Unit 3.Types of economic systems
TEXT A: Types of economic systems TEXT B: Command economy TEXT C: Good (and bad) models BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: Finding the way GRAMMAR: Past Tenses. The Past Simple and the Past Continuous Tenses |
Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today. Jina to Hu, President of the People's Republic of China
Lead-in
What is the most typical problem faced by every society?
Why cannot people have everything they want?
Who usually allocates resources in the country?
How can the economic system influence our life?
PRE-TEXT EXERCISES
A. Reading drills
Ex.1. Practice reading the following words:
ch [k] mechanism, mechanic, mechanization, technique, technical (в словах, запозичених з грецькоїмови)
ph [f] phrase, phase, photograph, telephone, phonetics (в словах, запозичених з грецькоїмови)
er, ir, ur [з:] refer, prefer, sir, girl, term, perfect, third, merger, university, burn, nurse, curse
ture [ʧə] structure, picture, venture, gesture, mixture, lecture, nature
sure[ʒә] measure,pleasure, leisure
Ex.2. Read the following words. The underlined letters are silent.
Bomb, comb, lamb, debt, write, know, knife, doubt, receipt, psychology.
Ex.3. Read the words in the group below. Pay attention to the word stress.
Words with the stress on the first syllable:
several, scarcity, allocate, previously, Asia, clothing, value, major, centrally, formulate, publicly, industries, socialism, socialist, Sweden, power, operate, ownership, relevant, enterprise, government, centralized,social, ownership;
Words with the stress on the second syllable:
requires, essential, dilemma,referred,efficiently, appearance, variety, societies, command,allow, consumer, percent, consensus, municipal;
Polysyllabic words with the main and secondary stress:
satisfactorily, opportunity, distribution, independently, intermingled, intervention, environmentalism.
B. Word formation
Ex.4. Make up nouns as in the model.
Model: noun + suffix –ship →noun
e.g. owner – ownership
Citizen, dictator, friend, leader, member, proprietor, entrepreneur, master.
Model: verb +suffix –tion or –sion →noun
e.g.organize- organization
Protect, decide, define, produce, collect, reduce, consume, divide, cooperate.
Model: noun +suffix-ism →noun
e.g. material-materialism
Marx, Protestant, Buddha, commune, society, capital, consumer, perfection.
Ex.5. Make up adjectives as in the model.
Model: adjective +suffix -ance or -ence (- ancy, -ency) →noun
e.g.efficient - efficiency
Important, different, insistent, resistant, constant, efficient, intelligent.
Model: noun +suffix -ic →adjective
e.g. economy- economic
History, geography, hero, science, ballast, naturalist, metal, poet, myth.
What other noun or adjective suffixes do you know? Give examples.