Английский язык для студентов экономических специальностей - страница 3

6. The company has made a decision to start producing new machines.

7. Economists had studied and discussed the ideas of Karl Marx for over sixty years before Russians put them into life.

8. If we allocate enough resources to agriculture, we will achieve a high level of production.

14. Вставьте пропущенные предлоги, где это необходимо.

1… a command economy that relies… central planning, government's economic role is… prime importance.

2… a free-market economy, economic decisions are made… firms and individuals and resources are allocated… markets.

3. Economic statistics are the statistics about levels… production and consumption… an economy, exports and imports, inflation and other information. They are usually collected… government.

4. The municipal council (городской совет) made a decision last year to allocate more money… the construction… the bridge… the airport.

5… such high prices… food the government cannot hope to keep its consumption… a sufficient (достаточный) level.

6. When people are poor, social services are… higher demand.

7. The European Union's (Европейский экономический союз) statistics are collected… the union level and… national levels of member countries.

8. The demand… bread has been going down… Western Europe… several years.

9. Some direct methods… price regulation are sometimes used… governments, but they usually rely… indirect regulation.

10. Prices… farm products have been an example… government regulation… prices… the USA… a long time.

11. Individuals… demand… goods and services not only determine what and how much is produced… an economy, but also how many workers are allocated… every industry.

Аудиторная работа № 2

15. а) Ответьте на следующие вопросы к тексту Market and Command Economies.

1. What is the central economic problem of a society?

2. What is the market?

3. What is the function of the market in an industrial country?

4. How are decisions made in a command economy?

5. In what way does a free market economy differ from a command economy?

6. To which type do most economies in the West belong?

б) Подумайте и скажите:

1. To which type does the economy of present-day Russia belong?

2. Is the level of government regulation growing or falling in Russia's economy now?

16. Выберите подходящее по смыслу слово из предлагаемых в скобках вариантов.

1. (A command economy /a free market economy) is a society where the government makes all decisions about production and consumption.

2. (Economics/Economy) studies how markets and prices allow society to solve the problems of what, how, and for whom to produce.

3. Every economist sees (the restriction/the importance) of the question of what, how, and for whom to produce.

4. Nations have different (consumption / levels) of farm production.

5. When (the price /the importance) of some goods grows, people will try to use less of them but producers will want to produce more of them.

6. In (mixed/both) countries, Canada and the USA structural changes in the agricultural sector of economy have become of interest to economists and general public in the 80s and 90s of the 20th century.

7. After years of competition between command and market economies, (the former / the latter) gave way in many countries of the world to (the former/ the latter).

17. а) Прочитайте следующие однокоренные слова, обращая внимание на ударение: Ударение на втором слоге Ударение на третьем слоге