1. She's in New York this week on business
2. His business is poultry farming.
3. They don't know how to run a business.
4. The company began as a small family business
5. We do business with a number of Italian companies.
6. “Who's that girl you were with?” – “Mind your own business.”
7. We can't afford to employ someone who isn't good at the job - business is business.
8. Big businesses are growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate them effectively.
9. He wanted to ask my advice on a business matter.
10. Okay, let's get down to business.
11. He has bought his uncle's business.
12. What a business it is to run a government!
13. If he wants to make a success in life it's about time he get down to business.
Ex. 3. Match the word-combinations with their definitions.
| 1. go out of business | a) business run in your own country or a specific country |
| 2. foreign business | b) bad or dishonest behaviour |
| 3. domestic business | c) stop operating, especially because of financial problems |
| 4. be in business | d) business run in another country |
| 5. monkey business | e) business producing a profit or a useful result |
| 6. private business | f) be involved in business activities |
| 7. profitable business | g) owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body |
Ex. 4. Try to explain the meaning of the following English proverbs.
1. Business before pleasure. 2. Everybody's business is nobody's business.
3. Business is business.
Find their Russian equivalents.
1. На войне как на войне. 2. Делу время, потехе час. 3. У семи нянек дитя без глазу.
Ex. 5. Fill in the missing words in an appropriate form into the gaps.
| small business | business partner | go out of business |
| be in business | private business | on business |
1. Nigeria is our principal _________________ in Africa.
2. The company ________________ for over thirty years.
3. Several big chains have announced they __________________ by the end of the year. So now
come the liquidation sales.
4. A _______________ is a business that is independently owned and operated, with a small
number of employees and relatively low volume of sales.
5. It's necessary to encourage __________________ in Belarus to foster growth of small towns.
6. Are you here _____________________?
Ex. 6. Give the English equivalents to the following words and phrases. Find the
Sentences of the text where they were used.
обсуждать вопросы _________________________________________________________ страхование _______________________________________________________________
широкий ассортимент товаров и услуг _________________________________________
выживать _________________________________________________________________ ограниченные ресурсы ______________________________________________________ коммерческая деятельность __________________________________________________
платить зарплату ___________________________________________________________
неразвитые общества ________________________________________________________
улучшать эффективность ____________________________________________________
самодостаточный ___________________________________________________________
альтернативные издержки ____________________________________________________
предоставлять работу (нанимать) ______________________________________________
обмениваться товарами ______________________________________________________
Ex. 7. Find synonyms from the text for the words in italics.
1. to make products which will satisfy people’s wants _____________________
2. physical items such as cars and shoes ________________________________
3. businesses employ thousands of people _______________________________
4. factors of production _____________________________________________
5. plot of land _____________________________________________________
6. basic existence __________________________________________________
7. to trade goods for others ___________________________________________
8. people who are skilled in other areas _________________________________
9. to purchase a wide range of goods and services _________________________
10. Everybody attempts to do everything for themselves ____________________
COMPREHENSION
Ex. 8. Match questions with their answers.
1. What is the aim of all business?
2. How can businesses be owned?
3. What societies are called self-sufficient?
4. In what countries businesses don’t exist?
5. Why do business activity combine scarce resources of production?
6. What do the wages allow workers to do?
A. They are the societies where people have their own plot of land and attempt to survive and produce enough for their own needs.
B. To consume products made by other people.
C. In order to produce goods and services.
D. It is to combine the factors of production to make products which will satisfy people’s wants.
E. In undeveloped countries.
F. They can be privately-owned or owned by the state, by one person or by thousands of shareholders.
