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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 423.
Vocabulary tasks
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FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
READING I
SORTING OUT PRODUCTION ISSUES
UNIT 2
| Learning goals After studying this unit you will be able to: · identify factors of production · define production · find out about production and operations management · discuss the issues to be solved when organising a manufacturing process · discuss site selection as related to the production facility · explain modern business philosophies |
1.Word building: complete the following table with appropriate derivatives.
| Verb | Noun | Person | Adjective |
| produce | production | producer | producible |
| manufacture | |||
| - | entrepreneur | ||
| identify | - | ||
| analysis | |||
| classify | |||
| economic | |||
| manageable | |||
| work | |||
| transporter | |||
| categorize | - | ||
| employment | |||
| innovative |
2. There are some collocations with the word ‘production'. Think of other word combinations with this word. Use dictionaries to help yourself.
| industrial production | production of goods | to start production |
| planned production | production of machines | to launch production |
| organised production | … | … |
| … | …. | … |
1.Choose the Russian equivalents for the English terms and word expressions in the left-hand column.
| 1) mass production | a) полная и неполная (частичная) занятость |
| 2) factors of production | b) хорошо обученная рабочая сила |
| 3) full- and part-time work | c) массовое (поточное, серийное) производство |
| 4) private and public sectors | d) сырье |
| 5) well-trained labour force | e) искусственные, созданные руками человека ресурсы |
| 6) natural resources | f) факторы производства |
| 7) raw materials | g) средства обслуживания, удобства, услуги; оборудование, средства, приспособления |
| 8) man-made resources | h) коммунальные сооружения или предприятия, коммунальные услуги |
| 9) facilities | i) частный и государственный секторы |
| 10) utilities | j) естественные (природные) ресурсы (богатства) |
2.Match up the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
| 1) production | a) the application of practical sciences to industry or commerce |
| 2) mass production | b) the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise considered as a decisive factor influencing economic growth |
| 3) resources | c) any resource used in the production of goods or services |
| 4) entrepreneurship | d) the use of resources to make goods or services which have value |
| 5) infrastructure | e) making large numbers of basically identical things |
| 6) technology | f) assuming the risk of starting one's own business |
| 7) factor of production | g ) anything that can contribute to economic activity |
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