A. Consult a dictionary and underline the syllable that you will stress when

speaking1:

 

1. John needs a per mit to go on an expensive fact-finding tour.

2. Mr. Grant can’t per mit you to waste money for very little profit.

3. Will they in crea se exports next year?

4. Mr. Martin is looking for an in crease in exports.

5. We must ex port more.

6. You know what the boss thinks about ex ports.

7. He ob ject s to the attempt to break into the new market.

8. Don’t treat me as if I were an ob ject.

9. What’s his re cord in business?

10. The firm re cor ded a loss after a disastrous attempt to export to South America.

11. Our im ports have increased.

12. The developing countries im port too much.

13. Some goods do not require resources to pro duce them.

14.  Winter pro duce will cost more for the next few weeks.

15. Within a free market system, new businesses find easy ac cess to the economy and opportunities to succeed.

16. Total group sales and trading surplus were lower than the previous year largely because of the tran sfer of special steels.

17. The payments were trans fer red to reserves for putting back into the business.

18. What is the difference between the sub jects of microeconomics and macroeconomics?

19. Each commodity market is sub ject to special conditions.

20. In the USA anti-trust laws sub ject activities aimed at cornering the market to special anti-trust laws that restrict such activities.

21. Improvements in the methods of pro cessing food have repeatedly allowed the suppliers to raise the supply at a given cost. verb /ˈprəʊ.ses/

22. They offer services for those who need buildings but are unfamiliar with the pro cesses and economics of construction.

23. The letter was abs trac ted from the filing tray.

24. Arrange the ab stract with the topic sentence, several developers and a restatement.

25. Go back to the shop, cancel a purchase and ask for a re fund.

26. All money will be re fun ded if the goods are not satisfactory.

27. Re fun ding is funding of a debt again by the government.

28. We paid a charge on our ex cess baggage.

29. The demand for goods was in ex cess of the actual need.

30. If you need the expert ad vic e you will consult the specialist.

31. The Congress ad vis ed the President against signing the treaty.

32. After the QUIZ the teacher pro ceed ed to explain the mistakes to the class.

33. He sold his shop and invested the pro ceeds in a computer repair business.

34. In most firms the relationship between management and unions is good, but sometimes a labour dis pute [ dɪs'pjuːt] / ['dɪspjuːt] occurs. verb [ I or T ] UK /dɪˈspjuːt/

B. Note the pronunciation of the following pairs of words. Transcribe them and submit the examples of your own. Translate the words into Russian.

elaborate adj	[ɪ'læb(ə)rɪt]	elaborate v	[ɪ'læb(ə)reɪt]
coordinate n, adj	[kəu'ɔːdɪnət]	coordinate v	[kəu'ɔːdɪneɪt]
associate n, adj	[ə'səusɪət, -ʃɪət]	associate v	[ə'səusɪeɪt]
estimate n	['estɪmət]	estimate v	['estɪmeɪt]
graduate n	['grædjuət,-ʤu-]	graduate v	['grædjueɪt]

PRACTICE WITH NOUNS

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Exercise 1

Choose the correct form.

1. Statistics is / are …

2. The news that he was enable to earn a living was / were quite surprising.

3. Two weeks isn’t/ aren’t a very long time to become used up, is it / are they?

4. Money isn’t / aren’t the most important thing in life, is it / are they?

5. Seven pounds is / are an average weight for a new-born.

6. Politics is / are Professor Brown’s speciality.

7. The knowledge gained from the experience was / were invaluable.

8. Several Japanese was / were reported to complain that the fish had gone bad.

9. The imports has / have greatly increased which may influence the supply.

10. A knowledge of statistics, the analysis of how people and countries use their resources to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services is / are so important.

11. Sooner or later even very expensive clothes is / are used up.

12. What is / are his politics as to breaking into the South American market?

13. Most people hire / hires people they like, rather than the most competent person.

Exercise 2

Choose the correct form.

e.g. I’d like some data / datums about the supply of goods.

1. … was a woman with blond hair / hairs….

2. Did you have a good travel / journey from Switzerland?

3. We have the problem of scarcity and we’d like some advice / advices.

4. some evidence

5. I’d like to find out the cost of tuition, have you got an information / any information?

6. He is trying to find a work / job at the moment, he must do it to earn a living.

7. Economists studied different phenomenon / phenomena in order to solve the problem of scarcity.

8. Pennies / pence are made of nickel or cupronickel.

9. trivia (pl)

10. 90 pence

11. Mass medium / media are a good source of job openings.

12. In the English speaking countries eggs are sold in dozen / dozens.

 

Exercise 3