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Упражнение № 15. Underline and translate the sentence which seems the most important to you.

Упражнение № 16. Write out the reasons for the price increase.

Упражнение № 17. Write out the words and sentences showing that the writer tried to be very tactful.

Урок 7. Типы экономики

Тема для УР:  Типы экономики.

Грамматика:  1)  причастие II,

             2) many, much, few, a few, little, a little,

             3)  составные имена существительные.

Упражнение № 1. Read and try to understand the following interview.

Economies and manufacturing

Interviewer. Denis Mills, do you agree with the people who say that manufacturing industry will inevitably decline in what we call the industrialized countries?

Denis Mills: I think manufacturing will change, convert itself. There are many new products that have to be in­vented to serve new needs, and they can be made in the advanced countries because in fact the technol­ogy of production means you need very little labour input. I'm holding in my hand a simple pen that British Airways gives away to its passengers. It is made in Switzerland, a pen, a low-tech product, made in Switzerland, with the highest labour costs in the entire world, and British Airways, a British com­pany, having to pay in low value pounds, is buying from Switzerland a manufactured product. Now what's going on here? It seems to me that they have stumbled on a new secret, which is how to make low-tech products, sell them profitably, but actually make them in a country where in theory there should be no more manufac­turing and if you look at any successful economies these days, they all have a strong manufacturing component – and they also manage to do it with their watches, the famous Swatch.

Interview. Which countries are you thinking of?

Denis Mills: I'm thinking of the dynamic Asian economies, all based on manufacturing, I'm thinking indeed of the United States which now has created for example a new computer, high-tech computer industry, its car industry is coming right back in America. America is a giant manufacturing economy, which is why it is still the richest nation in the world, so I am extremely dubious of the theorists who say that manufacturing has no future in the advanced industrialized countries.

Do you know these words?

Work on the words

Упражнение № 1. Read and translate these words:

Упражнение № 2. Translate into English paying attention to these verbs:

to saysmth, to tellsmb smth, to speak(about smth in a language / in a certain place / for a certain period of time).

1) В своем докладе он говорил об обрабатывающей промыш­ленности.       2) Я не знаю, где он говорил о продукции высокой технологии. 3) Он сказал несколько слов и о продукции с низким уровнем технологий. 4) Он сказал журналисту, что хочет привести еще один пример. 5) На пресс-конференции говорили только по-английски. 6) Я думаю, что они говорили около получаса.

Упражнение № 3. State if the word need is a verb or noun in each case and translate the sentences:

1) These products are invented to serve new needs. In this case the technology of production means you need very little labour input. 2) They do not need to copy this text. They need not copy this text. 3) Do you need to write an essay? Need you write an essay? 4) There is no need for you to translate this text. 5) There is a great need for a good book on this subject. 6) He earns enough to satisfy his needs. 7) $100 will meet his immediate needs. 8)Does he need any help? 9) This chapter needs rewriting. 10) There's no/not much need for anxiety.

Grammar Revision (Study Grammar appendix Lesson 7): many – much; few, a few, little, a little

Упражнение № 4. Translate into English:

много / мало / не­сколько, многие / немногие / небольшие:теорий, компонентов, индустриальных стран, развитых стран, людей, продуктов;

много / мало: нефти, угля, информации, работы;

большая / небольшая, малая: трудоемкость, усталость, сила, стойкость.

Grammar: Participle II(Study Grammar appendix Lesson 7)

Упражнение № 5. Read and translate into Russian paying attention to the words in italics:

It is a low-tech product made in Switzerland. It seems to me the Swiss have stumbled on a new secret. I'm thinking of the dynamic Asian economies based on i manufacturing.

They raised prices in its centrally planned economy. The authorities regulate the prices charged by monopolistic sup­pliers.

Any positive number divided by zero yields plus infinity. Have a look at the shaded area.

Упражнение № 6. Underline Participles I, write out Participles II and translate the sentences:

There is a corresponding quantity of twenty thousand tickets de­manded.

Chronic shortages have forced North Korea to implement these increases. The indicator compiled by the consortium estimates the GDP growth of 1.8 %. Sales increased by 13 % compared with estimates for the same pe­riod last year. The company cut inventories to reduce the need for discounted sales. Increasing world demand has been an important factor.

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Упражнение № 7. Translate into English:

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