RENDERING. Богатова С.М - 9 стр.

summarize her advice in 65 words or less. In your summary, group                     You may never have consciously bought or sold a share, but col-
Landers’s positive statements (1, 5, 6) together and her negative state-     lapsing stock markets can still have a nasty effect on your wealth.
ments (2, 3, 4) together for economy of expression.                          Many people are «indirect» investors in shares – in other words, their
                                                                             pensions and other savings schemes are tied up in the stock markets.
      How to Make an Intelligent Decision                                            Over the past decade or so, share ownership has become much
                                                                             more widespread in the UK, especially since the mass privatisations of
        The more you have in common with the one you choose, the bet-
                                                                             the 1980s. And the prolonged stock market boom of the 1990s has seen
ter your chances for a successful marriage. This means religious train-
                                                                             many large pension funds shift a greater proportion of their holdings
ing, cultural, social and financial background. The old saying «oppo-
                                                                             into stocks, and away from traditionally safer investments such as gov-
sites attract» may be true in the field of electromagnetics, but it seldom
                                                                             ernment bonds. This is having unpleasant consequences.
works out in choosing a lifetime partner.
                                                                                     Although people have some say in how their pension funds are
        Don’t marry on the spur of the moment. If love is real, it will
                                                                             invested, some big investment companies have started to slap heavy
last. The tired line «marry in haste, repent in leisure» may be a cliché,
                                                                             exit fees on clients who want to get out of the stock markets. And al-
but it still makes good sense.
                                                                             though we have always been told that the returns from shares are better
        Don’t marry a person whose chief attraction is sexual. A mar-
                                                                             than those on bonds in the long term, that is not true at the moment.
riage based in sex will fall apart when the passions cools and they’ll
                                                                                     What if I don't have a pension or other investments?
cool a whole lot faster than you thought.
                                                                                     You are still at the mercy of the markets. In the past few years,
        Don’t marry with the intention of changing your beloved to meet
                                                                             British companies have become ever more conscious of their share
your specifications. It won’t work. If during courtship a person is un-
                                                                             prices. A low share value makes it harder for a company to operate –
faithful, a heavy drinker, a gambler or abusive, marriage will not pro-
                                                                             affecting its ability to raise money or complete acquisitions, for exam-
vide the magic cure. In fact, he’ll undoubtedly get worse as time goes
                                                                             ple. That, combined with the rise of the shareholder culture, explains
on.
                                                                             why companies will go to often drastic lengths to support their share
        Choose someone who wants the same things from life that you
                                                                             price. The most common measure is to cut costs – usually by shedding
want. Discuss in detail your aims, goals and objectives. Marriage
                                                                             staff. So a collapsing market could make your employer less successful
should mean companionship and building a life together.
                                                                             – and it could cost you your job. (298 words)
        Approach marriage as a permanent relationship and not as an
experiment which can be tossed aside if it doesn’t work. Remember, a
                                                                                    Article #2 EC Sets ‘Ecolabel’ for Green Products
good marriage is not a gift – it’s an achievement. It takes working at.
                                                                                    BRUSSELS–A flower whose petals form 12 stars encircling an
You must repeatedly compromise. Forgive and forget. And then be
                                                                             «E» will soon become a familiar sight on European Community prod-
smart enough to forget what you forgave. Often the difference between
                                                                             ucts from washing machines to paints.
a successful marriage and a mediocre one is leaving four or five things
                                                                                    EC environment ministers on Thursday adopted a new system to
a day unsaid.
                                                                             award an «ecolabel» to products deemed friendly to the environment,
                                                                             and manufacturers are expected to aggressively seek the new seal of
        EXERCISE 3. Summarize a bigger news article. Try to make
                                                                             approval.
it at least twice smaller its size.
                                                                                    «For the first time, consumers throughout the EC will be able to
      Article #1 How falling stock markets affect you                        get reliable guidance to help them choose the products that do least
      I'm not a stockbroker: Why should I care about falling share           damage to the environment», said the British environment minister,
prices?                                                                      David Trippier.
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