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Exercise 11. Translate into Russian in writing paying special attention to different usages of the word WAY.
1. The best way to begin doing this exercise is to consult the dictionary.
2. A countrys economic system is its way of organizing economic activities including the ways in which people come to specialize in particular tasks they do best.
3. By the way, do you know the difference between MICROECONOMICS and MACROECONOMICS?
4. I really liked the way she presented her report at the conference.
5. I am sure you translated the sentence in the wrong way.
6. The longest way round is the shortest way home. (Proverb)
7. Where there is a will, there is a way. (Proverb)
ECONOMICS and ECONOMY
When used as an uncountable noun ECONOMICS means the scientific study of the way in which wealth is produced.
e.g. Economics is a difficult science to master.
Compare: mathematics, statistics, linguistics.
When used in the meaning of economic considerations ( )
the word ECONOMICS takes only a plural verb or a pronoun in the plural.
e.g The economics of your plan are not carefully considered.
When used as a countable noun ECONOMY means the system by which a countrys wealth is produced and used (=/ ).
e.g. This country has a free-market economy.
e.g. Most of the countries in the region have unstable economies.
When ECONOMY is used in the meaning of careful use of money (= , , ) it can be both a countable and uncountable noun.
e.g. When a woman gets married, she usually begins to practise economy.
e.g. She is going to make a few economies this year.
Exercise 12. Translate into English in writing using the vocabulary of TEXT A and some English equivalents in brackets.
1. , , , (to be concerned with/to deal with, behaviour of, different fields of, trade).
2. , . (to explain, to make predictions, on the basis of).
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3. (17231790), , , (the founder of, to give the definition of, value, to investigate, landowners).
4. - . . DVD-, , (in many ways/respects , part of, imported coffee, foreign-made, to become part and parcel of ).
Exercise 13. Summarize orally the main points of TEXT A using the following COMMUNICATIVE SCHEME which is presented in the form of a CHART (I, II, III are the basic lines of thematic development of the summary). Pick out the predicates from the lists below.
I is studied (by), is connected (with), are skilled (in), is concerned (with), use, apply;
II is, consists (in), can be divided (into), can be grouped (into);
III is based (on), is founded (on), presupposes.
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