- •Aнглийский язык для студентов специальностей «Финансы и кредит», «буАиА»
- •Preface
- •Contents
- •Unit I economy and economics Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Verbs and word-combinations with verbs:
- •Word Study
- •Text I Economy. Types of Economic Systems.
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text II What Is Economics?
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Activities
- •Discussion
- •Unit II the belarusian economy Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •Verb----------noun
- •Text The Belarusian Economy
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Discussion
- •Unit III Money Topical Vocabulary
- •Verbs and verb phrases
- •Word Study
- •Money Makes the World Go Round
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Unit IV banking
- •Word Study
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Opening an Account
- •Withdrawing Money From the Account
- •Changing Foreign Currency
- •Discussion
- •Unit V finance and credit Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 2
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 3 careers in finance
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Exercises
- •Discussion
- •Unit VI accounting and audit Warming up
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Word Study
- •Text I Accounting As the Language of Business
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 2. Book-keeping and Accounting
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 3 Auditing
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text 3 Careers in Accounting
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Post-reading Activities
- •Discussion
- •Curriculum
- •Содержание учебного материала по специальности «финансы и кредит»
- •Self-study Term I
- •Variant I the united kingdom economy
- •Variant II the american economy
- •Text work
- •To do away … … competition to place regulations … economic practices To be based … a free enterprise system to be involved … the construction
- •Ex. 3 Give the English equivalents to the following words and phrases.
- •Term II
- •Variant I
- •2. Translate the following words and expressions:
- •4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.
- •5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair.
- •7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Variant II
- •2. Translate the following words and expressions:
- •3. Match the words in Column a with their definitions in Column b.
- •4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.
- •5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair
- •7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Variant III
- •2. Translate the following words and expressions:
- •4. Match the words in Column a with the words in Column b to make up possible combinations.
- •5. Choose the words with similar meaning from the two groups and arrange them in pair
- •7. Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Selling on Credit
- •Indebtedness, down payment, currency, deposit, purchases, charge, statement, certified copy, price, to finance
- •Business documents
- •Прочитайте текст , устно переведите его, используя словарь.
- •Найдите и выпишите из английского толкового словаря определения следующих понятий, переведите определения на русский язык (письменно).
- •Text Work
- •Text 2 Gross Domestic Product
- •Text 3 Unemployment
- •Inflation
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Text-based Exercises
- •In the lines 1 - 5 , Robyn see examples of all three. What are they?
- •3. Can you think of three important activities to add to each list (not necessarily in relation to the kettle)?
- •4. Which sector do you intend to work in or do you already work in?
- •International Economic Relations
- •Unit III Text 1
- •Text 2 English Banknotes and Coins
- •Text 3 American Money
- •Text 4 Counterfeiting
- •Text 5 Glimpses of History of Money
- •Unit IV Text 1 Types of loans made by banks
- •International Banking
- •Text 3 The Regulation of International Banking
- •Text 4 What is a Central Bank?
- •Text 5 The Federal Reserve System
- •Unit V Text 1 Credit Cards and their Holders
- •Text 2 Credit Union
- •Text-based Exercises
- •Unit V Text 1 History of Accounting
- •Text 2 Users of Accounting Information
- •Text 3 Ethical Behavior of Accountants
- •Text 4 Bookkeeping
- •Text 5 Accounting Industry in the usa
- •Bibliography
Post-reading Activities
Ex. 1 Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions given below.
Available resources; the government; significant faults; nearer to; competitive; their own businesses; natural resources; consumers; the
balance; adjusts automatically; a production plan.
Command and market economies both have ---.
In a true market economy --- plays no role in the management of the economy.
An economic system is the way in which a country uses its --- to satisfy the demands of its people.
The state owns factories, land and ---.
It is just --- between market and planned elements that alters in all mixed economies of the world.
In a market economy it is --- who decide what is to be produced.
Some countries are --- to command economies, while others are --- to free market economies.
A free market economy --- to meet changing demands.
Each industry and factory of a command economy is set --- to fulfill.
Firms tend to be highly --- in a market economy.
In planned economies citizens cannot start --- and so new ideas rarely come forward.
Ex. 2 Study the dictionary definitions of the word “economics” below.
A. Find the similarities and the differences.
1) Economics is the science of the production and distribution of wealth. (Webster’s New Dictionary).
2) Economics is a social science concerning behaviour in the field of production, consumption, distribution and exchange. (A Concise Dictionary of Business).
Economics is the social science concerned with the production and consumption of goods and services and the analysis of the commercial activities of a society. (Collins English Dictionary).
Economics is the study of the way in which money, industry and trade are organized in a society. (Collins COBUILD English Dictionary).
Economics is the study of the natural laws governing the production, distribution and consumption of wealth. (Longman Dictionary of Business English).
B. Consult other dictionaries and study their definitions. Compare them with the definitions given above.
Ex. 3 Express your opinion about the following branches and the main problems of economics.
Classical economics; farm economics; household economics; international economics; labour economics; managerial economics; monetary economics; pure economics; microeconomics; macroeconomics; development economics.
Production, distribution and consumption of commodities; sellers’ and buyers’ behaviour in the market; the relationship between “price system” and “market mechanism”; government income and expenditure; fiscal policy; inflation; unemployment; the factors of economic growth; the size of GNP and its stability.
Use as many of the following expressions as you want in your answer.
e. g.: I’m not very much interested in studying farm economics.
I really enjoy studying…
I’m extremely interested in…
I’m quite interested in…
I’d like to know more about…
I don’t know anything about…
I’ve always wanted to learn something about…
I’m not in the least interested in …
I don’t much like studying…
I don’t like…at all.
I’m bored by studying…
I hate studying…
I think…is a complete waste of time.
I used to like…but I’ve lost interest in it.
I used to think…was boring, but I’m getting interested in it.