Задание 1. Переведите предложения и поставьте их в отрицательную форму. Задайте по одному вопросу с вопросительными словами приведенными в скобках

1. Monopoly makes a mockery of the free enterprise system. (What?)

2. Most of the residents are employed. (How many residents?)

3. Labour unions fought hard for recognition. (How?)

4. Boston is still the financial and trading centre of New England. (What kind of centre?)

5. It’s an important commercial centre because of its busy harbour.(Why?)

6. Many immigrants provided a plentiful source of labour. (Who?)

7. Its income is largely derived from tolls. (What … from?)

8. These prices are fixed by monopolies to serve their own interests. (Why?)

9. On the eastern side of Britain farmers grow arable crops. (Where?)

10. A long-range redevelopment program was started in 1962. (When?)

Задание 2. Переведите предложения на русский язык. Вставьте пропущенные предлоги.

Behind, in, away, for, to, out of, with, over, on, of.

1. The headquarters of the United Nations is.… New York

2. The size.… a product can attract the customer.

3. All the research is obviously expensive, and there are no prizes.… guessing that it is the customer who foots the bill.

4. They sell their products in containers.… hand-written labels.

5. The more established companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself.… packaging.

6. The original price was.… 50 pounds but I got it for much less in the summer sale.

7. Harrods also offers a number of special services.… its customers including a bank, an insurance department.

8. Renting property is throwing money.….

9. The chief of the department is coming.… the office.

10. It’s no use hiding.… the figures.

Задание 3.Переведите предложения на русский язык. Выберите правильный вариант.

1. The City is the.… centre of London.

a) financial, b) finance, c) financially.

2. The most successful manufacturers know that it’s not enough.… a good product.

a) have, b) to have, c) has.

3. Every company tries to give the customer a choice of goods which is unique in its variety, and which no other company.… match.

a) should, b) can, c) must.

4. 40 million pounds worth of goods.… annually.

a) export, b) are exporting, c) are exported.

5. The Export Department can deal with.… customer purchase.

a) any, b) some, c) no.

6. The company.… a world-wide reputation for first-class service.

a) to have, b) has, c) have.

7. Nurses don’t earn.… much.… policemen.

a) both … and, b) neither …nor, c) as …as.

8. She has a.… approach to working.

a) systematic, b) system, c) systematise.

9. Similar actions.… similar results.

a) are produced, b) to produce, c) produce.

10.A Rolls-Royce is one of the.… cars in the world.

a) more valuable, b) most valuable, c) valuable.

Задание 4. Переведите приведенные ниже предложения на русский язык.

1. Он возражал против оплаты товара авансом.

2. Рынок промышленных товаров был развит на принципе низкой стоимости.

3. Сто лет назад не было ни телефона, ни радио.

4. Стремительный успех современной промышленности сделал возможным такой прогресс.

5. В своей статье он сослался на эту проблему.

6. Такие методы общеприняты на заводах.

7. Что касается преимуществ этого метода, они несомненны.

8. Завод был модернизирован для массового производства новых домов.

9. Теперь эта трудность была преодолена.

10. Станок можно остановить в любой момент.

Задание 5. Переведите текст на русский язык и ответьте на вопросы.

Adam Smith, Father of Modern Economics.

Mr. Smith’s book is very much one of its time. He claims, that the material world has its own natural order imposed by the invisible forces of the market.

Markets are insufficient guarantors of prosperity, industrial strength or even political freedom, even if they are essential preconditions for them.

His great, if scarcely original insight, is that specialisation in tasks greatly raises productivity. Herein lie the roots of the wealth creation process. But, if this division of labour is to proceed, it is vital that those who specialise feel confident that they can exchange their single product for the other necessities of life-hence the importance of the market.

However, Mr. Smith demonstrates that exchange would approach a point of balance. Market prices would be driven to “natural” prices by the forces of supply and demand. The moment when all market prices equal natural prices is when the system is at its most perfect point of balance.

This is all well and good but some German reviewers, notably Friedrich List, have drawn attention to the very limited notion of profit that Smith has in mind, and the misguided theory of industrialisation that is associated with them.

But if Smith is naive in this question, he is no less naive about the movement of markets to some perfect point of balance. Markets, to work best, need rules and supervision.

1. What is Adam Smith?

2. What does he claim in his book?

3. Markets are insufficient guarantors of prosperity, aren’t they?

4. Why is the market so important?

5. What do markets need to work best?

Верны ли следующие утверждения?

1. Mr. Smith’s book is very much one of its time.

2. Markets are sufficient guarantors of prosperity and industrial strength.

3. Mr. Smith demonstrates that exchange would not approach a point of balance.

4. Market prices would be driven to “natural” prices by the forces of supply and demand.

5. Markets, to work best, need not rules and supervision.

Выберите правильный вариант ответа.

1. What is Adam Smith?

a) an economist, b)minister, c)journalist.

2. What would exchange approach?

a) high prices, b)inflation, c)balance.

3. What nation of profit has Smith in mind?

a) limited, b) profound, c) understandable.

4. What do markets need to work best?

a) control, b) rules and supervision, c) international regulations.

5. What prices would market prices be driven to?