- •Reading Tasks
- •Understanding main points.
- •Understanding details. Mark true (t) and false (f) statements according to the text.
- •Vocabulary Tasks.
- •Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •Individual efforts fell short of success, only limited goals could be attained,
- •Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text.
- •Match each term with the definition.
- •Act as an interpreter for Parts a and b.
- •Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks
- •Understanding main points.
- •Understanding details. True/false statements.
- •Applying for a Job
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •Complete the sentences, using the text.
- •Translate into English.
- •Over to you
- •Unit II Section a
- •International Trade
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks.
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details.
- •International Trade
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text.
- •4. Act as an interpreter for parts a and b:
- •5. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate prepositions and word combinations (on, such as, of, in to, from, by, during, for, with, due to, both, though).
- •6. Translate the following into English.
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks
- •Understanding main points.
- •Understanding details. Mark True (t) and False (f) statements according to the text.
- •How to Write Business Letters
- •Complete the sentences, using the text.
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •Translate the following into English.
- •Over to you: Extra Writing Tasks
- •1. This letter was written after a half year review. Put the sentences forming the body of the letter in the right sequence.
- •2. Read the following information and complete the task. Write about 100-200 words.
- •Unit III Section a Marketing
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks.
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details. Mark True (t) and False (f) statements according to the text.
- •Brand Names
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text.
- •4. Act as an interpreter for parts a and b:
- •5. Render in English.
- •Over to you:
- •Section b Advertising
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks
- •Understanding main points. Answer the questions:
- •Understanding details. Mark True (t) and False (f) statements according to the text.
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •S uggest the Russian equivalents.
- •Fill in the gaps:
- •Translate the following in Russian.
- •Over to you:
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details.
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text.
- •Writing Tasks
- •1. Translate the following into English.
- •Over to you:
- •1. Which would you prefer to work for?
- •2. Do you think your response to question 1 is a typical one? Who would you rather work for?
- •Unit IV Section b Crossculture communication
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks.
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details.
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Read the words and find the odd-one-out.
- •2. Complete each sentence with a phrase from the text.
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks.
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details. Mark True (t) and False (f) statements according to the text.
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Fill in the gaps with the words given below.
- •2. Make sentences using all these words:
- •3. Read 5 questions and match them with the correct answers.
- •4. Match each term with the definition.
- •Over to you:
- •Supply the missing questions for the part of a. Act out the dialogue with a partner.
- •Say which of the following accounts you would prefer and give your reasons:
- •Speak about the new banking services when have been introduced for the last decade. Give examples. Unit II
- •International Financial Institutions
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks.
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details. Mark True (t) and False (f) statements according to the text.
- •The World Bank
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text.
- •3. Render in English.
- •Over to you:
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Reading Tasks.
- •1. Understanding main points:
- •2. Understanding details. Mark True (t) and False (f) statements according to the text.
- •Vocabulary Tasks
- •1. Suggest the Russian equivalents.
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text.
- •3. Match each term with the definition.
- •4. Act as an interpreter for parts a and b:
- •5. Render in English.
- •Over to you:
Over to you:
Supply details to prove the following assumption:
- …the economy of the United States is more regionally specialized than the euro-zone;
- … Italy is the most “European” economy, and Belgium the least.
Comment on the following statements:
- … the gains from integration in good times may be great, but the risks in bad times will be bigger too;
- externalities in production will cause high-technology, high-wage industries to form clusters.
Argue for or against the following debating themes:
- Integration makes economies less alike.
- For now, at least, service economies look more alike than manufacturing economies, and should prove less susceptible to shocking developments.
Comment on the following:
- Why defy what look like solid economic arguments for getting inside the EU?
- In any event, today’s Swiss reckon that the economic case is less than compelling.
- The economic gains of joining would, at best, be modest; the psychological loss could be great.
Give a thorough consideration to the possible economic gains of joining the EU.
Dwell upon the current performance of the euro.
Use additional sources of information and prepare a survey on how the EU has endured the latest economic and financial crisis.