- •Часть 1
- •Часть 1
- •Москва 2010
- •Часть 1
- •1.1 Lead-in
- •1.2 Language input
- •Developing vocabulary
- •1.2.2 Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
- •Background information Environment of Global Finance
- •1.4 Comprehension Understanding the reading
- •Give extensive answers to the questions. Use the following expressions to present your answers:
- •In a nutshell, ...
- •Scanning*
- •1.4.2 Scan the text to determine whether these statements are true (t) or false (f). With a partner, discuss why.
- •1.4.3 Scan the text and find the information to complete the following lists:
- •1.4.4 Scan the text again and find the English equivalents for the following:
- •1.4.5 Develop the following ideas. Make use of the active vocabulary given in brackets:
- •1.5 Practice
- •Word Building
- •1.5.1 Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words and word combinations: Countries and nationality adjectives
- •1.5.4 A. Read the text, ignoring the missing parts.
- •Substitute the words and word combinations given in bold type by synonyms or synonymous expressions from the active.
- •1.6 Dialogue 1
- •Import and Export
- •Supporting materials
- •Incoterms*
- •Trade Restrictions
- •The wto in brief
- •1.7 Case study & role play Case 1
- •1.7.1 Develop the following ideas.
- •1.7.3 Say it in English using the word combinations from both the Case-study and Role-play sections:
- •Appendix
- •1.7.4 Develop the following ideas:
- •1.7.5 Say it in English:
- •1.7.6 A. Find examples that show how trade restrictions affect multinational corporations.
- •Making a Decision
- •1.8 Grammar back up: The Infinitive
- •1. Is the verb followed by a full or bare Infinitive?
- •1.8.1 Insert to before the infinitive where required. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •2. Which verbs are followed by Complex Object?
- •I’d rather not be told the truth.
- •I’ll have you speak English in no time.
- •I hear (that) you have had successful talks.
- •2. Is the infinitive or the ing-form used after the verbs of perception?
- •I watched the secretary type a letter on a paper with a printed letterhead.
- •I watched the secretary typing a letter on a paper with a printed letterhead. (I.E. I saw part of the action)
- •1.8.2 Join these pairs of sentences, deciding when to use a bare infinitive or ing.
- •I’ll have you know I’m the company secretary.
- •I’ll have you speaking English in no time.
- •1.8.3 Use the bare infinitive or the -ing form after have in these sentences.
- •4. What is Complex Subject and when do we use it?
- •With the verb “ turn out “.
- •B. Paraphrase the following using a Complex Subject with the verbs in brackets.
- •Revision
- •2 The Firm and Its Environment
- •2.1 Lead-in
- •2.2 Language input
- •Developing vocabulary
- •2.2.1 Consult a dictionary and practise the pronunciation of the following words and word combinations, quote the sentences in which they are used in the text or submit the examples of your own:
- •2.2.2 Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
- •2.3 Background information The Firm and Its Environment
- •Understanding the reading
- •Scanning
- •Scan the text to determine whether these statements are true (t) or false (f), and if they are false say why.
- •2.4.3 Develop the following ideas. Make use of the active vocabulary given in brackets:
- •2.4.4 Match each of the phrases on the left with an appropriate explanation on the right. Use the grid below:
- •2.4.6 Scan the text again and find the English equivalents for the following:
- •Practice Language focus
- •2.5.3 A. Read the text, ignoring the missing parts.
- •Word-building
- •2.6 Dialogue 1
- •Types of securities
- •Mergers, Takeovers & Acquisitions
- •Supporting Materials
- •2.7 Case study & role play The Case
- •Chart 2.
- •Making a Decision
- •2.8 Grammar back up: The ing-Form & Past Participle
- •1. When do we use the -ing form?
- •I need a console desk. - I need a trading desk.
- •2. When do we use the Past Participle?
- •2. What form of the participle should be used?
- •3. What forms of participles do we use in the negative meaning?
- •4. When do we use the perfect participle passive?
- •Change the Infinitive in brackets for Perfect Participle (active or passive). Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •5 What do we call misrelated participles?
- •6. What is the meaning of the structure to have (get) something done?
- •7. What participial constructions do the participles build?
- •Do it in Russian
- •Мужчина с портфелем ручной работы вон там – это посредник, представляющий компанию-конкурента.
- •Context
- •Topics for the Power Point presentations:
- •3.1 Lead-in
- •3.2 Language input
- •3.2.1 Consult a dictionary and practice the pronunciation of the following words and word combinations, quote the sentences in which they are used in the text or submit the examples of your own:
- •3.2.2 Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column:
- •Environment of Accounting
- •3.4 Comprehension Understanding the reading
- •3.4.1 Give extensive answers to the questions. Use the following expressions to present your answers:
- •Scanning
- •3.4.2 Scan the text to determine whether these statements are true (t) or false (f), and if they are false say why:
- •3.4.3 Scan the text and find the information to complete the following lists:
- •3.4.4 Scan the text and find the English equivalents for the following:
- •3.4.5 Develop the following ideas. Make use of the active vocabulary, given in brackets:
- •3.5 Practice
- •Word Building
- •Complete the table with words from the text and related forms. Put a stress mark in front of the stressed syllable.
- •3.5.2 A. Read the text, ignoring the missing parts. Accounting Assumptions and Principles
- •Financial Statements
- •3.5.3 A. Fill in the gaps with the suitable expressions from the box:
- •5.5.4 A. Read the text, give the English equivalents for the words in brackets, and single out the main items of the income statement.
- •Income Statement
- •In eur thousand
- •3.5.5 A. Read the text and single out the main items of the balance sheet.
- •Illustration 5.2.
- •July 31, 200x
- •I. Consider the other parts of the consolidated balance sheet given below. Match the English word combinations in the left-hand column with the Russian equivalents in the right-hand column.
- •A. Read the text and supply the prepositions where necessary.
- •Illustration 5. 3.
- •3.5.7 Say it in English:
- •5.5.8 A. What do the following abbreviations stand for?
- •3.6 Dialogue 1
- •Jobs in Accounting
- •Supporting Materials
- •Read and translate the following dialogue: Tax Accounting
- •Supporting Materials
- •A Brief Summary of the Activities of the Office of the Auditor General in Norway
- •3.7. Case study& role play Case
- •Discussion questions:
- •Exhibit 1 Sales of the Microcomtec 100
- •Exhibit 2 Microcomtec’s Balance Sheet as of December 2000
- •Discussion questions:
- •Interoffice Memorandum
- •Making a Decision
- •3.8 Grammar back up The Infinitive, Past Participle and the “-ing” form (Revision)
- •Infinitive or the ing-form
- •Infinitive or the ing-form
- •Topics for the Power Point presentations
Background information Environment of Global Finance
There are clear benefits to being open to international trade: trade allows people to produce what they produce best and to consume the great variety of goods and services produced around the world. The key macroeconomic variables that describe an interaction in world markets are exports, imports, the trade balance, and exchange rates. Economies buy and sell goods and services in world product markets, and buy and sell capital assets in world financial markets.
When nations export more than they import, they are said to have a favourable balance of trade. When they import more than they export, an unfavourable balance of trade exists. Nations try to maintain a favourable balance of trade, which assures them of the means to buy necessary imports. Some nations, such as Great Britain in the nineteenth century, based their entire economy on the concept of importing raw materials, processing them into manufactured goods, and then exporting the finished goods.
In addition to visible trade, which involves the import and export of goods and merchandise, there is also invisible trade, which involves the exchange of services between nations. Brazilian coffee is usually transported by ocean vessels because these ships are the cheapest method of transportation. Nations such as Greece and Norway have large maritime fleets, which can provide this transportation service.
The prudent exporter purchases insurance for his cargoes’ voyage. While at sea, a cargo is vulnerable to many dangers, the most obvious being that the ship may sink. In this event, the exporter who has purchased insurance is reimbursed. Otherwise, he may suffer a complete loss. Insurance is another service in which some nations specialize. Great Britain, because of the development of Lloyd’s of London, is a leading exporter of this service, earning fees for insuring other nations’ foreign trade.
Some nations possess little in the way of exportable commodities, but they have a mild and sunny climate. Tourists spend money for hotel accommodation, meals, taxis, and so on. Tourism, therefore, is another form of invisible trade.
In the past twenty years, millions of workers from the countries of southern Europe have gone to work in Germany, Switzerland, France, the Benelux nations, and Scandinavia. The commissions and salaries that are paid to these people represent another form of invisible trade. The workers send money home to support their families. These are called immigrant remittances. They are an extremely important kind of invisible trade for some countries, both as imports and exports.
The main difference between domestic trade and international trade is the use of foreign currencies to pay for the goods and services crossing international borders.
Whenever a country imports or exports goods and services, there is a resulting flow of funds: money returns to the exporting nation, and money flows out of the importing nation. Trade and investment is a two-way street, and with a minimum of trade barriers, international trade and investment usually makes everyone better off.
Investments can have a crucial impact on a nation’s balance of payments. When an investment is made, capital enters a country, enabling it to import manufactured materials to build a new manufacturing plant and to pay workers to build it. Once the plant is operative, it provides both jobs and taxes for the host country and, in time, produces new manufactured goods for export. In this way, investment acts as a catalyst in economic growth for the developing countries throughout the world.
In subsequent years, an investment should yield a profit. Dividends, sums of money paid to shareholders of a corporation out of earnings, can then be remitted to the investing country. From the perspective of the balance of payments, in the year the investment is made, the host country credits income to its balance of payments, and the investing country records a debit. This is reversed in the following years. The dividends then represent an expense for the host country and income for the investing country.
After calculating all of the entries in its balance of payments, a nation has either a net inflow or a net outflow of money.
The nation’s reserves may be compared to an individual’s savings. For a nation, they are maintained in holdings of gold and official deposits in foreign currencies. A deficit in the balance of payments can be accommodated by drawings on (removing some of) the reserves, that is the previous savings. But if a nation’s balance of payments continues in deficit for some time, then the reserves will be insufficient to cover further withdrawals, and additional measures must be taken.
The most direct means of correcting a deficit in the balance of payments and having an immediate impact is by reducing imports. This can be accomplished by imposing tariffs (taxes), quotas (import restrictions), or both. If successful, the cost of imports rises in the local market, and the imported goods are comparatively more expensive to the consumer than locally made goods. When a quota is imposed, the quantity previously imported and paid for is reduced.
In either case, the net effect is the reduction of the nation’s outflow of money. Other measures may limit invisible trade expenditures. For example, citizens may be prohibited from taking more than a specified amount of money with them when they travel abroad.
Capital for investments abroad can be restricted by requiring government approval for any new foreign investments. When the United States encountered serious balance of payments problems in the 1960s, the government restricted the loans that United States banks could extend abroad. This was a large item in its balance of payments because of the United States’ role in world finance. The government also restricted the amount that United States corporations could invest overseas.
If these measures are insufficient, a country may devalue its currency. This immediately makes imports more expensive and exports more competitive, since the importing country can now pay for the first country’s imports with less of their currency than previously. In time, these advantages are eliminated. A nation must at all times combine devaluation with other effective measures to balance its economy, resulting in a reasonable level of employment and low rate of inflation.
Gold has been the traditional reserves. At one time, gold moved freely from country to country, but successive constraints have been imposed in the past years. Today, gold counts as only one form among many in the reserves of a country. A number of countries have an agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to hold their gold in safekeeping. This makes it possible for these countries to buy gold from or to sell gold to other countries by merely moving the gold from one custodian vault to another at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Free trade agreements often cause disputes between countries, especially when one country thinks the other is engaged in restrictive practices. Occasionally, trade wars erupt, and sanctions or embargoes are imposed on countries, and may not be lifted for long periods. On the other hand European countries closely related economically and enjoying good relations have entered into monetary union and have a single currency.