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Unit III Products, markets and marketing

lesson 1

Text: Customers, Consumers and Clients

Grammar: The Passive Voice (Simple)

Terms to remember:

customer

покупець товару чи послуги, клієнт, замовник

consumer

споживач

resale

перепродаж

safeguard (v)

гарантувати (щось), охороняти

consumer protection

захист споживача

emerge (v)

з’являтися, виникати

pass a law (v)

приймати закон

consumerism

консюмеризм (рух на захист прав споживача)

protect (v)

захищати

investigate (v)

досліджувати, вивчати

consumer taste

смак споживача

safety

безпека

market research

вивчення (можливостей) ринку; дослідження ринку

client

клієнт, замовник, покупець професійної послуги

accountant

бухгалтер

advertising agency

рекламна агенція

Customers, Consumers, and Clients

There are different ways to talk about people who buy things.

Customers are individuals or organizations who buy things from other individuals, shops or organizations, pay for a service or order something from a company.

Consumers are people who buy goods and services for their own use or consumption and not for resale. Consumers are now recognized as an important group – the government has passed laws to safeguard the interests of the consumer. An organized movement (consumerism) for consumer protection has emerged in the last 40 years.

Consumerism consists of all those activities that are undertaken to protect the rights of consumers in their dealings with business. There exist four basic rights of consumers: the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose and the right to be heard. Manufacturers investigate consumer tastes using market research.

Clients are individuals or organizations who pay for services provided by a professional person or organization such as a lawyer, an accountant, a bank, advertising agency, etc.

A business may refer to its customers as its customer base or client base.

Exercises in Word Study

Ex.1. Form verbs from the following nouns:

consumer, protection, investigation, service, recognition, activity, manufacturer, choice, movement, customer.

Ex.2. Give the English for:

покупець, споживач, платити за послугу, споживання, перепродаж, приймати закон, охороняти інтереси споживача, захист прав споживача, смаки споживача, дослідження ринку, клієнт, бухгалтер, рекламна агенція.

Ex.3. Match words from list A with words from list B that have a similar meaning.

A

B

customer

consumer

protect

activity

manufacturer

investigate

choose

buy

end user

producer

study

purchase

buyer

action

safeguard

select

Ex.4. Find suitable opposites to the following words:

similar, to sell, to reject, idleness, insignificant, producer.

Ex.5. Match the nouns in the left hand column with the nouns in the right hand column and translate them into Ukrainian:

consumer

customer

choice

industry

products

protection

spending

taste

service

mix

base

Ex.6. The words in the box frequently occur after “consumer”.

Find combinations that mean:

  1. loans made to the public by banks, shops and businesses for the purchase of everyday items;

  2. articles necessary for daily living, such as food, clothes, and everyday things;

  3. the average cost, published monthly, of a group of consumer goods, such as bread, milk, chicken, etc. in comparison to their past cost;

  4. goods such as cars, furniture, refrigerators, televisions, etc. that last for a long time;

  5. the situation of buying and selling goods for personal use, not for resale;

  6. goods such as foods, drinks, newspapers, etc. that have a short life and need to be replaced often;

  7. a period when consumers are spending a lot.