Exercise №3

Pattern – 1) образец, пример; 2) путь, ход развития, динамика; 3) характерное развитие, характер,4) рисунок, форма, схема, шаблон, модель; 5) система; 6) формула.

1. Consumer spending follows a regular seasonal pattern.

2. The store has set the pattern for others in customer service.

3. Economic history shows that the economy never grows in a smooth and even pattern.

4. Please indicate the colours and patterns of textiles that can be delivered immediately from stock.

5. A new and extensive analysis shows a pattern of risky lending that could generate $20 billion in losses and harm thousands of the nation’s most vulnerable borrowers.

6. Forecasters say cold and snow are largely the result of a rare pressure pattern in and around the Arctic.

7. Earlier this year, as the economy began to sputter, Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, was asked about the historical evidence that recoveries from financial crises were always painfully slow. Mr. Bernanke responded that the pattern was clear but the reasons were not.

8. Germany’s economy is often more volatile than that of neighbours like France. Its specialization in investment goods, cars and other expensive consumer products makes the upswings higher but downturns sharper. That pattern may now be broken. As Europe slides, Germany is likely to sink less than the others.

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