Careers: Economist

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 647.

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READING

Can you explain why you have chosen the profession of an economist?

DISCOVERING CONNECTIONS

E- Translation

D- Writing

8- Write a paragraph of about 100 words about: (August, 2009)

"How can we help to protect and improve the environment"

9- A) Translate into Arabic: (August, 2009)

Modern societies need enormous amounts of power for heating, lighting and industry. Most of this power comes from coal and oil. Experts say that this type of fuel will soon be used up. Scientists will have to search for alternative sources of energy.

B) Translate into English:

1- إن العمل الجماعي يقوي الروابط و القيم الإنسانية بين الناس.

2- لابد أن نشجع الاستثمارات الأجنبية في مصر من أجل تحسين الاقتصاد القومي.

2. Would you like to work for a company, teach economic disciplines at university or operate your own economic business after graduating from university?

3. Do you think you have entrepreneurial flair or talent? What personal qualities and skills do you think an entrepreneur needs? What sacrifices do you think they have to make in their lives to succeed in business?

4. Would you like, one day, to run your own company, and be ultimately responsible for all aspects of it?

As you read the text, focus on different types of economists and their activities.

Economists study the ways in which individuals and society choose to use limited resources, such as natural resources, labour, factories, and machines, in an effort to satisfy unlimited wants.

There are four tipes of economists:

Academic economists, who engage in teaching, writing and doing research in colleges, and Universities. They also write textbooks and journal articles, develop and test new theoretical models, provide consulting services to governments and businesses, and engage in variety of other professional activities.

Government economists collect and analyze information about economic conditions in the nation and possible changes in government economic policies. Economists forecast tax revenues and analyze, monitor prices, compute total output and perform other useful tasks in the public sector.

Business economists work for banks, insurance companies, investment companies, manufacturing firms, economic research firms, and management consulting firms.Is the berson who run his or her business.??

Entrepreneurs Economists operate their own economic businesses. The entrepreneur is a business person who prefers to take calculated risks they have flair or talent, technical skills and financial skills.