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III. Use the correct article (a/an, the).
1. Adam Smith was ___ great scientist.
2. He was born in ___ small fishing town in Scotland.
3. Scotland is ____ part of Great Britain.
4. Adam Smith’s father was ____ customs officer.
5. At ___ age of 28 Adam Smith became ____ Professor of Logics.
6. Some time later he became ____ tutor to __ wealthy person.
7. Some time later he received ____ grant of £300 a year.
8. __ grant helped him to write ___ very important work.
9. ___ work was published in 1776.
10. Adam Smith made economics ____ science.
11. He is rightly considered ___ founder of political economy.
IV. Read and translate the words having one and the same stem:
– science – scientist – scientific;
– to contribute – contribution – contributor;
– to found – foundation – founder;
– to teach – teacher;
– to write – writer;
– to read – reader;
– to speak – speaker.
V. Answer these questions.
1. When and where was Adam Smith born?
2. What was his farther?
3. What was Adam Smith’s first academic appointment?
4. Did he become a tutor then?
5. How big was the grant he received some time later?
6. What work did Adam Smith do with the support of the grant?
VI. Repeat what the text said about Adam Smith.
VII. Say a few words about a Russian scientist. Write half a page about him/her.
Economics
Economics is a social science studying economy. Like the natural sciences
and other social sciences, economics attempts to find laws or principles.
Economics tries to find laws or principles by building models. The predic-
tions of the models form the basic of economic theories. Then the predictions
of the models are compared with the facts of the real world.
Vocabulary
to try стараться
to build строить
prediction предсказание, прогноз 
    III. Use the correct article (a/an, the).
    1. Adam Smith was ___ great scientist.
    2. He was born in ___ small fishing town in Scotland.
    3. Scotland is ____ part of Great Britain.
    4. Adam Smith’s father was ____ customs officer.
    5. At ___ age of 28 Adam Smith became ____ Professor of Logics.
    6. Some time later he became ____ tutor to __ wealthy person.
    7. Some time later he received ____ grant of £300 a year.
    8. __ grant helped him to write ___ very important work.
    9. ___ work was published in 1776.
    10. Adam Smith made economics ____ science.
    11. He is rightly considered ___ founder of political economy.

    IV. Read and translate the words having one and the same stem:
    – science – scientist – scientific;
    – to contribute – contribution – contributor;
    – to found – foundation – founder;
    – to teach – teacher;
    – to write – writer;
    – to read – reader;
    – to speak – speaker.

    V. Answer these questions.
    1. When and where was Adam Smith born?
    2. What was his farther?
    3. What was Adam Smith’s first academic appointment?
    4. Did he become a tutor then?
    5. How big was the grant he received some time later?
    6. What work did Adam Smith do with the support of the grant?

    VI. Repeat what the text said about Adam Smith.

    VII. Say a few words about a Russian scientist. Write half a page about him/her.

                                   Economics
     Economics is a social science studying economy. Like the natural sciences
and other social sciences, economics attempts to find laws or principles.
     Economics tries to find laws or principles by building models. The predic-
tions of the models form the basic of economic theories. Then the predictions
of the models are compared with the facts of the real world.

                                   Vocabulary

 to try                                      стараться
 to build                                    строить
 prediction                                  предсказание, прогноз
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