Assignment 5

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 567.

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TEXT ANALYSIS

Vocabulary

finance (n)финансы

stock exchange фондовая биржа

moneylender (n) кредитор; ростовщик

banker (n) банкир

pawnbroker (n)ростовщик

loan (n) заем

interest (n) зд. процент

cannon law канон (закон) церкви

legally (adv) юридически; легально

borrowing (n) заем

domestic economy экономика страны

Find the Russian equivalents of the following.

The strain of heavy royal borrowing; to charge interest on a loan of money; to be central to international finance; medieval cannon law; to refer to the financial world; to conquer a country; the home of the «City gent»; to receive a variety of business privileges.

Look through the above text again. Suggest the English for the phrases below.

Столица империи; поселиться (обосноваться) в Лондоне; быть пустынными ночью; получать богатые подарки; играть важную роль; финансовый центр; процент с займа; быть наказуемым в церковных судах.

On a separate sheet of paper, translate from English into Russian Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the text beginning with the words « A Lombard meant...» and ending with the words «…in the 16th century». When translating,please keep in mind the norms of the Russian language.

Fill in the correct word or phrase from the list below. Use the words or phrases only once.

Police; moneylenders; insurance; the City; bowler; Bank; premises.

1) the ______________of England

2) force ______________

3) a black ____________hat

4) ________________from Lombardy

5) _________________of London

6) to occupy_____________

7) an _________________ company