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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 360.


Vocabulary Focus

Use the words from the list of Useful Vocabulary to complete the sentences.

1. The development of national ….. is based on certain laws and principles.

a. economize

b. economy

c. economics

2. The increase in the ….. of goods is always limited by the budget constraints.

a. consumption

b. efficiency

c. reliability

3. Economists ….. forces of demand and supply to determine the prices of goods and services.

a. ignore

b. consider

c. improve

4. One of the urgent tasks of the Government is to ….. people's well-being.

a. improve

b. manage

c. analyze

5. The management of the company is expected to ….. effectively and quickly.

a. fire the staff

b. make decisions

c. improve well-being

 

2. Give the synonyms to the following words and word combinations. Mind the list of Useful Vocabulary.

manufacturing

using

company

to satisfy wants

to try

 

3. Give the English equivalents to the following expressions.

производство товаров и услуг

распределять доступные ресурсы

улучшать благосостояние

получать удовлетворение

совокупный результат

сферы деятельности

выбирать из альтернатив

сталкиваться с проблемой

размещать недостающие ресурсы

проблема нехватки, дефицита

 

1.Explain in your own words how you understand the problem of scarcity.

2.Comment on the quotation

“Economics is the study of people in the ordinary business of life” (Alfred Marshall)

Prove that the subject of economics is interesting to you. Use the following expressions in your answers.

 

- I really enjoy economics because ………

- I'm quite interested in economics because ………

- I would like to know more about economics because ………

- I think economics is interesting for studying because ………

 


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