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1. How very _______________ you are sometimes!
2. Universities now ________ as many as 15,000 students per year.
3. The move was designed to enhance his personal _______________.
4. This report was never intended for public_______________.
5. Unemployed people stand to _______________ most from these policies.
Task 8. Fill in the correct word from the box into the gaps below.
сommodity luxury high-income nation rate unemployment dead-end jobs stratification |
1. The worker becomes an ever cheaper__________the more good he creates.
2. I believe that style is the only real _________ item that is really desirable.
3. The World Bank classifies nations on whether they are low, middle or ____ _____, based on gross ___________ per capita.
4. Their success ___________ in recruiting new staff is very high.
5. The rate of youth __________is 35 % compared to national average of 15 %.
6. There are now six million people working in low paid and often ____.
7. It's unfortunate that the whole of our education system is riddled with class __.
Task 9. Are the following statements about the text true (T) or false (F)?
1. Economy generally behaves in a way the scientists can expect. T /F
2. Luxury items (cars, swimming pools, yaсhts) stand apart and belong to neither goods nor services. T / F
3. It has taken hundreds of years for the economies of modern high-income nations to socially change. T / F
4. The service revolution has caused a rising rate of unemployment among white-collar workers. T / F
5. Blue-collar workers do work needing strength or physical skill rather than office work. T / F
6. Until recently secretarial work and nursing were very much pink-collar professions. T / F
7. Dead-end job is a job in which there is no chance of progressing to a better, more important job. T / F
8. Inter-generational mobility is a measure of the changes in social status which occurs from the parents' to the children's generation. T / F
9. Occupational mobility depends only on having the talent and social background to get ahead. T / F
10. Highly-developed countries change the occupational hierarchy, creating many more prestigious, well-paid positions. T / F
Task 10. Skim the article from this unit and find words that mean (almost) the same as:
1) a job –
2) unable to change a bad situation or way of thinking –
3) the division of a society into different groups –
4) the tendency to move between places, jobs, or social classes –
5) a system that has different levels through which you can progress –
6) an advantage or good quality that someone or something has –
7) it becomes difficult to see something clearly, often because its edges are not clear if a thing –
8) ideas, opinions or people are similar in some ways but not in every way if they –
9) the type of career, training, or education that someone has had –
10) to get rid of something that is not wanted or needed –
11) to improve something, or to make it more attractive or more valuable –
Task 11. Rearrange the letters to form a word used in the text, then match the word to its definition.
omsdniesin | a the process of starting or creating something | ||
anieultyiq | ba sudden or major change, especially in ideas or methods | ||
iobmtlyi | c the high reputation and respect that someone or something has earned, based on their impressive achievements, quality, etc. | ||
lhestaismbetn | d the size of something | ||
nemvoetm | e the tendency to move between places, jobs, or social classes | ||
levrutoino | f the type of career, training, or education that someone has had | ||
oubckrndga | g a change in someone's attitude, opinion, or behaviour, especially over a period of time | ||
epseirgt | hnorms that are enforced by the formal sanctions of the state |
Task 12. Choose the best option to complete the sentences.
1. According to the text, the economy operates, for better or worse, in a generally _______________.
a) predictable manner
b) arrogant manner
c) casual manner
2. Since _______________ the economy has shifted from producing goods to producing services.
a) Afghan War
b) World War II
c) Cold War
3. According to the economists, job inequalities arise from what they call the
"___________labour market."
a) single
b) dual
c) triple
4. Social ______ is the movement of individuals and groups from one social position to another.
a) flexibility
b) chaos
c) mobility
5. _________ mobility depends on the social structure being climbed and how much room there is at the top.
a) Human powered
b) Occupational
c) Social
Task 13. Use the words from the right side to make the expressions with the words from the left side. Then translate them into Ukrainian.
social | Items |
luxury | Market |
high-income | Nations |
white-collar | Force |
primary | institution |
upward | Jobs |
labour | Mobility |
v
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Task 14. Which article a or an can be put before the following words or phrases?
Write the words or phrases into the correct column.
idea, European, expensive project, thousand times, MP, economic crisis, ewe, honest decision, MBA, academic year, yearly chart, honourable person, university, euphemism.
a | An |
Task 15. Which article the or 0 can be put before the following words or phrases? Write the words or phrases into the correct column.
Tower of London, Elle, Netherlands, People’s Republic of China, Thames, Carpathians, Financial Times, Everest, Germany.
the | |
Task 16. Complete each sentence a) to e) with one of the endings 1) to 5).
a) In most societies there is a … | 1) observed inequality just or fair? |
b) Here is the … | 2) other. |
c) One person might be better off and healthier than the … | 3) basic problem: we observe some empirical case of social inequality. |
d) And we ask: is the… | 4) inequality violate some principle of justice? |
e) Does the … | 5) certain broadly shared belief about what is socially fair and unfair. |
Task 17. Read the following information about economic inequality. Write nine more missing articles in the correct places.
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