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| Many everyday brands which people use in every country can have varying prices. Some of the variations in price are due to differences in exchange rates, some are due to differences in raw materials and producing and shipping costs and | some are due to variations in taxes. However, the wide variation in prices for some brands can not be explained by these factors and it may be that multinational companies are charging what they think the market will bear. |
4. Переведите слова, заполните пропуски в предложениях, переведите предложения.
economic uneconomic................................................
analytical unanalytical ………………………………
employed unemployed ………………………………
employable unemployable... …………………….
1. The company moved its factory to East Asia because it was not................ to stay in America.
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2. It was.......................... to stay in America, so the company moved its factory to East Asia.
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3. When the company pulled out of France the........................ rate went up.
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4. The managers in the factory do not have good relations with their............... .
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5. Before the government began its training programme many young people were.......................... .
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6. His work is based on guesswork. It is not very.......................... .
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| labour costs the state of the economy cuts taxes economic recession trend availability of labour availability of raw materials |
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AFG to leave Western Europe after 80 years | |||
| FRANCOISE SALES, the new managing director of Anglo-French Garments (AFG) announced yesterday that the company is going to make 1 __________________in Western Europe and close its two factories in Lyons and Liverpool in order to relocate to Eastern Europe. Mme Sales said that there were big disadvantages for the company | |||
| in Western Europe and big advantages for it in Eastern Europe. She said she was very worried about 2____________She predicted that Western Europe is moving towards a long period of 3 ________________ and said that increasing demands from European governments for higher 4 _________________ ‘is going to make it worse not better’. In contrast, the economy of Eastern Europe is quite strong at the moment.
City analysts stressed the advantages for AFG in moving to Eastern Europe. George Lukacs of NY Corp said that' AFG is moving to Eastern Europe to take advantage of 5 ______________ because it costs a lot less to employ people there than in Western Europe. Frederick Larsen of London Bank said 'AFG is moving because of the greater 6 ________________ in Eastern Europe where it is easier to find workers. ' Carolyn Martin of Euro Bank said she thought that 'the most important factor in AFG's decision is 7 ________________: most of their cotton comes from Russia and neighbouring countries'. Lukacs and Larsen both said that they thought 'other firms are unlikely to follow AFG to Eastern Europe'. Larsen said, 'this is unlikely to start a 8 ________________. However, Martin was not as sure as the other two. | |||
6. Ответьте на вопросы.
1. Where are AFG's two European factories? ……….. ………………
2. Where will their new factory be? ……………. ……………………
3. Why did Mme Sales say the company is moving? …………….. …
4. Do the three analysts agree with each other? ……. …………….. …
7. Модальные глаголы may, might, could, can’t могут употребляться для выражения субъективной вероятности, когда говорящий не уверен, сомневается в правильности своего предположения относительно какого-либо события или положения дел. Например
It could be true – Может быть это правда.
You might be right – Ты, вероятно, прав.
He might ask for an extra week – Он может попросить ещё одну неделю.
Подберите верное предположение, соответствующее утверждениям в левом столбце.
| 1. There is high unemployment. 2. No one wants to invest in the North. 3. A computer firm announces a massive profit. 4. The cost of raw materials will get higher. | · This may be because they are becoming difficult to find. · Maybe investors are worried about the political situation there. · This might be because its new product is very popular. · This could be because companies only want to employ highly skilled workers. |
8. Переведите следующие слова и предложения
too.......... as well.............. in addition................. also...........
1. The country is suffering for a number of reasons; the infrastructure is poor, there is little inward investment and workers are demotivated too/as well.
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2. Like Finland, Norway also showed strong growth last year.
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3. India benefits from low labour costs, and in addition raw materials are plentiful.
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4. The Netherlands is in the top five countries. Finland is as well.
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9. Заполните пропуски в предложениях словами too, as well, in addition, also
1. Singapore has a very strong infrastructure. _________ there is a high level of trade and investment.
2. The Netherlands comes in the top five countries. Finland is _________ up in the top five.
3. High corporate taxes can have a negative effect on an economy. They reduce companies' profits and _________ they do not encourage foreign investment.
4. Although Poland is in 45th place, it shows a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and ____________ it has a good rate of growth.
5. Britain is below Finand. Germany is ____________ below Finland.
6. Ireland is now attracting a lot of foreign investment. Multinationals are opening offices there and more Irish people are staying in Ireland to work, ___________.
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