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The labour force?


Date: 2015-10-07; view: 537.


a. Computer programmer.

b. Teacher.

c. Unemployed carpenter.

d. Retired steel worker.

VI. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:

1. In order ... any country to grow, it must have a large and skilled labour force. 2. ... the size ... this force is related ... total population the number ... people available ... production activities will grow ... the population grows. 3. If the growth ... population continues to decline, it eventually affect ... the growth ... the labour force. 4. However a labour shortage could be made up ... workers ... other countries. 5. There are four major categories ... labour that are based ... the general level ... skills needed to do any kind ... job. 6. Most ... these people work chiefly ... their hands ... such jobs as digging ditches, picking fruit, etc. 7. Workers who have mechanical abilities fall ... the category ... semiskilled labour. 8. Workers who can do their tasks ... little ... supervisions fall ... the category ... skilled labour. 9. Most ... occupations have wage rate — a standard amount ... pay given ... work performed.

VII. Answer the following questions:

1. What is necessary for any country to grow? 2. What factor does the growth of population influence? 3. How many categories of labour are mentioned in the text? What are they? 4. What kind of work do unskilled workers perform? 5. What category do workers with mechanical ability fall into? 6. What kind of work are skilled workers able to do? 7. What is professional labour? Give examples. 8. What do most occupations have?
9. What is a wage rate? 10. Can you explain how the rates are determined?

VIII. Translate into English:

1. Для розвитку будь-якої країни необхідно мати кваліфіковану робочу силу. 2. Якщо приріст населення знижується, це врешті-решт впливає на зростання робочої сили. 3. Згідно з кваліфікацією є чотири головні категорії праці. 4. Некваліфіковані робітники не підготовлені для роботи з машинами. 5. Напівкваліфіковані робітники працюють з технікою, яка потребує певних умінь. 6. Кваліфіковані працівники оперу­ють складним обладнанням. 7. Більшість видів робіт має встановлений рівень оплати за виконану роботу.

 


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