IV. Listening. 1. Listen to the lecture

1. Listen to the lecture.

2. Do the tasks given in the textbook.

3. Listen to the lecture again, take notes to bе ready to write а summary of it.

V. Match the words (1 – 10) with their corresponding definitions (a – j):

1. monetary

2. urban

3. unemployment

4. building blocks

5. inflation

6. approach

7. methodology

8. Gross Domestic product

9. Gross National Product

10. sweep something under the carpet

a) the total value of all the goods and services that a country produces in a year, including income received from money invested in other countries, but not income paid to foreign investors

b) relating to towns and cities, or happening there

c) [usually plural] one of the basic parts that something is made from and cannot exist without

d) the total value of the goods and services that a country produces in a year, not including income received from money invested in other countries

e) an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable

f) relating to a country’s money and to the systems that a country uses for controlling its money supply

g) a situation in which some people do not have work and do not have an income

h) a particular way of thinking about or dealing with something = view, mind, perspective, viewpoint, logic

i) the methods and principles used for doing a particular kind of work, especially scientific or academic research

j) try to avoid dealing with a problem

VI. Match the words in the left-hand column with their synonyms:

1. aggregate

2. particular

3. simultaneous

4. deliberate

5. retain

6. judicious

7. methodology

a) a. intended

b) b. add up

c) c. keep

d)d. concurrent

e) e. specific

f) f. system

g) g. reasoned

Match the words (1 – 5) with their antonyms (a – e):

1. urban

2. indirect

3. broad

4. emphasize

5. relative

a) a. straight

b) b. depreciate

c) c. unrelated

d) d. rural

e) e. narrow