Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (Present Simple).
a)1. Economists (to study) situations from real life by means of economic model. 2. Economists (to be) interested in relationship between prices for goods and buyers’ behaviour. 3. The buyer (to choose) goods for which he (to have) enough money. 4. He (not / to follow) our recommendations. 5. The manager (to make) decisions only after careful analysis of all the data. 6. She always (to buy) a lot of clothes. 7. The data (not / to be) necessary now. 8. The prices for fuel (to be) very high. 9. A consumer (to be) a person who (to buy) goods and services. 10. There (to be) several mining areas in this country.
b)1. Factories (not / to use) this method of processing. 2. Not only goods but also services (to be) important for consumers. 3. The industry (not / to use) the resources intensively. 4. The factory (to belong) to a Japanese company. 5. The primary sector (not / to include) services to consumers. 6. There (to be) a lot of agricultural land in this part of the country. 7. Manufacturing (to grow) fast in the UK and mining (not / to grow) fast now. 8. There (to be) several industries which (to belong) to the primary sector. 9. You (to be) a manager?
1.10. Language practice
Read what these four people say about what motivates them at work. Then choose the appropriate box in the table.
| Patricia | Bruno | |
| 'My professional position is very important. I want to be treated in a way that shows that the company respects the fact that I'm very highly qualified and experienced'. | 'The only reason I go to work is for money. It's simple, the more they pay me, the harder I work.' | |
| Charles | Michael | |
| 'When I was younger I worked on my own for two years and I hated it. I realize that the main reason I enjoy my work is meeting people and working with others'. | 'What I enjoy most is being able to take a project through all its stages from start to finish. I really feel like it's all my own work when that happens'. |
| PATRICIA | BRUNO | CHARLES | MICHAEL | |
| salary |  | | | |
| achievement | | | | |
| social interaction | | | | |
| status | | | | |
Complete each sentence with a word or expression from the box below.
job satisfaction asset style of management higher productivity
1. In order to achieve __________from Bruno the company should increase his pay.
2. Michael likes a ____________that allows him to develop projects.
3. Charles gets _____________when he is allowed to work with people.
4. Patricia is a valuable____________to a company that respects her professional position
Text 2. Areas of Economics
Words on the text. Learn them.
| achieve v | — | достигать |
| achievement n | — | достижение |
| both ... and ... | — | и ..., и ... ; как ..., так и ... |
| consider v | — | рассматривать, принимать во внимание |
| consumer n | — | потребитель |
| distribution n | — | распределение |
| either ... or ... | — | или ..., или ... |
| early in | — | в начале |
| employment n | — | занятость |
| unemployment n | — | безработица |
| forces n | — | силы, факторы |
| income n | — | доход |
| means n | — | средства |
| by means of | — | посредством |
| living standards | — | уровень жизни |
| proper a | — | должный, надлежащий |
| require v | — | требовать |