Think of the most popular jobs in the XX century and compare your answers.

CONTENTS

UNIT 1 Economic Activity. 4

UNIT 2 The science of economics. 14

UNIT 3 Different economic systems. 24

UNIT 4 The limits on economic freedom.. 33

UNIT 5 Command and market economies. 45

UNIT 6 Mixed economies. 54

UNIT 7 Revision and conclusion. 66

UNIT 8 Utility and prices. 73

UNIT 9 Supply and demand. 84

UNIT 10 Labour and capital 93

UNIT 11 Markets and monopolies. 105

UNIT 12 Conclusion. 117

UNIT 1

Economic Activity

WARMING-UP

Work as a group. Look at the pictures and say what these people do.

Think of the most popular jobs in the XX century and compare your answers.

3. Look at this list of jobs. Are they popular nowadays? Add any jobs you can think of and comment on their popularity.

accountant	computer programmer	farmer
baker	shoemaker	manager
banker	coal-miner	lawyer

4. Fill in the names of jobs. What word do they make?

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Someone who...

1) grows fruit and vegetables;

2) who advises people on legal matters;

3) who directs a bank;

4) who makes bread and cakes;

5) who programs computers;

6) who helps you to learn;

7) who looks after people’s health.

8) who directs or organizes smth.

5.a Work in pairs. Choose a job from the list above. Discuss what you can expect from good lawyers, teachers, doctors and write a short paragraph, like this:

Good … are gentle and caring. They help people. They find the problem and make it better. They give good advice. You can ask them for medicines. (They are doctors).

5.b Give your paragraph to another pair. They have to guess which job you’ve written about.

6. Why do people work? Only for money?

In pairs make two lists. One should have all good things about work. The other list should have all the bad things about work. Which of your lists is longer? Discuss your lists in groups.

GOOD BAD

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