Unit 6. Economic analysis (2)

Text 1. Economic Models

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fair	1. честный, справедливый 2. красивый, светлый
court	суд
to refer to the court	передавать дело в суд
fare	плата за проезд
to cut the fare	снижать плату за проезд
to set the fare	установить плату за проезд
equation	уравнение
equal	равный
to equalize (with, to)	уравнивать
equality	равенство, равноправие
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to be responsive to	реагировать на
to be unresponsive to changes	не реагировать на изменения
behavior	поведение
sensitive	1. чувствительный, восприимчивый 2. впечатлительный, чуткий
to be sensitive to smth	быть восприимчивым к чему– либо
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sense	1. чувство 2. pl.сознание 3. здравый смысл 4. значение, смысл
to apply common sense	прибегать к здравому смыслу
straight away	сразу же, немедленно
to matter v	иметь значение, быть важным
to alter	изменять
altered	измененный
unaltered	неизменный
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bare	голый, обнаженный
a bare – bones model	каркас
notation	условный знак, обозначение
shorthand	стенография
to take shorthand	стенографировать
determinant	решающий, определяющий фактор, детерминант, определитель
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to vary	изменяться
to identify	устанавливать, определять
identical	одинаковый, идентичный, тождественный
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minor	незначительный, второстепенный
error	ошибка

Synonyms

• to choose – to pick out

• to omit – to miss out – to neglect – to ignore

• straight away – immediately, right now

• minor – unimportant – insignificant

• shortly – soon

• underground – tube – metro

• to cut – to reduce

• to lead to – to result in

• to imagine – to suppose

• to alter – to change – to vary

• constant – unchanged, unaltered

• to matter – to be of importance

• broadly – approximately, roughly

Antonyms

• gradually – sharply

• altered – unaltered

• suggestive – conclusive

• initially – finally, eventually

• to adopt – to reject

• to encourage – to discourage

• affected by – unresponsive

• include – omit

• inclusion – omission

• broad – narrow

• to ignore (to neglect) – to pay attention to

Translate into Russian and practice:

1. to influence the number of passengers through smth

2. the model of traveller behavior

3. to study the theory in detail

4. to remain unaltered

5. to depend on all the things listed inside the brackets

6. to take the effects into account

7. to set (raise) a question

8. to apply common sense

9. to be relevant

10. to be sensitive to the costs of competing alternatives

11. to use the terms interchangeably

12. the predicted number of journeys demanded

13. to lead to a serious error

14. to raise the revenue from tube fares

15. to model the demand for tube journeys

16. the determinants of the demand for tube journeys

17. the determine the number of passengers

18. to be unresponsive to changes

19. to adopt a model

20. minor effects

21. economics in action

22. to bring extra revenue

23. to run the tube services

24. to lead to disastrous losses

25. to refer the matter to the court

Text 2. Scatter Diagrams

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to scatter	1. разбрасывать 2. посыпать 3. рассеивать
a scatter diargam	диаграмма рассеивания
to coincide	1. совпадать 2. соответствовать, равняться
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slope	1. наклон, скат; 2. иметь наклон
to slope up	подниматься плавно вверх
to slope down	опускаться вниз
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suggestive	подающий мысль, предлагающий объяснение, вызывающий мысль
conclusive	убедительный, окончательный, заключительный, решающий
sufficient	достаточный
sufficiently	достаточно
to infer	1. заключать, делать заключение, вывод 2. означать, подразумевать
in spite of	вопреки, несмотря на
shortly	1. вскоре 2. коротко, сжато 3.отрывисто, резко

Synonyms

• to make smb do smth – to force smb to do smth

• shortly – soon

• to infer – to conclude

• in spite of – despite

Antonyms

• to slope up – to slope down

• suggestive – conclusive

• sufficient(ly) – insufficient(ly)

Translate into Russian and practice:

1. the relation between tube fare and real revenue

2. measured at 1973 prices

3. to be confident about one’s future

4. correct for inflation

5. the years of the highest revenue

6. expressed in 1973 prices

7. to compensate for the fact

8. in real terms

9. to capture the relation

10. associated with the highest revenue

11. to make total revenue go down

12. in spite of higher prices

13. the analysis is suggestive

14. to reduce passenger use

15. to obtain the revenue from selling tube fares

16. to make the revenue go down

17. parking charges

18. to abandon cars in favour of buses

19. to reduce passenger use