1.Переведите заголовки на русский язык:

1. Creditors Warned. 2. Aim to Stimulate Production. 3. New Wage Offer Accepted. 4. Significant Strides Made in the Manufacture of Producer Goods. 5. ICI Dispute Being Sent to Ministry. 6. Statistics Show Rapid Growth? 7. Rationali­zation? 8. Help for the North-East Areas or Hand-Out to Big Business? 9. Mr. M. to Go to Moscow in a Few Weeks. 10.OAS divided on Peru action. (OAS = Organization of American States) 11. Price Rise Unlikely — President of the Company. 12. Steel Company—Workers Sack­ed. 13. Italian Pit Strike. 14. The Wages Struggle. 15.California for GOP. 16. Foreign Trade Figures in October. 17. Why Big Tobacco Can’t Be Killed. 18. Has Ford backed Detroit into corner? (головное предприятие «Форд» находится в Детройте)

2. Для каждого из слов слева, обычно используемых в заголовках, найдите синонимичное соответствие в правом столбике, обращаясь к нижеприведенным заголовкам:

AXE BID BLAST BLAZE CLASH CURB DRAMA ENVOY HIT POLL PROBE QUIT QUIZ RIDDLE SEEK SLASH STORM TOLL WED WOO

fire close down, dismiss (usually for economic reasons) conflict, disagree(ment), fight, fighting diplomat exciting or dramatic event attempt explosion affect badly vote, election, public opinion survey reduce, reduction, limit investigate, investigation question, interrogate, interview reduce drastically leave, depart, resign attract, interest, with the support of look for, want, ask for mystery marry angry argument total number of dead

3.Переведите следующие заголовки на русский язык:.

1. ARMY AXES 3 BASE, 3,000 MEN

2. BID TO REACH NORTH POLE FAILS

3. HOTEL BLAST KILLS 8

4. ANMALS DIE IN ZOO BLAZE

5. US, RUSSIA CLASH OVER ARMS CURBS

6. 3 SAVED IN FLATS BLAZE DRAMA

7. ENVOY ACCUSED OF SPYING

8. TOURISTS HIT BY PILOTS’ STRIKE

9. PM ANNOUNCES MARCH POLL

10. POLICE PROBE MISSING WOMAN RIDDLE

11. TOP SCIENTIST QUITS UK FOR US

12. 3 QUIZZED OVER BOY’S KIDNAP

13. FILM STAR SEEKS DIVORCE

14. AIR FARES SLASHED TO WOO HOLIDAY MAKERS

15. STORM AT UN OVER ‘SPIES’ ACCUSATION

16. EARTHQUAKE TOLL REACHES 27

17. ACTOR TO WED FOR FIFTH TIME

4. Выберите лучшее объяснение ключевых слов:

Growth in America lowest since 1990

1. Growth means …

1. increased GDP, or the increase in total sales revenue

2. improved exports for the US economy

3. increased value of companies on the New York Stock Exchange

Consumer confidence down in Germany

2.Consumer confidence means …

1. what people think about German industry

2. what people think of their personal economic situation

3. what shop owners think of business prospects

Japan’s trade surplus falls

3. Trade surplus means …

1. the positive balance in exports over imports

2. the value of sales

3. the share value of the top 100 Japanese companies

Tokai bank writes off Yen 8bn in bad debts

4. To write off debts means …

1. get the money back from creditors

2. forget the money, since the loans are not going to be paid back

3. demand the money back immediately

Cleveland Best Inc. announces demerger

5. A demerger is …

1. a return to two separate entities following a period as one company

2. a decision to split a company into two parts

3. a temporary decision

Ireland’s trade deficit with Germany smaller

6. A trade deficit is …

1. where exports are larger than imports

2. a positive balance in favour of sales over debts

3. where the value of imports is greater than the value of exports

Oil industry confidence hit by overcapacity and oil price slump

7. Overcapacity means …

1. the industry is not producing enough to meet demand

b) production facilities are not working to their potential

2. supply is greater than demand

Italian chemical conglomerate to break up

8. A conglomerate is …

1. a large manufacturing company

2. a multinational company

3. a large holding company with many subsidiaries

Worldwide PC sales soar 70%

9. To soar means …

1. increase by a large amount

2. go up a little

3. fall dramatically

Corporate phone bills to fall

10. Corporate means …

1. large

2. big business

3. personal, domestic and business

Worldwide corporate tax hits 40%

11. Corporate tax means …

1. special rate of tax on companies with large turnovers

2. taxes on any business activity

3. taxes on everyone, private individuals and companies

James Inc. makes $2bn from home entertainments sell-off

12. A sell-off is …

1. a successful sales campaign

2. a special promotion of low price goods

3. a decision to sell a subsidiary in an industrial group