B) Work in small groups, make up sentences with these word combinations.

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B) Make up 10 sentences using these words. Exchange your lists with your partner and translate them into Russian.

2. Make sure you know how to pronounce these words, transcribe them and check with a dictionary:

Hitherto; enterprise; venture; assume; to pursue; equilibrium

3. Give synonyms to the words:

Launch; act; firm; gamble; suppose; peculiar; get; follow; recognize; hire; balance; result; mercenary-minded person; position

4. a) Translate the word combinations into Russian without using a dictionary, then check with a dictionary:

· to undertook for smb.'s security

· free enterprise

· a commercial enterprise

· a person of great enterprise

· to join smb. in a venture

· to undertake a venture

· joint venture

· at a venture

· to assume measures

· to assume the offensive

· to obtain a reward

· obtain by incessant begging

· to pursue one's prey

· to pursue a position

· to pursue a policy of radical economic reform

· to distinguish among concepts

· to upset the equilibrium

· equilibrium between cost and prices

5. Match the words and their definitions:

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6. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1. She undertook to complete the project in six months.

2. He knew how to operate on the opposite party.

3. The company operated a large foundry.

4. Those who know the most, venture the least.

5. He ventured upon a remark.

6. I venture to suggest that your whole idea is unworkable.

7. Mr. M. has been assumed as a Partner in the Edinburgh Branch of the Bank.

8. These Doctrines assume at once a reasonableness and an importance.

9. She assumed an air of confidence in spite of her dismay.

10. The entire length of our farm is assumed to be about thirty-two miles.

11. I climbed to obtain a general view of the surrounding scene.

12. She is ruthless in pursuing her goals.

13. The police are currently pursuing several lines of inquiry into the case.

14. He is leaving the company to pursue his own business interests.

15. I sometimes have difficulty distinguishing Spanish from Portuguese.

16. But my honor is engaged.

17. We have to keep in mind that we will beat the Russians if we are opportunist, ambitious and aggressive.

18. In democracy the locus of power is in the people.

7. Are you looking for some inspiration in starting your own business? Here's what some of the world's most famous entrepreneurs have to say about entrepreneurship. Work in groups of four. Read the statements, define whether they are true or false, speak on them:

· "When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure."

- Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics

· "An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it. »

- Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

· "Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming."

- Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Enterprises

· "The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer."

- Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's

· "Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation."

- Peter F. Drucker, "The Father of Modern Management"

· "I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent."

- Thomas Edison

· "The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it."

- Debbi Fields, founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies

· "We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm."

- Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation

· "Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets."

- Victor Kiam, best known for his "I liked it so much, I bought the company" ads for Remington electric shavers

· "If it really was a no-brainer to make it on your own in business there'd be millions of no-brained, harebrained, and otherwise dubiously brained individuals quitting their day jobs and hanging out their own shingles. Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan."

- Bill Rancic, winner on Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"

· "Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking. Running that first shop taught me business is not financial science; it's about trading: buying and selling."

- Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop

· "Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make."

- Donald Trump, real estate and entertainment mogul

· "My son is now an 'entrepreneur'. That's what you're called when you don't have a job."

- Ted Turner, broadcasting entrepreneur

· "I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!"

- Madam C.J. Walker, creator of a popular line of African-American hair care products and America's first black female millionaire

8. a) Give Russian equivalents to the following words and expressions:

· Line of Credit

· Public Relations

· Planning

· Patent

· Multi-level Marketing

· Partnership

· Outsourcing

· Venture Capital

· Marketing