Fundamentals of Economics. Доловова Н.Н - 19 стр.

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to hire – нанимать
to determine – определять
equipment – оборудование
law – закон
to survive – выживать
impact – воздействие, толчок
to require – требовать
relevant – относящийся к делу, уместный
to alter – изменять
to reduce – сокращать
adverse – неблагоприятный
to increase – увеличивать
tax – налог
Dialogue (II)
DAVID : It strikes me you and Jack are a couple of young highbrows! Are you
interested only in serious things?
ANNE : We are interested in serious things! Is that something to be ashamed of?
MAVIS : Not at all, Anne, but we can't be serious all the time!
JACK: So many advertisements are obviously untrue! How many kinds of soap-
powder and synthetic detergent are there? More than you can count on the fingers of
one hand, I'm sure. And every one of them says, 'OZO—or whatever the name is—
washes whitest!'
MAVIS: Does it matter? People learn to take such statements with a grain of salt. They
try half a dozen kinds of soap-powder and decide for themselves.
JACK: Don't you think advertisements sometimes cause people to buy things they
don't need? The men who write them are so clever! They persuade people that they
must have a new washing-machine or a new refrigerator—to keep up with the
neighbours.
DAVID: That may be true. Some advertisers do make use of social snobbery. But
social snobbery is quite strong, isn't it? Advertisers are not to blame if they
sometimes make use of it. I've known people who've bought a thing just because
they've seen that their neighbours have one.
MAVIS: The advertisers are not always successful, though. My father has had his car
for nine years. He's quite satisfied with it, in spite of the pages and pages of
advertisements of new cars.

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