Prepare a short presentation on one of the problems given below (see Appendix 4 on p. 43)

1. Haying machines.

2. Threshers.

3. Pick up balers.

4. Grain harvesters.

5. Potato harvesters.

6. Vegetable harvesters.

7. Soft fruit harvesters.

8. The combine of the future.

IV. Final Activity

Visit the link www.izhgsha.ru to find out more about the Faculty of Mechanical and Agricultural Engineering of the Izhevsk State Agricultural Academy.

Consider the following points:

- the history of the faculty;

- the faculty staff;

- the departments of the faculty;

- the total number of students;

- students’ life.

Present your report in writing (1 page).

You can use other additional resources.

UNIT 8. ECONOMICS

I. Reading and Speaking Practice Section

1. Guess the meaning of the following words:

economy, economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, inflation, positive, sphere, political, finance, social, basic, theory, factor.

2. Match the English terms with their Russian equivalents:

stimulus подход

distribution общество

goods безработица

consumption толчок, стимул

unemployment товары

society прикладной(-ая)

applied распределение

approach потребление

3. Discuss in small groups the following questions (see Appendix 1 on p.39):

- what economics is;

- what issues it studies;

- why it is important for the society;

- outstanding economists you know;

- where economic analysis can be applied.

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