Татьяна Сергеевна Бочкарева, Татьяна Владимировна Минакова - Английский язык для студентов заочной формы обучения

2.1.1 Задание 1. Прочитайте и запомните следующие слова и словосочетания:

world economy- мировая экономика;

trade – торговля;

consumer – потребитель;

goods and services – товары и услуги;

pension fund – пенсионный фонд;

endowment – фонд, вклад, пожертвование;

to earn money – зарабатывать деньги;

investment – капиталовложение, инвестирование real estate – недвижимое имущество, недвижимость;

company – компания, товарищество;

to provide – снабжать, обеспечивать, предоставлять;

job – работа; to expand – расширять (ся);

to make up – составлять;

interaction – взаимодействие;

business – дело, деятельность, торговое предприятие, выгодная сделка, производство, бизнес;

border – граница;

illegal (legal) – незаконный (законный);

drugs – наркотики;

to join – присоединить (ся), объединиться;

to substitute – заменять;

food crop – продовольственная сельскохозяйственная культура;

to use – применять, использовать;

to employ economic sanctions – применять экономические санкции;

whatever – все что;

to cross – пересекать;

transfer of funds – перевод денежных средств;

to contribute to – вносить вклад в;

economic activity – экономическая деятельность.

2.1.2 Задание 2. Прочитайте текст А переведите его письменно

2.1.2.1 Тext А. What is the World Economy?

In many ways, we are all part of the world economy. When we drink our imported coffee or hot chocolate in the morning, when we use a foreign-made videocassette recorder, or when we travel abroad on holiday, we are participating in the growing world of international trade and finance.

And it is not only as a consumer of foreign goods and services that we are part of the world economy. The money that our pension funds or university endowments earn from global investments may actually be paying for our retirement or a new building on campus. Foreign investment in local real estate and companies can also provide needed jobs for our friends and families. Even the local athlete who has signed a contract to play abroad is part of the expanding global economy.

The world economy is made up of all those interactions among people, businesses, and governments that cross international borders, even the illegal ones. If we buy drugs – or if we join the fight against drugs by helping Bolivian farmers substitute food crops for coca – we become part of the world economy. We also use the world economy to achieve specific political or ecological objective when we employ economic sanctions to fight racial segregation or the illegal killing of whales.

Basically, whatever crosses an international border – whether goods services or transfers of funds – is part of the world economy. Food imports, automobile exports, investments abroad, even the trade in services such as movies or tourism contribute to each country's international economic activity.

2.1.2.2 Ответьте на вопросы по тексту А

1 How are we participating in the growing world of international trade and finance?

2 How can money be part of the world economy?

3 What is the world economy made up of?

4 What do we use the world economy for?

5 What is basically part of the world economy?

6 What contributes to each country's international economic activity?

2.1.3 Задание 3. Прочитайте и запомните следующие слова и словосочетания:

nation's wealth – богатства страны;

to determine – определять;

to be better off – быть богаче;

to earn money – зарабатывать деньги;

earn – заработок;

per capita – на душу населения;

to save money – экономить деньги;

way – путь, способ;

to define – определять;

to own – владеть, иметь;

stock – акция;

real estate – недвижимое имущество level – уровень;

income –доход;

to be well off – быть состоятельным (зажиточным);

salary – жалование, оклад;

unit of measure – единица измерения;

to compare the value of currencies – сравнивать стоимость валюты;

exchange rate – обменный курс;

in terms of – в исчислении, в выражении;

exchange market – валютный рынок;

to convert – конвертировать, превращать;

the cost of living – стоимость жизни;

purchasing power – покупательная способность;

purchasing power parity (P.P.P.) – паритет покупательной способности;

goods and services – товары и услуги;

insurance – страхование.

2.1.4 Задание 4. Прочитайте текст B переведите его письменно

2.1.4.1 Тext B. How is Wealth Determined Around the World?

A nation's wealth can best be determined by looking at its people. But it is difficult to rely on any one statistic. Are the Kuwaitis better off because they earn more money per capita than the Brazilians? Are the French better off if they have more telephones per household than the Japanese? Are the Italians better off because they save more money than the Canadians?