English for Masters in Economics. Маркушевская Л.П - 13 стр.

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Practical Tasks
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forms of the verbs.
1. The aim of our negotiations is to discuss selling prices of competitive
goods on domestic market.
2. One way of translating salaries is to compare the value of the
currencies of the countries in question.
3. He gave up smoking.
4. He stopped to greet his partners.
5. Transactions and banking services have to be paid for.
6. There are many different ways to determine wealth.
7. The goal of macroeconomics is to look at overall economic
trends.
8. Gold fever is irrational, but gold has always held its value and is likely
to continue to do so.
9. He stopped using dictionary while translating such professional-
oriented texts.
Task 21. Choose the equivalent translation of English sentences.
1. Since almost every country uses a different currency, the totals from
each country have to be coordinated.
a)Длявсехстран,использующихразличнуювалюту,итоговыесум
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мыдолжныбыбытьскоординированы.
b) Так как почти каждая страна использует различную валюту,
итоговые суммы каждойстраныдолжныбыть скоординиро
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ваны.
с) Для всех стран, использовавших различную валюту, итоговые
суммыдолжныбылибытьскоординированы.
2. If the Central bank increases money supply, consumers and business
have more money to spend on goods and services.
а) Если Центральный банк увеличивает денежное обеспечение,
потребителиибизнес имеютбольшеденег,чтобы потратить на
товарыиуслуги.
в) Если бы Центральный банк вводил больше денег в обращение,
потребителиибизнесимелибыбольшеденегдляпокупкитова
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ровиуслуг.
с)Если ЦентральныйБанк увеличивал денежноеобеспечение, то
покупателиибизнесменыимелибольшеденегдляоплатытова
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ровиуслуг.
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name should be the same in all ofcial languages of the European Union
(EU), taking account of different alphabets, and easy to pronounce. Above
all, it had to be simple and representative of Europe.
The currency also needed to have a symbol. Like the name, the sym-
bol had to be clearly associated with Europe, easy to write and attractive.
A list of thirty possibilities drawn up by European Commission staff was
reduced to ten and these became the subject of a public survey. From this
shortlist, two possible symbols emerged and the nal choice was made by
the then President of the Commission, Jacques Santer, and Yves-Thibault de
Silguy, the Commissioner in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs at
that time.
The euro symbol was inspired by the Greek letter epsilon, reecting the
cradle of European civilisation. «E» is of course the rst letter of the word
Europe. The two strong parallel horizontal lines are intended to symbolise
the stability of the currency. The ofcial abbreviation of the euro, EUR,
has been registered with the International Organization for Standardiza-
tion (ISO).
Task 1. Read the text and answer the following questions.
1) When and where did leaders decide on the currency’s new name?
2) What letter was the euro symbol inspired by?
3) Whatistheofcialabbreviationoftheeuro?
4) What is the symbol of stability of the currency?
Task 2. Fill in the gaps with correct word-combinations in the correct tense
form: to associate with, to decide on, be the same in, made by, to
register with, to be inspired by.
1) At the meeting of the European Council in Madrid in December
1995, Europe’s leaders ________the currency’s new name: the
euro.
2) Theyagreedthatthenameshould________allofciallanguagesof
the European Union (EU).
3) The currency also needed to have a symbol. Like the name, the
symbol had to be clearly ________Europe, easy to write and
attractive.
4) Theeurosymbol_________theGreekletterepsilon,reectingthe
cradle of European civilisation.
5) Theofcialabbreviationoftheeuro,EUR,hasbeen_______the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO).