Open the brackets in the job interview using the verbs in the correct (tense) forms.

Interviewer: Good morning, Mr. Gray. How can we help you?

Mr. Gray: Well, I wonder if there (to be) any jobs available in your firm?

I.: What you (to know) of our company, Mr. Gray?

M. G.: Well, I know you (to be) one of the biggest soap manufacturers in the country.

Your firm (to be founded) 30 years ago, so you (to be) in business for 30 years. Well...

I.: What type of job (to want) you?

M. G.: I don't know.

I.: What firm you (to work) with at the moment?

M. G.: I'm the personal assistant to the head of the legal department of Cadnams.

I.: What it (to involve)?

M. G.: I work with documents and people.

I.: You (to have) anything to do with sales? How long you (to be) with them?

M. G.: I (to work) with them since I (to leave) University.

I.: And when (to be) that?

M. G.: Three years ago. I (to study) law.

I.: Why you (to go) to Cadnams?

M. G.: Well I don't really know. It (to seem) a good job.

I.: You (to speak) any foreign languages?

M. G.: Yes, I do. I (to speak) French and Italian. I (to spend) several years abroad when I (to be) younger.

I.: You (to drive)?

M. G.: Yes, I (to do).

I.: How much salary you (to get)?

M. G.: My present salary (to be) $ 1000 a month. I (cannot) accept less than that.

I.: I see. By the way, why you (to want) to leave?

M. G.: I don't get on with my boss.

5. Work in pairs. Make up your own dialogue «Job Interview». Imagine that Fiona Scott was invited for the interview at Patagonia.

Unit 17. ECONOMICS – WHAT IT IS ABOUT?

Economics was defined by the late Alfred Marshall, one of the great Victorian economists, as «the study of mankind in the everyday business of life». There are other definitions, but Marshalls definition draws attention to that unique feature of human society: that unlike other animals, man provides for his everyday needs by means of a complex pattern of production, distribution and exchange. Many of the words used by economists are very familiar to us. We know that economists talk and write about such topics as money, prices, wages, employment, taxes, exports and imports, earning and spending. Every day some economic problem or other is mentioned in the newspapers, on the radio and on the television. Economics is a science and part of our everyday lives, for:

• we live in an economic system;

• every day we take part in economic activities;

• we are familiar with the words used by economists.

Economics is about economizing, that is, «making the most of what

we have». For the individual, this means using one's abilities and

spending one's income in the way that gives the most satisfaction or

benefit.

For the community as a whole, it means using the people's skills and energies, the land, the buildings, the machinery and the other economic resources so as to obtain the highest possible standards of living.

The common element in all these decisions is that every choice involves a cost.

In fact, economics is the study of the choice that people make and the actions that they take in order to make the best use of scare resources in meeting their wants.

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