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Упражнение № 2. Read and translate these words having the same stem: to share – share – stocks and shares – shareholder – shareholders' meeting; to doubt – doubt – doubtful – doubtfully – doubtless; to fail – fail – failing – failure; to prefer – preferred – preference. Упражнение № 3. Read these words in the singular and in the plural: analysis – analyses man – men crisis – crises woman – women house – houses child – children phenomenon – phenomena wife – wives criterion – criteria foot – feet Revise Grammar! (Grammar appendix Lesson 8) Упражнение № 4. Use the verbs in the Present Perfect Tense and say why it is necessary to use this particular tense in these sentences: It is the second time I (to do) this. I (tofail) them once. I believe he (to read) many lectures of this kind. But it seems to me he not (to read) a lecture on the situation in Hungary yet. They (to increase) production 4 per cent this month as compared with the same month last year. The prices (to go up) significantly since the beginning of the year. We (to have) two seminars this week. Упражнение № 5. Translate these sentences into English using the modal equivalent to be (was/were to do something): – О чем конкретно вы должны были говорить в клубе? – Я должен был говорить об экономическом положении Венгрии. – Кто должен был присутствовать? – Я не знаю, кто должен был присутствовать. Вчера у нас должны были быть три лекции. Он должен был закончить доклад на прошлой неделе. Таков был его план. Эти страны должны были подписать соглашение в Париже. Упражнение № 6. Translate these sentences into Russian paying attention to the modal equivalent have to: 1) They would have to search high and low to find a better speaker. 2) They had to search high and low to find a better lecturer. 3) They had to search for a replacement. 4) You will have to keep your word. Though I understand it is next to impossible. 5) The government had to introduce this law to curb unemployment. 6) They had to increase the price by 1 per cent to maintain the profit. 7) To economize on the electricity they have to reduce the working hours. Have another look at the dialogue and... Упражнение № 7. Answer these questions:
Упражнение № 8. Write down from the dialogue all the emphatic words you liked. Упражнение № 9. Enact the dialogue. Упражнение № 10. Read the following text and try to understand it. The Russian Federation Here are a few extracts from the booklet distributed among the participants of the seminar Trade Finance in the Transitional Economy of the Federation of Russia held in London in December 1997. Scenario in the beginning:
3. «Violent» privatisation process.
8. The total of arrears in industry, R 723,1 tr transportation, construction 27.1 % of GDP and agriculture. (19.3 % in 1996) 9. Arrears/claims (owed by non- R 694,3 tr state sector). 10. Arrears/liabilities R 432,3 tr Trade finance first stage 1) Pre-export finance and limited amounts of import finance. 2) Short-term but favourable conditions vis-a-vis other traded securities. 3) Bank guarantees. 4) Standard documentation. 5) Low corporate indebtedness Trade finance second stage 1) Pre-export finance on a name lending basis. 2) Import finance available for larger amounts. 3) Export finance starts moving in. 4) Tenor increases and margins come under pressure from capital markets issues. 5) Documentation requirements increase as transactions become more complicated. 6) Corporates prepare for equity issues. Trade finance bridging the gaps 1) Russian corporates ambitions are exceeding the current legal and administrative infrastructure. 2) Lack of transparency and information jeopardises potential for corporates to raise finance in the own name. 3) Many Republics and other administrative entities are now starting to play an important role in raising trade financing to support their own large projects. 4) Practical impossibility of having external escrow accounts and the strict requirement to repatriate at least 50 % of the value of the goods exported. 5) The Russian commercial banking system can be the key to intermediate many of the collateral and corporate security requirements. 6) Central Bank regulations must be more flexible. 7) Syndicated trade credits are becoming the norm to comply with the increasing nominal amount of the facilities and to overcome Central Bank restricitions. 8) Credit derivatives and default options find limited application in trade credits. Do you know the words …
Поурочный сборник тестов LESSONS 1–2 Write down the word containing sound [w] 1. 1) new 2) way 3) who 4) other 2. 1) write 2) whom 3) wealth 4) law Write down the word containing sound [ð] 3. 1) bathe 2) often 3) after 4) wealthy 4. 1) theory 2) bath 3) these 4) three Find the Russian equivalents to the words 5. by the way 1) наука 6. figure 2) средний 7. scientist 3) кстати, между прочим 8. average 4) по пути 9. ordinary 5) вход 10. title 6) вклад 11. contribution 7) право собственности 12. like 8) цифра 13. income 9) учёный 14. prediction 10) доход 11) прогноз, предсказание 12) заглавие, название 13) наблюдение 14) обычный 15) как (при сравнении) Make up and write down interrogative sentences 15, 16, 17 1) he 1) is 1) study 2) what 2) your 2) did 3) does 3) a 3) German 4) study 4) Mother 4) you 5) subjects 5) University 5) school 6) tutor 6) at Make up and write down affirmative sentences 18, 19, 20
Choose the correct variant 21. She (doesn’t / don’t) speak English. 22. She didn’t (study / studied) Economics at the University. 23. His work (was published / published) many years ago. 24. The teacher (was asked / asked) students a lot of questions. Read the text «My Friend’s Family» Vladimir Petrov is my friend. He is a student of Economics now. But last year he was a factory worker. Vladimir has father, mother, two sisters and grandmother. Vladimir’s mother is an economist, she is not very old. Vladimir’s father is a clerk in an office. Vladimir’s sisters are schoolgirls, they are in the fifth and ninth forms. Their family is friendly, they like to be together. Choose and copy sentences containing information from the text 25. Vladimir’s brothers are students. 26. Last year my friend worked at a factory (plant). 27. Vladimir Petrov and I are friends. 28. Vladimir has no grandmother. 29. Vladimir’s parents have three children. 30. One of Vladimir’s sisters is in the third form. LESSONS 2–3 Write down the word containing sound [∂:] 1. 1) term 2) item 3) team 4) time 2. 1) fast 2) first 3) fist 4) feast Write down the word that doesn’t contain sound [I:] 3. 1) increase 2) theme 3) expert 4) meet 4. 1) eve 2) need 3) relieve 4) supply Find the Russian equivalents to the words
Make up and write down interrogative sentences 15, 16, 17
Make up and write down affirmative sentences 18, 19, 20
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