2.1 Тексты I семестр для студентов экономических и финансовоэкономических, юридических специальностей
2.1.1 Задание 1. Прочитайте и запомните следующие слова и словосочетания:
world economy- мировая экономика;
trade – торговля;
consumer – потребитель;
goods and services – товары и услуги;
pension fund – пенсионный фонд;
endowment – фонд, вклад, пожертвование;
to earn money – зарабатывать деньги;
investment – капиталовложение, инвестирование real estate – недвижимое имущество, недвижимость;
company – компания, товарищество;
to provide – снабжать, обеспечивать, предоставлять;
job – работа; to expand – расширять (ся);
to make up – составлять;
interaction – взаимодействие;
business – дело, деятельность, торговое предприятие, выгодная сделка, производство, бизнес;
border – граница;
illegal (legal) – незаконный (законный);
drugs – наркотики;
to join – присоединить (ся), объединиться;
to substitute – заменять;
food crop – продовольственная сельскохозяйственная культура;
to use – применять, использовать;
to employ economic sanctions – применять экономические санкции;
whatever – все что;
to cross – пересекать;
transfer of funds – перевод денежных средств;
to contribute to – вносить вклад в;
economic activity – экономическая деятельность.
2.1.2 Задание 2. Прочитайте текст А переведите его письменно
2.1.2.1 Тext А. What is the World Economy?
In many ways, we are all part of the world economy. When we drink our imported coffee or hot chocolate in the morning, when we use a foreign-made videocassette recorder, or when we travel abroad on holiday, we are participating in the growing world of international trade and finance.
And it is not only as a consumer of foreign goods and services that we are part of the world economy. The money that our pension funds or university endowments earn from global investments may actually be paying for our retirement or a new building on campus. Foreign investment in local real estate and companies can also provide needed jobs for our friends and families. Even the local athlete who has signed a contract to play abroad is part of the expanding global economy.
The world economy is made up of all those interactions among people, businesses, and governments that cross international borders, even the illegal ones. If we buy drugs – or if we join the fight against drugs by helping Bolivian farmers substitute food crops for coca – we become part of the world economy. We also use the world economy to achieve specific political or ecological objective when we employ economic sanctions to fight racial segregation or the illegal killing of whales.
Basically, whatever crosses an international border – whether goods services or transfers of funds – is part of the world economy. Food imports, automobile exports, investments abroad, even the trade in services such as movies or tourism contribute to each country's international economic activity.
2.1.2.2 Ответьте на вопросы по тексту А
1 How are we participating in the growing world of international trade and finance?