My future profession

I am a student of Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economics. Our institute offers a variety of courses in many professional areas such as accounting and audit, finance and credit, economics, management, marketing, international trade, economic cybernetics, etc. I study at the daytime department of the faculty of Economics and Management, majoring in economy of enterprises in the market of goods and services. After graduation I shall receive a degree of Master (Bachelor) in this field.

My future profession of economist demands understanding of how economy functions to satisfy the requirements of the people. The better the economy works the higher the people’s living standard is. It is the economists who deal with all aspects of economic activity.

Economists decide what, how and for whom to produce. They study the demand for goods and services, identify those which the public demands, produce these goods and services efficiently, and supply them to the market. Economists study the ways of doing business and suggest methods for making more efficient use of employees, equipment, factories and other resources. The aim of economists and their economic activity is to achieve the highest possible level of goods and services production, distribution, and consumption. Being entrepreneurs, economists accept responsibility and risk for their business operations and expect to make profits. It is important to stress the role of entrepreneurs as innovators who develop new products, new markets, or new means of production.

I have chosen the profession of an economist because it offers a lot of opportunities in professional career. There is a wide choice of positions in the job market and I hope to find something interesting for myself.

Assignment 3. Answer the following questions.

1. What are you?

2. What courses does Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economics offer?

3. What faculty do you study at?

4. What professional area do you major in?

5. Why have you chosen the profession of an economist?

6. What problems do economists deal with?

7. What kind of activities do economists perform as entrepreneurs?

Assignment 4. Read aloud and group these words according to their stress pattern: ●○ (first syllable stressed), ○●(second syllable stressed).

Variety, department, faculty, enterprise, requirement, entrepreneur, supply, career, efficiently

Assignment 5. Match the words with their definitions and learn them.

Profession	A person who is studying at a place of education or training
Innovator	A person who has special knowledge or training in a field of work or study
Entrepreneur	A person who is employed
Specialist	A person who owns and runs a business
Student	A person introducing something new
Employee	A form of employment, esp. one that is respected in society and is possible only after training

Assignment 6. Translate into English.

1. Вона отримала спеціальну підготовку у галузі фінансів та кредиту. 2. Я обрав цю професію, тому що вона цікава та корисна. 3. Робота підприємця пов’язана з ризиком та відповідальністю. 4. Він мріє стати студентом і спеціалізуватись на економічній кібернетиці. 5. Цей працівник переповнений новими ідеями. Він справжній новатор.

Assignment 7. Translate into English.

Пропонувати різноманітні навчальні дисципліни; бухоблік та аудит; міжнародна торгівля; економіка підприємств на ринку товарів та послуг; ступінь бакалавра у галузі економіки; і саме економісти мають справу з цією діяльністю; ефективно виробляти товари та послуги; вивчати способи ведення бізнесу; приймати на себе відповідальність та ризик за ділову операцію; широкий вибір роботи (посад) на ринку праці.

Assignment 8. Translate into Ukrainian.

To major in economics; to study at the daytime department; after/upon graduation; how economy functions; to satisfy the requirements of the people; the demand for goods and services; to suggest methods; more efficient use of resources; it is important to stress; to offer a lot of opportunities in professional career.

Assignment 9. Match the pairs of synonyms. Use any 5 words in the sentences of your own.

A: professional, to provide, profit, efficiently, public, to demand, to expect, to major

B: income, people, to require, to specialize, specialist, to hope, effectively, to supply

Assignment 10. Organize the words below into the pairs of opposites and translate them.

Graduation, demand, better, profit, new, to achieve, to reject, narrow, supply, low, consume, high, entrance, to miss, wide, loss, worse, old, produce, to accept.

Assignment 11. Correct the following sentences so that they make sense.

1. Upon entrance students receive a degree of a Bachelor or Master in the field they major in. 2. The better the economy works, the lower the standard of living is. 3. Economists reject any responsibility for their business operations. 4. The profession of an economist offers a narrow choice of positions. 5. Entrepreneurs are interested in making losses. 6. Economists identify the goods and services that the public supplies.

Assignment 12. Learn the meaning of the synonymous words and translate them into Ukrainian.

Work – activity which uses effort, especially with a special purpose, not for amusement; the nature or place of job or business.

Job – a regular paid employment; a piece of work. What you do to earn a living is your job or (more formal) your occupation.

Post/Position – words for a particular job, more formal and grander.

Trade – a skilled job in which you use your hands.

Profession – a job for which you need special training and a high level of education (such as being a manager or doctor).

Vocation – some professions, such as teaching or nursing, which suggest that people do them in order to help others.

Career – a job or profession that you follow your whole life.

Hobby – an activity which one enjoys doing in one’s free time; a form of recreation.

Assignment 13. Insert the proper word from assignment 12.

1. Her … demands a lot of traveling. 2. Operating PC is necessary for this …. 3. He took a vocational course as he wanted to become the best in his …. 4. She is always late for … because of the heavy traffic in the morning. 5. Management of organizations is my future …. 6. She started her … at the age of 22. 7. His … is drawing; he devotes all his free time to it. 8. Helping people was Mother Theresa’s ….

Assignment 14. A. Form the corresponding nouns denoting 1) a person; 2) a kind of activity.

to study	student	study
to distribute
to consume
to produce
to graduate
to employ
to manage
to market

B. Explain what each person is doing and what each activity implies as in the model:

Model: A student is a person who studies at a place of education.

Study is a process of studying a particular subject.

Assignment 15. Translate into English.

1. Він навчається на денному відділі факультету економіки та менеджменту. 2. Вона спеціалізується в галузі економіки підприємств на ринку товарів та послуг. 3. Після закінчення курсу навчання студенти отримують ступінь бакалавра або магістра з обраної спеціальності. 4. Професія економіста дуже відповідальна, оскільки саме економісти вирішують що, як і для кого виробляти. 5. Професія економіста користується великим попитом на ринку праці. 6. Мета економічної діяльності – досягти найвищого рівня виробництва, розповсюдження та споживання товарів та послуг.

Grammar: Expressing the present action (p.272)

Assignment 16. Define the form of predicates and state the kind of action in each of the following sentences.

1. He works as a sales manager in the department store. 2. They are planning the reorganization project. 3. She has never worked for such a well-known company before and is aware of the responsibility she now has. 4. Recently we have been given a very important assignment and are now working hard to accomplish it. 5. This production line works automatically; all operations are controlled by the computer. 6. My cousin has been working for this firm for 10 years already. 7. They are very reliable partners – they are always paying in time for the goods they have bought from us. 8. She is looking for her keys. Do you know where she has put them? 9. Their new office is being built next to ours. 10. This project is very risky. It completely depends on the factors that we do not control.

Assignment 17. Make the following sentences passive.

1. They sell this product at 20% discount price. 2. Our family has recently bought a country house. 3. The government allocates resources. 4. Prices motivate production. 5. They are discussing the development plan at the moment. 6. I have not solved this very challenging problem yet. 7. He often makes his well-grounded decisions after a profound analysis of the situation. 8. They are constantly paying attention to the current trends in information technologies. 9. This institute offers a variety of courses in economic subjects. 10. They have already signed the agreement on cooperation in education sphere.

Assignment 18. Write questions to the following sentences beginning with the words in brackets.

1. Managers are in great demand in all spheres of economy (Where?). 2. Our company is managed very successfully (How?). 3. He has just explained our new responsibilities (What?). 4. She tries to create a friendly atmosphere at the working place (Who?). 5. We are given two weeks to install this equipment (How many?), (What for?). 6. They meet twice a month to discuss our current problems (How often?). 7. The director is holding a meeting at the moment (When?). 8. He always makes a very colourful display of our products (What kind of?). 9. The report of the commission has already been published in the newspapers (Where?). 10. The results of the experiment are being analyzed very accurately (How?).

Assignment 19. Complete the sentences using the verb in brackets either in the present simple or present continuous form.

1. He (major) in the economy of enterprises. 2. If they (work) at weekends, they (be paid) compensation. 3. You (hear) that noise? They still (work). 4. She always (make) well-grounded decisions. 5. We (make) a new model right now. 6. When we (deal) with this customer we always (take) a big risk: he never (pay) in time. 7. Nowadays this trend (increase). 8. Where (be) Ann? – She (hold) a meeting with shareholders in the conference hall. 9. Students’ union (hold) meetings once a month. 10. These days more and more young people (choose) economics as their future occupation.

Assignment 20. Some of the following sentences are right and some are wrong. Mark the right sentences (R). Correct the wrong ones.

1. What profession are you going to choose? 2. What profession are you preferring? 3. Are you agreeing with their proposition? 4. Much of our success is depending on correct decision. 5. Accounting belongs to economic sciences. 6. I am not understanding his idea. 7. There exist many opportunities to develop this industry. 8. This product is not satisfying our needs. 9. Our department is consisting of 3 groups that study the characteristics of different markets.

Assignment 21. Put the verb in brackets in either the present simple or present perfect.

1. We (operate) all over Central Ukraine. We (recently set up) several new branches in Poltava and Vinnitsya. 2. I (just meet) Mike from the Sales department. …you (know) him? 3. … you (hear) the latest news? Our management (plan) to launch a new production line. 4. (Not, enter) the room. The meeting (just begin). 5. They (already create) a new team for this project. They (demand) the best workers to realize it. 6. We (prefer) to go on holidays in summer. This year we (decide) to take our holidays in August. 7. He (learn) three foreign languages already and he (take) every opportunity to practice them. 8. The company (want) to expand its activities in this region. They (just start) their advertising campaign.

Assignment 22. Put the verbs in brackets in either the present perfect or present perfect continuous.

1. How long you (study) English? – For about 6 years already. I (take) an advanced course at the institute recently. 2. We already (finished) collecting this information. We (do) this for the last two weeks. 3. The consumer prices (fall) by 2% this quarter. The government (predict) this trend since the beginning of the year. 4. They (discuss) the sales contract in detail for the whole week and eventually (agree) to sign it. 5. You look so happy! What’s the matter? – The management (approve) the project which our team (work at) for the last two months. 6. He (not decide) yet which profession to choose: marketing or accounting. He (talk) about this since autumn. 7. … Lora (come) back? – No, she (consult) with our lawyers for 2 hours already but they (not reach) any decision yet. 8. Everybody is pleased with his report. He (conduct) his research for three months and (communicate) his results at the conference this week. 9. They (establish) their sales network for years and (gain) leadership in this region – now they sell the best products and provide the best services. 10. The writer just (finish) the second part of the book which his readers (wait) for so long.

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