ТЕМА 1. СТЕПЕНИ СРАВНЕНИЯ ПРИЛАГАТЕЛЬНЫХ И НАРЕЧИЙ
Упражнение 1. Определите, в какой форме должно стоять прилагательное или наречие в скобках
1. In your opinion, what is (stressful) aspect of being a doctor?
2. I think women drive (carefully) than men.
3. Please talk a bit (quietly). You are disturbing everyone.
4. He feels much (fit) since he stopped smoking.
5. There is nothing (annoying) than losing one s door key.
6. Michael prefers to be alone. He is (sociable) person in the office.
7. He did not do very well, but at least he tried (hard) than last time.
8. It was the (bad) movie I have seen in a long time.
9. I bought her (expensive) present I could afford.
Упражнение 2. Запомните эти пословицы. Приведите их русские эквиваленты:
Two heads are better than one
His eyes are bigger than his stomach.
We must hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
Better late than never.
More haste, less speed.
It is better to do well than to say well.
Actions speak louder than words.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Blood is thicker than water.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Bold business plays best.
Упражнение 3. Перефразируйте второе предложение в каждой паре предложений, данных ниже, с помощью слова, выделенного курсивом. Для этого вам потребуется от 2 до 5слов
1. Mary has more experience than Sally as Sally does not Mary.
2. Patrick is certainly more punctual than David. not David Patrick.
3. John is not as well qualified as Sally. than Sally John.
4. My interview lasted much longer than yours. long Your interview mine.
5. Rod has got more experience than Sue. much experience as Rod.
6. Lynda seemed more reliable than Liz. as Liz did not Lynda.
7. Sandra was more enthusiastic than Jeff. not Jeff. Sandra.
8. Danny writes more clearly than Karen. as Karen does not.Danny.
9. David earns the same amount money as me. much David earns I do.
10. The house is more expensive than the flat. less The flat the house.
Упражнение 4. Заполните пропуски в предложениях, следуя примеру.
1. The plane got further and further (far) away until I couldn’t see it any longer.
2. (many) people are asking interest in environmental issues these days.
3. He tried (hard) until he finally managed to open the door of the old house.
4. (much) you study, (knowledgeable) you will become.
5. (much) she practices, (good) she gets.
TEXT A. Прочтите текст, переведите его и ответьте на вопросы, приведенные ниже.
WHAT IS ECONOMICS SCARCITY
One of the things that young people discover as they grow older is that you can not have everything. You are reminded of it every time you shop. Although you may see twenty or thirty items that you would really like to buy, you know that you will have to limit your selection to one or two. Everyone goes through life having to make choices. Every business must pick and choose from among the things they would like to have, because, like you and me, they cannot have everything. Governments, too, cannot have everything. Every year the most important polititcal debates concern issues of spending taxpayers money. Neither individuals nor societies can have all the things they would like to have. There simply is not enough of everything to go around.Economists note that there is no limit to the amount or kinds of things that people want. There is, however, a limit to the resources, things used to produce goods and services, available to satisfy those wants.
For that reason individuals, business firms, and governments must choose among the things that they would like in order to get the most from their resources. With this in mind, we can define economics as the social science that describes and analyzes how society chooses from among scarce resources to satisfy its wants.
Thus every society must solve the fundamental economic questions:
What goods and services are to be produced?
How are they to be produced?
Who will receive them?
The way in which a society goes about answering those fundamental questions is known as its economic system. Economic systems may be classified as traditional, command., or market systems. As the names suggest, resources are distributed in a traditional economy in accordance with tradition and in a command economy by government planners. Resources in a market economy are allocated in accordance with the laws of supply and demand.
Вопросы к тексту:
1. Why must all societies deal with scarcity?
2. Why is economics called the ‘study of scarcity and choice?
3. How do different economic systems cope with the problem of scarcity?
Запомните следующие слова:
scarcity дефицит, нехватка.
taxpayer налогоплательщик
available имеющийся в наличии, распоряжении.
supply предложение.
demand спрос.
ТЕМА 2. НАРЕЧИЯ SOME, ANY, NO И ИХ ПРОИЗВОДНЫЕ.
THE PRONOUNS SOME, ANY, NO AND THEIR DERIVATIVES.
