TEXT 13

International trade

International trade is the exchange of goods and services between different countries. Depending on what a country produces and needs, it can export (sell goods to another country) and import (buy goods from another country).

Government can control international trade. The most common measures are tariffs (or duties) and quotas.

Vocabulary

duty – налог, пошлина

to export – экспортировать

to import – импортировать

international – международный

tariff – тариф

trade - торговля

quota – квота

TASKS

Task 1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following:

1. обмен товарами и услугами;

2. в зависимости от;

3. правительство может контролировать.

Task 2. Look through the text and find words which have the same form for a verb and a noun? Do you know any more examples?

Task 3. Give all synonyms that you know to the noun “goods”.

Task 4. The following adjectives describe an unsuccessful product. Change them into their opposites: adjectives that describe a successful product.

Model: dull – exciting

1. poor quality –

2. overpriced –

3. badly made –

4. unknown –

5. old – fashioned –

Task 5. Arrange the letters in brackets into terms of the given definitions.

1. something that is made in one country and brought into another, usually to be sold there (p t o m i r);

2. a product that is sold to another country (t e r o p x);

3. the activity of buying, selling goods between countries (l a t n a n I n e t o r i r e t a d).

Task 6. Give synonyms to the following words.

international

different

common

Task 7. Translate Russian words in the gaps into English.

International торговля is the обмен товарами и услугами between different странами. В зависимости от того what a country производит and needs, it can экспортировать(sell goods to another country) and import (покупать товары from another country).

Правительство can контролировать international торговля. The most обычные меры are tariffs (or пошлины) and квоты.

Task 8. Answer the following questions.

1. What is international trade?

2. What can a country export and import?

3. How can a government control international trade?

4. Why do the countries exchange goods?