Ex.11. Say what else you know about the states and cities of the USA. Ex.12. Read the Grammar Presentation of the Numerals (page 106) and do grammatical exercises.

Grammar and Lexis

Ex. 1. Use the words properly and read the following:

eight (million) inhabitants; one hundred and eighty (million) people; a few (hundred) of roubles; (million) of people; one point three (million) euros; two hundred (thousand) dollars; (thousand) of inhabitants.

Ex. 2. Translate: —

5.4 тыс. евро миллионы жителей

1.2 млн человек несколько сот эмигрантов

4.3 млн долларов несколько тысяч иммигрантов

Ex. 3. Make a few sentences with the following combinations:

3.5 million (thousand\ hundred) people

a few millions (thousands, hundreds) of people

Ex. 4. Write down the following in figures:

three point one million

six point five hundred

two hundred thousand

one hundred and ninety thousand

four hundred and ninety five thousand

three million, two hundred thousand

eight million, six thousand, five hundred and seven

Ex. 5. Write the questions:

1 .________________ ? - Its population is more than 180m people.

2 .________________ ? - The biggest states are New York, California and

Pennsylvania.

3 .________________ ? - Some areas are densely populated, others are not.

4 .________________ ? - The highest density is in cities.

III. Read the text С and translate it into Russian. Explain how the economy machine works

Nation's Economy

The economy of the country is like a machine which provides us with things we need, i.e. goods and services. The economy creates the wealth of the country. The better it works the better off are the people.

The government through its economic policy plays an important role in the control of the economy machine. The major branches of economic policy are fiscal and monetary policies. Fiscal policy is concerned

with taxes and government spending activities. Monetary policy is concerned with controlling the supply of money and credit.

A nation's economy can be divided into three sectors of activity. The primary sector deals with extraction of minerals, agriculture, fishing, and forestry. Processing of the primary sector materials and production of manufactured goods is the field of the manufacturing sector. The service sector provides services of various kinds such as transportation, distribution, catering as well as financial services and tourism. The role of the manufacturing sector in the advanced industrialised countries is decreasing while the service sector is becoming more important.

Words and word combinations you may need

branch - отрасль экономики fiscal policy - бюджетно-налоговая политика monetary policy - кредитно-денежная политика supply - предложение

supply of money and credit - денежная массав обращении и предложение кредитных средств

primary sector - первичный сектор

deal with - иметь дело с

extraction - добыча (минерального сырья)

processing - переработка

manufacturing sector - обрабатывающий сектор distribution - распределение, дистрибуция catering - общественное питание

advanced industrialised countries - промышленно-развитые страны

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