Аудирование для направления «Экономика»

Аудирование для направления «Экономика»

Аудирование 1 модуль

1. Послушайте следующий монолог и выскажите свое мнение по следующим вопросам:

1) If you live in a modern economy, life is quite easy.

2) Before the Industrial Revolution, life was much harder.

3) In what ways was life more difficult?

2. Послушайте запись еще раз и подчерните то, о чем упоминалось на записи.

1) length of life

2) housing

3) illnesses

4) work

5) food

6) having children

3. Послушайте запись еще раз и соедините описание и цифры.

1. life expectancy	a) about 250
2. number of children who died before they reached five years old	b) 1 in 10
3. number of women who died when they were giving birth	c) 2S
4. years since the Industrial Revolution	d) 1 in 3

Аудирование 2 модуль

1. Послушайте факты об Адаме Смите и заполните пропуски.

Born in Scotland in (1) _______________.

Lost his father at the age of (2) _______________.

Kidnapped at the age of (3) _______________.

Went to University of Glasgow at the age of (4) _______________.

Went to Oxford University at the age of (5) _______________.

Most famous book is The Wealth of (6) _______________.

Influenced Karl Marx and the founding fathers of (7)_______________.

Аудирование 3 модуль

1. Посмотрите на таблицу, послушайте запись и ответьте на вопросы:

1) What does the table show?

2) Is this time-series analysis or cross-sectional analysis?

Weekly spending by children aged seven to fifteen in the UK
	Girls	Boys
sweets, snacks and food:	£(1) ________	£4.60
clothing and personal care:	£(2) ________	£1.30
mobile phone charges:	£ (3)________	£0.40
magazines and books:	£0.90	£ (4)_______
music, DVDs and videos:	£0.70	£0.90
games and hobbies:	£0.90	£ (5)________

2. Послушайте запись еще раз и заполните пропуски в таблице.

Аудирование 4 модуль

1. Послушайте запись и ответьте на вопросы:

1) What kind of people do you think still live in a traditional economy today?

2) Where do they live?

3) What are their lives like?

2. Послушайте запись еще раз и заполните пропуски.

Pygmies

Pygmies live in parts of Africa and (1) __________.

Pygmies are known for their (2) __________.

They live in societies that still have a (3) __________.

The Mbuti

The Mbuti live in central (4) __________.

They live in houses made from (5) __________.

(6)__________ do the hunting.

(7)__________ build houses.

(8)__________ look after the children.

Аудирование 5 модуль

1. Послушайте запись и ответьте на вопрос:

What everyday problems do you think people face in a planned economy?

2. Послушайте запись еще раз и выполните задание.

Rita lives in a country with a planned economy. Listen to her talk about her life and the problems she faces. Tick the problems she mentions in the list below.

1. food shortages
2. low wages
3. unemployment
4. lack of career opportunities
5. lack of luxury items
6. high prices

Аудирование 6 модуль

1. Послушайте запись и выполните задание:

1) Here is a list of arguments against state-run hospitals and arguments against private hospitals.

2) Read the list and decide under which heading you think each one should go

1 badly organised

2 creates a class of poor, unhealthy people

3 hospitals m bad condition

4 hospitals will reduce costs to make money

5 is bad for society in general

6 long waiting lists for patients 1 only the rich can afford health care

7 staff arc poorly paid

8 taxpayers support everyone

Against state run hospitals	Against private hospitals

Аудирование 7 модуль

1. Послушайте запись и выполните задание:

Not all economists agree with the theory of consumer choice described in the text. Here is a list of reasons why. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

a) advertising

b) constraints

c) information

d) mistakes

e) rational

1) Consumers are not always __________.

2) Consumers often don’t have enough __________.

3) Choices are affected by __________.

4) Consumers make __________.

5) Budget __________ may not guide consumers' choice.

Аудирование 8 модуль

1. Послушайте запись и ответьте на вопрос:

Price is not only the cost of something. Every purchase has a hidden cost. What do you think this is?

2. Послушайте запись еще раз и выполните задание:

You’re going to hear about a kind of cost called opportunity cost. Listen and choose the best answer for each question.

1) What is opportunity cost?

A Something you have to give up in order to have something else.

В Something a company can charge people for goods or services.

С Something that companies pay when they first start business.

2) What could be the opportunity cost of watching television?

A Getting sore eyes.

В The cost of buying a television.

С Not sunbathing in the garden.

3) What is the opportunity cost for Alice’s decision?

A £3,000

В £39,000

С £13,000

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