Задания для сверки
Индивидуальное домашнее задание №1 (вариант 4)
READING
1. Read the
text and decide whether these statements are true or false.
1) The US
government makes full use of economic tools.
2) The
president takes all the necessary initiatives to ensure the growth and
stability
of the United States.
3) The recession
the USA economy
is due to
large spending on
national
defense
programs.
4) American
consumers are greatly dependent on national debt.
5) The USA
has lost their leading role in the world economy because of the
rapid growth
of the economies of
such countries as Brazil, Russia,
India
and China.
6) The
national debt of the USA is as large as the one of Japan.
The US
Economy
1. The
United States of America has the world's largest economy. 2007
GDP is
believed to be three times the size of the next largest economy, Japan.
US dominance
has been eroded
by the creation
of the European
Union
common market
and by the
rapid growth of
the BRIC economies,
in
particular
China.
2. The
recent failure in the US housing and credit markets has resulted
in a
slowdown in the US economy. The forces of supply and demand directly
drive the
price levels of goods and services. What to produce, and how much
of it is to
be produced depends on the price level fixed by the interaction of
supply and
demand.
3. The role
of government in the US economy is very important when it
comes to
decision-making in monetary
and fiscal policies.
The federal
government takes
all the necessary
initiatives to ensure
the growth and
stability of
the United States.
The US government
makes full use of
economic
tools such as money supply, tax rates, and credit control to adjust
the rate of
economic growth. The US Federal Government also regulates the
operations
of private business concerns in order to prevent monopolies. The
government
provides support for national defense, monetary aid for research
and development
programs, funds for
highway construction and
infrastructure in general.
4. The
question of national
debt is a
controversial one within
the US.
American
consumers are also increasingly dependent on debt and have been
re-mortgaging
their houses to higher loan amounts, and using the extra cash
to fund
shopping. This debt
figure is the
largest in the
world in absolute
terms, but
as a percentage of GDP it is less than Japan and similar to several
European countries.
Most of the
debt is funded
by central banks
and
sovereign wealth funds from Asia, Europe and the
Middle East.
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Индивидуальное домашнее задание 2 (4 вариант)
Unit 2
PRODUCTION
Keynotes
In
manufacturing, productivitymeans
the amount ofgoods produced
inrelation tothe work, time and money needed toproduce them. There are
many ways
for companies to
improve productivity: by installing
new
equipment with
more up-to-date technology,
for example. Many
manufacturers
and suppliers have a system of just-in-time delivery, which
reduces the
cost of carrying large
quantities of stock.
More generally,
productivity means
doing something efficiently:
not wasting time
and
resources.
Warm-up
1. Describe
some of your favourite products. Why do you like them? What
do they say
about you? Which of these products could you not do without?
2. What
product would you most like to own? Why?
3. Do
you agree or
disagree with these
statements? Give reasons
for your
answers.
* Using
animals to test new products is wrong.
*
Multinational companies which
manufacture products in
developing
countries
help the world economy.
* Companies spend far too much on launching and
promoting new products.
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