The Financial System. First Challenges and Accomplishments

CONTENTS

Unitl

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First Challenges and Accomplishments

Text A. On Higher Education................................................................................. 1]

Сгатяцу Presentation,

Оградите пьный залог (The Passive Voice). Времена группы Indefinite..... 14
Герундий (The Gerund).................................................,.................................... 16

Text B. Going to College in the USA............................................................ 27

Grammar Presentation:

Модальный глагол should.........................,................................................ 30

Придаточные предложения времени и условные предложения первого
типа (Adverbial Clauses of Time and Conditional Sentences Type 1) 31

Tan C. A Language Teacher's Personal Opinion................................................ 37

Grammar Presentation:
Условные предложения второго типа (Conditional Sentences Type 11) 39

Grammar ftevisian:
Модальные глаюлы (Modal Verbs)............................................................ 46

Social English:

1, Meeting people after a long lime................................................................ 47

2. Asking the way.............................................................................................. 48

Rule-play:

YauthisthePrimeTimeofLife..... 49

II.

Reading Newspapers and Specialist Literature

Text Л. What Do Newspapers Write about?........................................................ SO

TextB. The United States of America..... 53

Unit 2

I. Income and Spending

Text A. Personal Finances....................................................................................... 56

Grammar Presentation'.

Переход прилагательных и причастий в существительные

(lhe+ adjective)........................................................................................ 58

Jext В. Personal Expenditure................................................................................. 64

Grammar Presentation:

Причастие (The Participle)..............................................,............................ 67

Text C, Income Distribution.................................................................................. 73

Grammar Presentation:

Условные предложения третьего типа (Conditional Sentences Type III).... 75

Grammar Revision'.

Страдательный -Шог (The Passive Voice)................,.............................. 79

Soda! English:

AtaTheatre.......................................................................................................... 80

What Shall We Do Tonight?........................................................................... 81

Role-play.

Personal Budget............................................................................................... 81

II.

The Nation's Economy
7etf: On British Economy....................................................................................... 83

Role-play:
Writing a Course Paper on Russian Economy.................... —........................... 88

Unit3

I.

Business and Government
Text A: Supply and Demand................................................................................. 89

Grammar Presentation:

Инфинитив (Tlie Infinitive)............................................................................ 9

Text B: The Role of Government in the Economy............................................... 97

Grammar Presentation'. Страдательный залог с временами группы Perfect и Continuous

(The Passive Voice with Perfect and Continuous Tenses)................. 99

Text C; Interview with a Member of British Parliament................................... 104

Grammar Presentation:
Сложное дополнение (The Complex Object)......................................... 106

Grammar Revision:
Времена (Tenses)........................................................................................... 112

Social English:

Booking Airline Tickets...............................,................................................ 113

Al a Railway Station...................................................................................... 44

Checking in at a Hotel........................................................................................ US

Rote-play:
Discussing Lifestyle and Living Standards...................,..........,....................... 115

II.

Tlie Budget, Taxes

Text A: The Budget.............................................................................................. П6

Text B: Taxes........................................................................................................ П9

Rote-ptay:

Budget Spending on Education............................................................,..... 124

Unit 4

I.

Starting a Career
Text A: Starting a Career........................................................................................ 125

Grammar Presentation:

Оборот «for + существительное + инфинитив* (/br-plirase).............. 128

Tent B\ The Labour Market................................................................................... 136

Grammar Presentation: Настоящее совершенное длительное время (The Present Perfect

Continuous, Tense).............,................,................................ 138

Text C: Looking for a Job Abroad.................................................,........................ 143

Grammar Presentation:

Перфектный инфинитив (Perfect Infinitive), Перфектный инфинитив
с модальными глаголами (Perfect Infinitive with Modal Verbs).. 144

Обороты типа So do I w Neither (Nor) do I....,....................,................. 145

Grammar Revision:

Времена (Tenses). Герундий (The Gerund)...................,........................ 153

Social English:

Reserving a Table for a Business Lunch.............,....................,............... 155

Role-play:

Job Opportunities....................................................................... 156

II.

The Financial System

Text A: The Financial System.................................................................................. 157

Text B: The Stock Exchange................................................................................ 160

Role-play:
The Financial System Offers Interesting Careers...................................... 165

UnitS

I.

Business Communication
Text A. Business Communication............................................................................ 166

Grammar Presentation:

Инфинитив в составе оборота «Именительный падеж с инфинити­
вом» — «Сложное подлежащее» (The Complex Subject)............ 169

Самостоятельный причастный оборот (The Absolute Participle

Construction)............................................................................................ 171

Text fi. Business Letter Writing................................................................................ 176

Grammar Presentation:
Как читать цифры и числа (How to Read Figures and Numbers).,............. 181

Text C. At a Company Meeting.......................................................................... 188

Grammar Presentation:

Наклонение (The Mood)............................................................................. '⁹¹

Сослагательное наклонение (The Subjunctive Mood)....................... 191

Grammar Revision:

Времена (Tenses).................................................................................. •...... I"

Social English:

Meeting a Foreign Fanner at the Airport............................................ •....... 201

Role-play:

The Locksliell Company LTD Minutes...................................................... 201

[I,

Accounting ami Auditing
Text. Accounting and Auditing.......................................................................... 202

Role-play:
Why 1 Want to Be an Accountant and Auditor....................................... 207

Unit 6

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