Методические рекомендации для самоподготовки к экзамену по дисциплине «Английский язык» для студентов заочного отделения экономических специальностей

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДНИЕ

ВЫСШЕГО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

АСТРАХАНСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

Методические рекомендации

для самоподготовки к экзамену по дисциплине

«Английский язык»

для студентов заочного отделения экономических специальностей

Составитель Е.В.Варламова

Астрахань

АГУ

2009

ББК 81.2 Англ

В 75

Рецензенты – Емельянова Н.А., кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры английского языка для гуманитарных специальностей ФИЯ АГУ;

Кривых Н.И., кандидат педагогических наук, начальник отдела реализации социальных проектов, национальных и международных образовательных программ Министерства образования и науки Астраханской области; Краева С.В., кандидат педагогических наук, доцент, декан ФИЯ АГУ

Составитель Е.В.Варламова

Английский язык: методические рекомендации для самоподготовки / сост. Е.В.Варламова. – Астрахань: Издательство АсФ КрУ МВД России, 2009. – 36 с.

Методические рекомендации, составленные Е.В.Варламовой, содержат требования к подготовке и сдаче экзамена по дисциплине «Английский язык», а также справочный материал, являющийся основой данного курса. Методические рекомендации адресованы студентам экономических специальностей, изучающим английский язык в высших учебных заведениях.

© Варламова Е.В., составление, 2009

© АсФ КрУ МВД России, оформление, 2007

ПОЯСНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ЗАПИСКА

Методические рекомендации разработаны для помощи студентам при подготовке к экзамену по окончании курса обучения по английскому языку. Методические рекомендации подготовлены в соответствии с государственным образовательным стандартом высшего профессионального образования к минимуму содержания и уровню подготовки выпускников по экономическим специальностям, изложенным в Государственном образовательном стандарте высшего профессионального образования, утвержденном
Министерством образования Российской Федерации и с учетом требований примерной программы по учебной дисциплине «Английский язык» для образовательных учреждений высшего профессионального образования.

Методические рекомендации определяют содержание и структуру дисциплины «Английский язык» и предназначены для обучения студентов очной и заочной форм обучения.

Курс «Английский язык» выступает одним из важных направлений комплекса гуманитарных наук, ставит своей задачей продолжить у будущих специалистов формирование основ владения английским языком, начатое в средней общеобразовательной школе, заложить основу практического владения языком своей профессии, позволяющую совершенствовать языковую компетенцию. Обучению иностранному языку отводится значительная роль в решении общеобразовательных задач, повышении интеллектуального и культурного уровня.

Методические рекомендации содержат требования к экзамену по английскому языку, перечень тем, общие методические указания по самостоятельной подготовке к экзамену, примерные статьи по специальности экономической тематики, список рекомендуемой и дополнительной литературы для подготовки к экзамену.

В результате изучения дисциплины обучающиеся должны знать:

- базовую лексику языка;

- лексику, представляющую нейтральный научный стиль;

- терминологию широкой и узкой специальности;

- основы публичной речи;

уметь:

- владеть навыками разговорно-бытовой речи;

- уметь читать и переводить со словарем тексты;

- вести беседу по содержанию текстов на английском языке;

- владеть формами профессиональной речи: строить аргументированные высказывания;

В результате изучения дисциплины у обучающихся должны быть сформированы следующие умения и навыки:

- в области чтения: читать и переводить тексты со словарем по широкому и узкому профилю специальности;

- в области устной речи: вести диалог – обмен мнениями, используя оценочные суждения, вести беседу и связно высказываться по данной теме, а также связно передать содержание прочитанных текстов в форме монолога с использованием лексических единиц;

- в области аудирования: воспринимать на слух и понимать в целом высказывания по данной теме, понимать основное содержание кратких текстов и выделять для себя отдельно значимую информацию.

- в области письма: правильно писать слова и словосочетания по теме, письменно оформить и составить письменно сообщение по теме, с использованием усвоенных лексических единиц данной темы.

Экзамен по английскому языку включает в себя следующие задания:

1) Чтение и письменный перевод экономического текста общенаучного содержания (1500 п.зн.) со словарем за 45 минут.

2) Ознакомление с содержанием текста по экономической тематике (15 минут) и изложение содержания текста (1000 п.зн.) на русском языке.

3) Беседа на иностранном языке по следующим темам устной речи:

- О месте, где я живу

- Мой родной город

- Россия

- Великобритания

- Экономика Великобритании

- США

- Экономика США

- Банки

- Типы банков и их экономические функции

- Менеджмент

- Контракт

Общие методические указания

по самостоятельной подготовке к экзамену

Подготовка студентов заочного отделения к экзамену является одним из основных и трудоемких видов учебной деятельности. Эффективность этой деятельности во многом зависит от самостоятельной работы при подготовке к экзамену. В часы самоподготовки необходимо самостоятельно изучить материал. При этом самостоятельную работу необходимо понимать не только как «домашнюю» работу по подготовке к практическому занятию, но и как всю совокупность предшествующих ему занятий:

- изучение задания и методических указаний к практическому занятию по данной теме;

- консультации накануне проведения экзамена и получение индивидуальной методической помощи;

- изучение рекомендованной литературы, работа со справочным материалом, со словарями.

Активное участие студентов в обсуждении рассматриваемых заданий на английском языке предполагает умение внимательно слушать своих товарищей, анализировать содержание и форму этих сообщений, давать им объективную оценку. Получив задание, постарайтесь осмыслить его содержание, и после этого приступить к выполнению заданий.

Как работать с методическими рекомендациями

самостоятельно

Чтобы найти интересующую Вас тему, просмотрите оглавление, содержащее заголовки текстов. Если тему по оглавлению найти трудно, воспользуйтесь списком экзаменационных тем и соответствующих им текстов.

Для более эффективной работы с текстом, необходимо следовать рекомендациям:

- прочитайте текст; при чтении и переводе текста удобно пользоваться тематическим словарем, приводимым после каждого текста;

- после того, как Вы ознакомитесь с содержанием текста и усвоите словарь, попробуйте ответить на вопросы. Если это сделать трудно, обратитесь к тексту;

- пересказывать каждый текст следует не менее двух раз. При первом пересказе воспользуйтесь не самим текстом, а словарем к нему. Словарь составлен в том порядке, в котором слова встречаются в тексте;

- второй раз текст следует пересказывать, закрыв книгу. Если это не получается, вернитесь к предыдущему пункту.

ТЕМЫ, ВЫНОСИМЫЕ НА ЭКЗАМЕН

Т
opic 1

Place where I live

First of all I want to tell you some words about the building where our flat is
located. It is nine – storied apartment house in the south – west of the city. There is a park not far from my house. I live on the fourth floor in three – room flat. There is a living – room, two bedrooms, a bathroom, a large kitchen and a hall.

The living – room with a wall – size window facing the park is quite large. In this room there is a furniture unit, a TV – set, a video – recorder and a tape – recorder here. On the walls there are some pictures. A thick carpet covers the floor. We spend every evening in this room. We watch TV, listen to the music or discuss the problems of the day.

My bedrooms are rather large. There are two beds, a mirror on the wall, a wardrobe some book-shelves, two chairs and a table with a computer on it in my bedrooms.

Also I want to tell you about my kitchen and my bathroom.

Our kitchen is large. In the kitchen there is a gas stove, a fridge, a sink with two taps on it, a cupboard, a table and six stools there.

The bathroom is very cosy too. There is a bath, a washbasin with hot and cold water there. I often invite my friends to my flat. And everybody feels at home here.

I like my flat very much. There is no place like home.

Topical Vocabulary

first of all	прежде всего
to be located	располагаться
nine – storied apartment	девятиэтажный дом
to live on the fourth floor	жить на четвертом этаже
three – room flat	трехкомнатная квартира
hall	прихожая
furniture unit	мебельный гарнитур
to spend evening	проводить вечер
to listen to the music	слушать музыку
to discuss the problems	обсуждать проблемы
a wardrobe	платяной шкаф
book-shelves	книжные полки
a gas stove	газовая плита
a sink with two taps	кран с холодной и горячей водой
cosy	удобный
to invite my friends	приглашать друзей
to feel at home	чувствовать себя как дома
to like	нравится

Questions

1. Where do you live?

2. What floor do you live on?

3. How many rooms are there in your flat?

4. What is there in the living room?

5. What is there in your bedroom?

6. Is the kitchen large or small?

7. Do you like your flat?

Т
opic
2

My native town

My native town is Astrakhan.

It was founded in the16-th century in 1558.

Astrakhan is a beautiful town. It stands on the banks of the river Volga.

Every year thousands of tourists come to my native town. They come to visit the historical places of our town. The symbol of our town is the Kremlin. It is the most beautiful and famous place in our town.

Astrakhan is a fast – growing town. There are some big plants and factories here.

Astrakhan also is a big cultural center. It has many universities, schools and technical colleges.

The city has rich cultural traditions. There are many famous museums, art galleries, theatres, cinemas, parks in my native town.

In Astrakhan you can visit the Puppet Theatre, the Philharmonic Society, the Drama Theatre, the Picture Gallery and many others.

I love my town and I am proud to be its citizen.

Topical Vocabulary

native town	родной город
to be founded	быть основанным
a beautiful town	красивый город
to stand on the banks of the river	располагаться на берегах реки
thousands of tourists	Тысячи туристов
to visit	посещать
historical places	исторические места
symbol	символ
a fast – growing	быстрорастущий (быстроразвивающийся)
plant	завод
a big cultural center	большой культурный центр
technical college	технический колледж
art galleries	художественная галерея
Puppet Theatre	кукольный театр
Philharmonic Society	филармония
Drama Theatre	драматический театр
Picture Gallery	картинная галерея
to be proud	гордиться
citizen	гражданин

Questions

1. What is your native town?

2. When was your native town founded?

3. What is the symbol of your town?

4. Is Astrakhan a fast – growing town?

5. Are there many parks, museums and theatres in it?

6. What places can you visit in your native town?

7. Are you proud to be the citizen of your native town?

Т
opic
3

Russia

At 17,075,400 square kilometers, Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than an eighth of the Earth’s land area; with 142 million people, it is the ninth largest by population. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 11 time zones and incorporating a great range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's greatest reserves of mineral and energy resources, and is considered an energy superpower. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's unfrozen fresh water.

According to the Constitution, which was adopted by national referendum on 12 December 1993 following the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, Russia is a federation and formally a semi-presidential republic, wherein the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. The Russian Federation is fundamentally structured as a representative democracy. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Federal Assembly. The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, which serves as the country's supreme legal document and as a social contract for the people of the Russian Federation.

Russia has the world's largest natural gas reserves, the second largest coal reserves and the eighth largest oil reserves. It is the world's leading natural gas exporter and the second leading oil exporter. Oil, natural gas, metals, and timber account for more than 80% of Russian exports abroad. Since 2003, however, exports of natural resources started decreasing in economic importance as the internal market strengthened considerably. Despite higher energy prices, oil and gas only contribute to 5.7% of Russia's GDP and the government predicts this will drop to 3.7% by 2011. Russia is also considered well ahead of most other resource-rich countries in its economic development, with a long tradition of education, science, and industry. The country has more higher education graduates than any other country in Europe.

Vocabulary

cover	Охватывать, накрывать
population	население
environment	Окружающая среда
to be considered	Считаться к-л., ч.-л.
adopt	принимать
head of state	Глава государства
democracy	демократия
Executive power	Исполнительная власть
Legislative power	Законодательная власть
define	Определять, обозначать
coal reserves	Запасы угля
timber	лесоматериалы
decrease	Уменьшаться, убывать
strengthen	усиливать
Despite	Несмотря на
contribute	Содействовать, способствовать
economic development	Экономическое развитие
graduate	Выпускник высшего учебного заведения

Questions:

1. What territory does Russia occupy?

2. What is the population of Russia?

3. Russia is considered an energy superpower, isn’t it?

4. What is the political system in Russia?

5. How is the Russian Federation structured?

6. How is executive power exercised?

7. How is the government regulated?

8. What resources is the Russian Federation rich in?

9. Why did exports of natural resources start decreasing since 2003?

10. Russia has more higher education graduates than any other country in Europe, doesn’t it?

Т
opic 4

Great Britain

Great Britain
is the larger of the two main islands of the British Isles, the largest island in Europe and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is also the second richest island in the world (after Japan) with the world's 5th largest economy and 58 million people. It lies to the northwest of Continental Europe, with Ireland to the west, and makes up the largest part of the territory of the country known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets.

England, Scotland and Wales are mostly situated on the island, along with their capital cities, London, Edinburgh and Cardiff respectively. The earliest known name of Great Britain is Albion
(Ἀλβίων) or insula Albionum
, from either the Latin albus
meaning white. The population of the United Kingdom is over 57 mln. The majority of the British population lives in cities and towns. The country is washed by the North and Irish Seas, the Atlantic Ocean and the English Channel.

Great Britain is a highly developed industrial power. It possesses some mineral resources: coal, iron ores, oil, gas, and some metals. The country is known as one of the world largest producers and exporters of electronics and machinery, chemicals and textile, various aircraft and navigation equipment.

Great Britain is a country with old cultural traditions and customs. The official language of the state is English. The national symbol of the UK is “Union Jack” – the British state flag having 3 white and red crosses on the dark blue field. The weave of crosses symbolizes power and might.

Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch – Queen Elizabeth 2 – as the head of the State. Queen’s power is limited by the Parliament. Parliament is the supreme legislative authority in Britain and the Prime Minister is the virtual ruler of the country.

Parliament comprises the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the Queen in her Constitutional role.

Government in Britain since 1945 has alternated between only 2 political parties, the Conservatives and the Labor party.

Vocabulary

to be surrounded	быть окруженным
known as	известный как
mostly	по большей части, главным образом
respectively	соответственно, в указанном порядке
the earliest known name	самое раннее известное название
The Irish Sea	Ирландское море
the English Channel	Ла-Манш
To possess	обладать, владеть
aircraft	авиация
cross	крест
might	могущество, мощь
democracy	демократия
the head of the State	глава государства
to be limited	быть ограниченным
the supreme legislative authority	верховная законодательная власть
to comprise	включать, заключать в себе
the House of Commons	Палата общин
the House of Lords	Палата Лордов

Questions

1. What is the official name of Great Britain?

2. Where is the United Kingdom situated?

3. What is the population of the Great Britain?

4. What are the seas and the oceans Great Britain is washed by? (What seas and oceans is Great Britain washed by?)

5. Great Britain is a highly developed country, isn’t it? What goods does it produce?

6. What is the national symbol of the UK? What does it symbolize?

7. What is the political system of Great Britain?

8. Is the power of the Queen limited by Parliament?

9. What does Parliament comprise?

10. What are the main political parties in Great Britain?

Т
opic
5

The
economy of the United Kingdom

The economy of the United Kingdom
is the fifth largest in the world in terms of market exchange rates and the sixth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). It is the second largest economy in Europe after Germany's. Its GDP PPP per capita in 2007 is the 22nd highest in the world.

The United Kingdom is one of the world's most globalised countries. The capital, London, is the major financial centre of the world, in front of New York City, Hong Kong and Singapore according to a report compiled by the City of London.

The British economy is made up (in descending order of size) of the economies of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK became a member state of the European Community, in 1973, and ratified the Maastricht Treaty making it a European Union state, at the inception of the EU in 1993.

In the 1980s, under the Government of Margaret Thatcher, most state-owned enterprises in the industrial and service sectors, which since the 1940s had been nationalized, were privatized. The British Government now owns very few industries or businesses - Royal Mail is one example.

The United Kingdom, according to the International Monetary Fund, in 2007 had the ninth highest level of GDP per capita in the European Union in terms of purchasing power parity, after Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium and Finland. However, in common with the economies of other English-speaking countries, it has higher levels of income inequality than many European countries.

During August 2008 the IMF has warned that the UK economic outlook has worsened due to a twin shock: financial turmoil as well as rising commodity prices. Both developments harm the UK more than most developed countries, as the UK obtains revenue from exporting financial services while recording deficits in finished goods and commodities, including food.

The UK has the world's third largest current account deficit, despite significant oil revenues. This is mainly the result of a large deficit in the trade in manufacture goods. During May 2008, the IMF adviced the UK government to broaden the scope of fiscal policy to promote external balance.

Although the UK's "labour productivity per person employed" has been progressing well over the last two decades and has overtaken productivity in the united Germany, it lags around 20% behind France's level, where workers have a 35-hour working week. The UK's "labour productivity per hour worked" is currently on a par with the average for the "old" EU (15 countries).

The United Kingdom currently ranks 16th on the Human Development Index.

Vocabulary

Globalised	объединенный
Report	сообщение
Descending	спуск
Maastricht Treaty	Соглашение Маастрихта
State-owned	Принадлежащий государству
Chronic weak growth	Хронически слабый рост
Few industries	Некоторые отрасли промышленности
Sustained Unemployment	Длительный Безработица
Remain relatively low	Остались относительно низкими
Monetary	Денежно-кредитный
Inequality	неравенство
Outlook	перспектива
Worsened	ухудшенный
Rising	повышение
Harm	вред
Average	Среднее число
Although	хотя
privatised	приватизированный

Questions:

1. What is GDP PPP of the United Kingdom per capita?

2. When did the UK become a member state of the European Community? When did it ratify the Maastricht Treaty?

3. Are there many state-owned enterprises in the industrial and service sectors of Great Britain?

4. What is the level of GDP of the UK per capita according to the International Monetary Fund?

5. Why did the UK economic outlook worsen in August 2008?

6. Why does the UK have the world's third largest current account deficit?

7. What is the UK's "labour productivity per person employed"

8. What is the current UK's "labour productivity per hour worked"?

Т
opic
6

The
United States of America

The United States of America
is a constitutional federal republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait, and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific.

At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with more than 300 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and third largest by land area and by population. The United States is one of the world's most ethnically diverse nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world. The nation was founded by thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 1776, they jointly issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their independence from Great Britain and their formation of a cooperative union.

The USA is a highly developed industrial and agricultural country. The main industrial branches are aircraft, rocket, automobile, electronics, radio – engineering and others.

The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a constitutional republic. It is fundamentally structured as a representative democracy, though U.S. citizens residing in the territories are excluded from voting for federal officials. The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the United States Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document and as a social contract for the people of the United States. In the American federalist system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government, federal, state, and local.

Vocabulary

Constitutional	Конституционный
Contiguous	Прилегающий
Border	Граничить
Archipelago	Архипелаг
Possess	Обладать, владеть
Insular	Островная
Scattered	Разбросанные />
Area	Площадь
Jointly	Совместно
Issue	Издавать
Proclaim	Провозглашать
Independence	Независимость
Develop	Развивать
Agricultural	Сельскохозяйственный
Aircraft	Авиация
Rocket	Ракета
Fundamentally	Основная
supreme	Верховный

Questions

1. Where is the United States of America situated?

2. What countries does it border?

3. What is the territory of the US?

4. What is the population of the US?

5. Why is the USA called the “melting pot”?

6. How was the USA founded?

7. What are the main industrial branches of the US?

8. What is the political system of the USA?

9. How is the government regulated?

10. What are the three levels of government citizens are usually subject to?

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Economy of the United States

National economic indicators
Unemployment	6.1%August 2008
GDP growth	1.9%2Q 2008 (2.2%)2007
CPI inflation	5.6%July 2007–July 2008
National debt	$9.646 trillionAugust 29, 2008
Poverty	12.5%2007

The United States has a capitalist mixed economy, which is fueled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity. According to the International Monetary Fund, the United States GDP of more than $13 trillion constitutes over 25.5% of the gross world product at market exchange rates and over 19% of the gross world product at purchasing power parity (PPP). The largest national GDP in the world, it was slightly less than the combined GDP of the European Union at PPP in 2006. The country ranks eighth in the world in nominal GDP per capita and fourth in GDP per capita at PPP. The United States is the largest importer of goods and third largest exporter, though exports per capita are relatively low. Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are its top trading partners. The leading export commodity is electrical machinery, while vehicles constitute the leading import.

The private sector constitutes the bulk of the economy, with government activity accounting for 12.4% of GDP. The economy is postindustrial, with the service sector contributing 67.8% of GDP. The leading business field by gross business receipts is wholesale and retail trade; by net income it is finance and insurance. The United States remains an industrial power, with chemical products the leading manufacturing field. The United States is the third largest producer of oil in the world, as well as its largest importer. It is the world's number one producer of electrical and nuclear energy, as well as liquid natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, and salt. While agriculture accounts for just under 1% of GDP, the United States is the world's top producer of corn and soybeans. The country's leading cash crop is marijuana, despite federal laws making its cultivation and sale illegal. The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest by dollar volume. Coca-Cola and McDonald's are the two most recognized brands in the world.

Vocabulary

abundant natural resources	Обильные природные ресурсы
International Monetary Fund	Международный валютный фонд
GDP	Внутренний валовой продукт
purchasing power parity (PPP)	Покупательная сила валют
slightly less than	Намного меньше чем
rank	Занимать к-л. место
per capita	На душу
importer	Импортер
relatively low	Относительно низкий
leading export commodity	Ведущий экспортный товар
vehicles	Транспортные средства
private sector	Частный сектор
postindustrial	Постиндустриальная
wholesale	Оптовая торговля
retail trade	Розничная продажа
nuclear energy	Ядерная энергия
sulfur	Сера
soybeans	Соя

Questions:

1. What type of economy does the United States have?

2. What is the United States GDP?

3. What are top trading partners of the USA?

4. What is the leading export commodity? What is the leading import commodity?

5. What constitutes the bulk of the economy?

6. Does the United States produce oil or import it?

7. What does the USA produce?

8. The United States is the world's top producer of corn and soybeans, isn’t it?

9. Is the cultivation and sale of marijuana legal in this country?

10. What are the two most recognized US brands in the world?

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Bank

A banker
or bank
is a financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money.

The first modern bank was founded in Italy in Genoa in 1406, its name was Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George).

Many other financial activities were added over time. For example banks are important players in financial markets and offer financial services such as investment funds.

Banks have influenced economies and politics for centuries. Historically, the primary purpose of a bank was to provide loans to trading companies. Banks provided funds to allow businesses to purchase inventory, and collected those funds back with interest when the goods were sold. For centuries, the banking industry only dealt with businesses, not consumers. Banking services have expanded to include services directed at individuals, and risks in these much smaller transactions are pooled.

Banks act as payment agents by conducting checking or current accounts for customers, paying cheques drawn by customers on the bank, and collecting cheques deposited to customers' current accounts. Banks also enable customer payments via other payment methods such as telegraphic transfer, EFTROS, and ATM.

Banks borrow money by accepting funds deposited on current account, accepting term deposits and by issuing debt securities such as banknotes and bonds. Banks lend money by making advances to customers on current account, by making installment loans, and by investing in marketable debt securities and other forms of money lending.

Banks provide almost all payment services, and a bank account is considered indispensable by most businesses, individuals and governments. Non-banks that provide payment services such as remittance companies are not normally considered an adequate substitute for having a bank account.

Vocabulary

Banker	Банкир
Financial institution	Финансовое учреждение
Borrow	Заимствовать
Founded	Основан
Added	Добавлены
Important players	Важные игроки
Services	Услуги
Investment funds	Инвестиционный фонд
Primary owners	Прямые владельцы
Non-financial	Нематериальные
Holding	Холдинг
Insurance services	Страховые услуги
Primary purpose	Первичная цель
Term deposits	Депозиты срока
Bonds	Облигации
Government	Правительство
Household	Хозяйство
Lender	Кредитор

Questions:

1. What is a bank?

2. When and where was the first modern bank founded? What was its name?

3. What was the primary purpose of a bank historically?

4. How do banks act?

5. How do banks borrow money?

6. How do banks lend money?

7. Why is a bank account considered indispensable by most businesses, individuals and governments?

8. Why are non-banks that provide payment services not normally considered an adequate substitute for having a bank account?

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Types of banks
and
economic functions

Banks' activities can be divided into retail banking, dealing directly with individuals and small businesses; business banking, providing services to mid-market business; corporate banking, directed at large business entities; private banking, providing wealth management services to High Net Worth Individuals and families; and investment banking, relating to activities on the financial markets. Most banks are profit-making, private enterprises. However, some are owned by government, or are non-profits.

Central banks are normally government owned banks, often charged with quasi-regulatory responsibilities, e.g. supervising commercial banks, or controlling the cash interest rate. They generally provide liquidity to the banking system and act as Lender of last resort in event of a crisis.

The economic functions of banks include:

1. issue of money, in the form of banknotes and current accounts subject to cheque or payment at the customer's order. These claims on banks can act as money because they are negotiable and/or repayable on demand, and hence valued at par and effectively transferable by mere delivery in the case of banknotes, or by drawing a cheque, delivering it to the payee to bank or cash.

2. netting and settlement of payments -- banks act both as collection agent and paying agents for customers, and participate in inter-bank clearing and settlement systems to collect, present, be presented with, and pay payment instruments. This enables banks to economise on reserves held for settlement of payments, since inward and outward payments offset each other. It also enables payment flows between geographical areas to offset, reducing the cost of settling payments between geographical areas.

3. credit intermediation -- banks borrow and lend back-to-back on their own account as middle men

4. credit quality improvement -- banks lend money to ordinary commercial and personal borrowers (ordinary credit quality), but are high quality borrowers. The improvement comes from diversification of the bank's assets and the bank's own capital which provides a buffer to absorb losses without defaulting on its own obligations. However, since banknotes and deposits are generally unsecured, if the bank gets into difficulty and pledges assets as security to try to get the funding it needs to continue to operate, this puts the note holders and depositors in an economically subordinated position.

5. maturity transformation -- banks borrow more on demand debt and short term debt, but provide more long term loans. Bank can do this because they can aggregate issues (e.g. accepting deposits and issuing banknotes) and redemptions (e.g. withdrawals and redemptions of banknotes), maintain reserves of cash, invest in marketable securities that can be readily converted to cash if needed, and raise replacement funding as needed from various sources (e.g. wholesale cash markets and securities markets) because they have a high and more well known credit quality than most other borrowers.

Vocabulary

Banknotes	банкноты
Current	Текущие
Account	Счет
Payment	Платеж
Claim	Требование
Negotiable	Проходимый
Transferable	Допускающий передачу
Dilivery	Доставлять
Participate	Участвовать
Lend	Давать взаймы
Improvement	Улучшение
Diversification	Разнообразие
Assets	Активы
Absorb	Поглощать
Losses	Потери
Security	Гарантия, безопасность
Holder	Владелец
loans	Ссуда

Questions:

1. How can banks' activities be divided? What do they deal with? (Dwell on each item.)

2. What are quasi-regulatory responsibilities of central banks?

3. How do central banks act in event of a crisis?

4. What do the economic functions of banks include?

5. In what form do banks issue money?

6. What is netting and settlement of payments? (Dwell on netting and settlement of payments)

7. What is credit intermediation? (Dwell on credit intermediation)

8. What is credit quality improvement? (Dwell on credit quality improvement)

9. What is maturity transformation? (Dwell on maturity transformation)

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Management

Management
in business and human organization activity, in simple terms means the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, resourcing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources.

Management can also refer to the person or people who perform the act(s) of management.

The verb manage
comes from the Italian maneggiare
(to handle — especially a horse), which in turn derives from the Latin manus
(hand). The French word mesnagement
(later ménagement
) influenced the development in meaning of the English word management
in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Mary Parker Follett (1868–1933), who wrote on the topic in the early twentieth century, defined management as "the art of getting things done through people". One can also think of management functionally, as the action of measuring a quantity on a regular basis and of adjusting some initial plan; or as the actions taken to reach one's intended goal. This applies even in situations where planning does not take place. From this perspective, Frenchman Henri Fayol considers management to consist of five functions:

1. planning

2. organizing

3. leading

4. co-ordinating

5. controlling

Some people, however, find this definition, while useful, far too narrow. The phrase "management is what managers do" occurs widely, suggesting the difficulty of defining management, the shifting nature of definitions, and the connection of managerial practices with the existence of a managerial cadre or class.

One habit of thought regards management as equivalent to "business administration" and thus excludes management in places outside commerce, as for example in charities
and in the public sector. More realistically, however, every organization must manage its work, people, processes, technology, etc. in order to maximize its effectiveness. Nonetheless, many people refer to university departments which teach management as "business schools." Some institutions (such as the Harvard Business School) use that name while others (such as the Yale School of Management) employ the more inclusive term "management."

Speakers of English may also use the term "management" or "the management" as a collective word describing the managers of an organization, for example of a corporation. Historically this use of the term was often contrasted with the term "Labor" referring to those being managed.

Basic functions of management

Management operates through various functions, often classified as planning, organizing, leading/motivating and controlling.

Planning
: deciding what needs to happen in the future (today, next week, next month, next year, over the next 5 years, etc.) and generating plans for action.(What to do?)
Organizing
: (Implementation) making optimum use of the resources required to enable the successful carrying out of plans.
Staffing
: Job Analyzing, recruitment, and hiring individual for appropriate job.
Leading/Motivating
: exhibiting skills in these areas for getting others to play an effective part in achieving plans.(To make individual work willingly in the organization)
Controlling: monitoring
-- checking progress against plans, which may need modification based on feedback.

Vocabulary

accomplish	Совершать, достигать, совершенствовать
goal	Цель, задача
encompass	Окружать, заключать
perform	Исполнять, выполнять
measuring	Измеряя
quantity	Количество
narrow	Узкий, тесный, подробный
existence	Существование, наличие, существо
charity	Милосердие, благотворительность
refer	Направлять, обращаться
employ	Служба, работа по найму, нанимать
corporation	Корпорация, акционерное общество
various	Различный, разный
optimum	Наиболее благоприятные условия
recruitment	Набор, пополнение
staffing	Укомплектовывать штаты
skill	Искусство, мастерство
feedback	Обратная связь

Questions:

1. What is management?

2. What does management comprise?

3. What does resourcing encompass?

4. Where does the word “management” come from?

5. How did Mary Parker Follett define management?

6. What functions does management consist of according to Frenchman Henri Fayol?

7. What does the phrase "management is what managers do" mean?

8. Can the term “management” be used as equivalent to "business administration"?

9. How does management operate?

10. What is planning? (Dwell on this item.)

11. What is organizing? (Dwell on this item.)

12. What is staffing? (Dwell on this item.)

13. What is leading/motivating? (Dwell on this item.)

14. What is controlling? (Dwell on this item.)

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Contract

A contract
is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law. Contract law
is based on the Latin phrase pacta sunt servanda
(pacts must be kept). Breach of contract is recognised by the law and remedies can be provided. Almost everyone enters into contracts every day. Sometimes written contracts are required, such as when buying a house. However, most contracts can be and are made orally, like buying a law textbook, or purchasing coffee at a shop. Contract law can be classified, as is habitual in civil law systems, as part of a general law of obligations (along with tort, unjust enrichment or restitution).

According to legal scholar Sir John William Salmond, a contract is "an agreement creating and defining the obligations between two or more parties".

The most important feature of a contract is that one party makes an offer for an arrangement that another accepts. This can be called a 'concurrence of wills' or 'ad idem' (meeting of the minds) of two or more parties. There must be evidence that the parties had each from an objective perspective engaged in conduct manifesting their assent, and a contract will be formed when the parties have met such a requirement. An objective perspective means that it is only necessary that somebody gives the impression of offering or accepting contractual terms in the eyes of a reasonable person, not that they actually did want to form a contract.

Contrary to common wisdom, an informal exchange of promises can still be binding and legally as valid as a written contract. A spoken contract should be called an oral contract, which might be considered a subset of verbal contracts. Any contract that uses words, spoken or written, is a verbal contract. Thus, all oral contracts and written contracts are verbal contracts. This is in contrast to a "non-verbal, non-oral contract," also known as "a contract implied by the acts of the parties", which can be either implied in fact or implied in law.

Vocabulary

exchange	обмен
promise	обещание
refrain	воздерживаться
breach	нарушение
remedy	Средство судебной защиты
habitual	обычный
obligations	обязательства
important feature	Важная особенность
offer	предложение
arrangement	Соглашение, договоренность
evidence	Основание, очевидность
requirement	Требование, необходимое условие
wisdom	мудрость
valid	Действительный, имеющий силу
consider	Рассматривать, обсуждать
imply	Значить, подразумевать
enforceable	Осуществимый, обеспечиваемый
thus	Так, таким образом

Questions:

1. What is a contract?

2. What Latin phrase is contract law based on?

3. Is breach of contract recognized by the law?

4. How can contracts be made?

5. How can contract law be classified?

6. What is a contract according to legal scholar Sir John William Salmond?

7. What is a 'concurrence of wills'?

8. What does an objective perspective mean?

9. Can an informal exchange of promises be binding and legally as valid as a written contract?

10. What is a verbal contract?

11. What is a "non-verbal, non-oral contract"?

Примеры статей для перевода на экзамене

Исходя из того, что одной из форм контроля знаний студентов является ознакомление с содержанием текста статьи по экономической тематике и изложение его содержания на русском языке, ниже приводятся статьи объемом 1500 печатных знаков, которые будут представлены на экзамене по английскому языку.

Работа с текстом статьи предполагает выполнение ряда требования:

- понять общее содержание всего текста;

- прочитать и письменно перевести указанный выделенный курсивом отрывок (600 печ. знаков) со словарем за 35 минут;

- вести беседу с преподавателем на иностранном языке по пройденным темам устной речи.

MARKETS

The function of a market requires that both parties expect to become better off as a result of the transaction. Markets are efficient when the price of a good or service attracts as much demand as the market can currently supply. The chief function of a market is to adjust prices to accommodate fluctuations in supply and demand. An economic system in which goods and services are exchanged by market functions is called a market economy. An alternative economic system in which non-market forces determine prices is called planned economy or command economy. The attempt to combine socialist ideals with the incentive system of a market is known as market socialism.

There are various types of markets and organizational structures to assist their functions.
A market can be organized as an auction, as a shopping center, as a complex institution such as a stock market, and as an informal discussion between two individuals.

In economics, a market that runs under laissez-faire
policies is a free market. It is “free” in the sense that the government makes no attempt to intervene through taxes, subsidies, minimum wages, price ceilings, etc. Markets may be distorted by a seller or sellers with monopoly power, or a buyer with monophony power. The level of organization or negotiation power of buyers, markedly affects the functioning of the market. Markets where price negotiations do not arrive at efficient outcomes for both sides are said to experience market failure.

‘Market’, Wikipedia

TIPS FOR A YOUNG MANAGER

The first steps to becoming a really great manager are simply common sense; but common sense is not very common. The major problem when you start to manage is that you do not actually think about management issues because you do not recognize them. Things normally go wrong not because you are stupid but only because you have never thought about it. Management is about pausing to ask yourself the right questions so that your common sense can provide the answers.

When you gain managerial responsibility, your first option is to do what is expected of you. You are new at the job, so people will understand. You can learn (slowly) by your mistakes and probably you will try to devote as much time as possible to the rest of your work (which is what your were good at anyway)
. Those extra little “management” problems are just common sense, so try to deal with them when they come up.

Your second option is far more exciting: find an empty telephone box, put on a cape and bright-red underpants, and become a Super Manager. When you become a manager, you gain control over your own work; not all of it, but some of it. You can change things. You can do things differently. You actually have the authority to make a huge impact upon the way in which your staff works. You can shape your own work environment.

‘What makes a great manager’, www. project-management-blog.com/2006/05/

CITY GOVERNMENT

City government is a system of governmental institutions that serve an urban area or urban municipality. Modern cities are almost always contained within the boundaries of national states, and their governments form parts of a larger constitutional regime that usually includes state or provincial governments and a national government.

A city government’s most important functions are to provide law enforcement and fire prevention; elementary and secondary education; water supply, sewage, and refuse collection and disposal; construction, maintenance, and lighting of the streets; regulation of building safety and housing standards; the provision of public housing; various welfare services for the needy; health protection, medical care environmental services.
Cities also provide museums, parks, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities. Public-utility services that supply water, electricity, gas, and public transport may be provided by a city government or by commercial companies regulated by the government.

City planning is another important function. City governments typically achieve their land-planning goals by enacting zoning laws that govern the use of land and buildings, the density of population, and the height, bulk, and spacing of structures. Planning also involves the use of subdivision controls, which subject the initial laying-out of vacant land to public regulation.

‘City Government’, Encyclopedia Britannica

Рекомендуемая литература для подготовки к экзамену

Основная литература

1. Русско-английский экономический словарь: Более 80000 терминов и терминологических словосочетаний /Под общ. Ред. Жданова И.Ф. – Русский язык - Медиа, 2007. ISBN: 978-5-9576-0323-8

2. Агабекян И.П., Коваленко П.И. Английский для экономистов. –Ростов н/Д., Феникс 2008. ISBN 978-5-222-13774-1

3. Глушенкова Е.В.Элементарный английский для экономистов. – М., АСТ. 2005. ISBN: 5-17-026227-2

4. Никитаев С.Н. Английский язык для специальных целей. – М.,Айрис-пресс. – М.,2007.

Дополнительная литература

1. Буданов С.И., Борисова А.А. Деловой английский язык. – М.: Эксмо, 2008.

2. Цветкова Т.К. Грамматика английского языка. Упражнения с ключами: уч. пособие. – М.: ТК Велби, Изд-во Проспект, 2007. Английский для юристов: Учебное пособие для вузов, Шевелева С.А., М.: Юнити-Дана, 2005.

3. Большой современный англо-русский, русско-английский словарь: 170 000 слов, Сиротина Т.А., М.: БАО-Пресс, 2005.

Библиографический список

1. Агабекян И.П., Коваленко П.И. Английский для экономистов. –Ростов н/Д., Феникс 2008. – 413с. ISBN 978-5-222-13774-1

2. Глушенкова Е.В.Элементарный английский для экономистов. – М., АСТ. 2005. – 158с. ISBN: 5-17-026227-2

3. Занина. Е.Л. 95 устных тем по английскому языку. – М.: Рольф, 1997. – 320с. ISBN 5-7836-0029-6.

Интернет-источники:

1. www. project-management-blog.com/2006/05/

2. http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/

3. http://www.britannica.com/