лет назад.

Tag-questions

You know this, don't you?You don't know this, do you? There is a question, isn't there? There are no questions, are there?

Упражнение № 7. Translate into English.

Это заключительная часть лекции, не так ли? Лектор – профессор Московского университета, да? Это лекция для студентов, изучающих экономику труда, ведь так? Вы же не были на лекции по экономическому анализу, ведь это так? Вы идете сейчас на семинар по экономике фирмы, да?

General negative questions

Haven't you come acrossthis before? Разве вы не встречались ранее с этим?

Упражнение № 8. Translate the sentences paying attention to this difference:

Have you read this item ?        Вы (не) читали эту статью?

Haven't you read this item?   Разве вы не читали эту статью?

Вы не записали эти цифры?

Разве вы не изучали эту тему?

Вы не помните названия этой книги?

Вы не могли бы мне помочь перевести этот текст по макро­экономике?

Разве вы не знаете имени этого ученого? Он опубликовал много книг по экономике.

Упражнение № 9. Translate these questions, make them negative and trans­late them again:

1) Have you read this part of the lecture? 2) Did you do your homework yesterday? 3) Are there any mistakes? 4) Axe you going to the theatre tomorrow? 5) Do you like traveling in Russia? 6) Have you started reading the book he gave you yesterday? 7) Have you come across the term 'elasticity' before?

Have another look at the text of the lecture and...

Упражнение № 10. Read the first two paragraphs paying attention to the intonation.

Упражнение № 11. Underline the predicates in the sentences of the other two paragraphs and say in what tenses the verbs are used.

Упражнение № 12. Translate the last two paragraphs into Russian.

Упражнение № 13. Translate the following text.

Price support

Price support is a means of supporting the incomes of certain producers by administratively maintaining the prices of their products above market price. In many countries, price support systems are used specifically to assist the agricultural sector by ensuring an ade­quate level of total farm incomes. In the figure below, the equilibrium market price is OA.

Ifthis price is considered too low to adequately remunerate farm­ers the government will set a support price, say OB, at which it is prepared to buy up any unsold output. At the support price of OB, the government is then committed to acquiring the unsold output of CF at a total cost equal to the shaded area CFGH. The main prob­lems with the price support method are that it penalizes consumers and results in wasteful over-production. The price support method is used as the basis of the common agricultural policy of the European Union countries.

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Упражнение № 14.  Read the following text and try to understand it.

Business letter: Regretting price increase

Dear Customer

Steadily rising prices over the past few years have been a matter of common experience and it will come as no surprise to you that our own costs have continued to rise with this general trend.

Increasing world demand has been an important factor in raising the prices of our imported raw materials. A recent national wage award has added to our labour costs, which have been increased still further by constantly increasing overheads.

Until now we have been able to absorb rising costs by economies in other areas. We now find that we can no longer do so, and there­fore increases in our prices are unavoidable. The new prices will take effect from 1 October, and revised price lists are now being prepared. These should be ready within the next two weeks and copies will be sent to you.

We are sorry that these increases have been made necessary, but can assure you that they will not amount to an average of more than about 5 %. As general prices have risen by nearly 10 % since our pre­vious price list, we hope you will not feel that our increases are un­reasonable.

Yours faithfully, ...

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