- •Иванова о.В., Кирильчик т.К.
- •Introduction to economics Введение в экономику
- •What is economics?
- •What is economics?
- •Economic or economical?
- •1.Complete the following sentences with the appropriate word from the list below.
- •1. Read the text and focus on the following points:
- •The meaning of economics
- •4. Expand the sentences, using the information from the text.
- •Satisfying people’s wants
- •2.Read the text again and say if the following statements are true or false according to the information in the text.
- •3.Match the beginnings and endings of the following statements.
- •Economic systems
- •1.Say whether the following characteristics of economic systems are typical for a)traditional economic systems, b) command economic systems, c)market economic systems.
- •2.Answer the following questions on the contents of the text.
- •3.Read the text again and say if the following statements are true or false according to the information in the text.
- •4.Complete the following table.
- •1. Match the words listed below with the definitions that follow.
- •2. Group the words that follow into six synonymous groups.
- •3. Group the words that follow into six antonymous groups.
- •4. Complete the sentences with appropriate terms from the list below.
- •5.Add an appropriate preposition to each of the following sentences where indicated.
- •6.Match the words and their definitions.
- •7.The snowball definition game.
- •8.Translate into English.
- •Passive Voice
- •1. Make these sentences passive. Use by if it is necessary to say who did the action.
- •If possible, rewrite these newspaper headlines as passive sentences. Begin each sentence with It has been … that.. . If it is not possible write X after the headline.
- •Import-Export
- •How to make a good presentation
- •Introducing the first point
- •Inviting questions
- •Adam smith
- •The Vision of Adam Smith
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Which of the following statements are true/false?
- •3. Do you agree or disagree with the following opinions? Why yes and why not? Write an essay of 150-200 words to support your opinion.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Which of the following statements are true/false?
- •3. Questions for discussion.
- •Сlassical liberalism
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2.Complete the following sentences:
- •3. Questions for discussion.
- •Neoclassical economics
- •The subschools
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Which of the following statements are true/false?
- •3.Questions for discussion.
- •Reference Literature
Vocabulary
remarkable feature -отличительная черта
be firmly grounded - твердо основываться на чем-либо
acknowledged -подтверждать, признавать
attach - прикреплять, прилагать
struggling to survive - борьба за существование
controversial - противоречивый
simultaneously - одновременно
subsequent - последующий
disaggregate economic phenomena – расчленять(нить) экономические явления
1. Answer the following questions.
1. What is the most remarkable feature of the neoclassical economics?
2. When did neoclassical economics begin?
3. How does the author refer to the neoclassical economics and neoclassical economists?
4.What subschools and names are mentioned in the text?
5. What economists worked in: a) England b) France c) Austria
2. Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Neoclassical economists simplified many broad categories of market phenomena.
2. Neoclassical economics began when Adam Smith died.
3. Neoclassical economics is not a school of thought.
4. Marshall's appointment to the chair of political economy at Oxford University was the beginning of neoclassical economics.
5. A.C.Pigou, D.H. Robertson and Ralph Hawtrey were the followers of Alfred Marshall.
6. Vilfredo Pareto took root in Lausanne, in France.
7. “Principles of economics” was written in 1871 by Carl Menger.
8. Ideas of Sir Walras were promoted in England by H A.L. Bowley.
3.Questions for discussion.
Do you agree with the author that “the most remarkable feature of neoclassical economics is that it reduces many broad categories of market phenomena to considerations of individual choice”? Why yes and why not?
Do you think that neoclassical economics is a “loose amalgam of subschools of thought”?
3.Whose works are of the most importance for the development of economics?
Reference Literature
1. English for Business. A Functional Approach. DP Publications LTD, 1995.
2. Horner, D. Words at Work / D. Horner, P. Strutt. CUP, 1998.
3. Jones, L. International Business English / L. Jones, R. Alexander. CUP, 1994.
4. Mac Kenzie, I. English for Business Studies / I. Mac Kenzie. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
5. MacConner, C. Macroeconomics / C. MacConnel, S. Brue. McGraw-Hill, Inc, 1990.
6. Mankiw, N. Rssentials of Economics / N. Gregory Mankiew. Harcourt College Publishers, 2001.
7. Market Leader. Intermediate Business English Course. David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent, Oxford University Press, 2003.