IV Business Trends

BUSINESS CYCLE AND BUSINESS TRENDS

INCOME

NATIONAL

III. Types of Profits. 1 - i; 2 - a; 3 - d, h; 4 - e; 5 - g; 6 - b; 7 - c; 8 - d; 9 - f.

VI. Managing Exchange Rates. 1. building societies; 2. interest rates; 3. exchange rates; 4. consumer spending; 5. balance of payments; 6. exports; 7 deficit; 8. unemployment

UNIT 10.

II. Trade cycle. 1 - series; 2 - events; 3 - within; 4 - moves; 5 - boom; 6 - recession; 7 -depression; 8 - recovery; 9 - activity; 10 - cycle; 11 - business; 12 - capacity; 13 - demand; 14 - prices; 15 - severe; 16 - unemployment; 17 - financial; 18 - GNP; 19 - investment; 20 - falling.

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III. Should the Government Intervene in the Business Cycle? 1 - saving; 2 - equilibrium; 3 - interest rates; 4 - boom; 5 - money supply; 6 - output; 7 - price; 8 - demand; 9 -recession; 10 - employment.

Move up	Move down	Move in various directions	No change
rise	plummet	fluctuate	level out
peak	plunge		bottom
grow	decline		remain stable
increase	decrease		remain steady
improve	drop		stabilise
go up	fall
accelerate
pick up
jump
recover
shoot up

V Visual Aids.

A.l - diagram; 2 - histogram/ bar graph; 3 - line graph; 4 - picture; 5 - table; 6 - column;

7 - row; 8 - pie chart; 9 - segment; 10 - flow chart; 11 - plan; 12 - map.

B.a) solid line; b) dotted line; c) broken line; d) vertical axis; e) horizontal axis; f) curve;

g) fluctuating line; h) undulating line.

VI. Describing trends. 1 - volatile; 2-а slight recovery; 3 - outperformed; 4 - bullish;
5 - bearish; 6. peaked; 7 - sluggish; 8 - firmed up; 9 - plummeted; 10 - fluctuated;

11 - slipped; 12 - unpredictable; 13 - remained constant; 14 - picked up; 15 - subdued.

VII. The Language of Graphs. 1 - vertical axis; 2 - units; 3 - curve; 4 - stand at;
5 - downward trend, drop, fall, bearish market; 6 - reach a low, slump;

7 - remain constant; 8 - bullish market, upward trend, rise; 9 - fluctuations; 10 - horizontal axis; 11 - peak; 12 - level off.

UNIT 11. III. Hiring and Firing. 1 - career; 2 - recruited; 3 - sacked; 4 - fired; 5 - promoted; 6 -

UNEMPLOYMENT demoted; 7 - made redundant; 8 - appointed; 9 - dismissed; 10 - retired.

IV Employment and Job Hunting. 1 - earn; 2 - bonus; 3 - career; 4 - promotion; 5 -
experience; 6 - hire; 7 - interview; 8 - performance; 9 - apply; 10 - recruitment; 11 -
salary; 12 - shortlist; 13 - training; 14 - candidate; 15 - CV; 16 - human resources; 17 -
qualifications.

V 1 - a; 2 - b; 3 - b; 4 - c; 5 - c; 6 - b; 7 - a; 8 - b; 9 - c; 10 - b.

VII. Phrasal verbs. 1 - handed over; 2 - shot up; 3 - heading for; 4 - walked out; 5 -
Make...out; 6 - take...off; 7 - get through; 8 - put off; 9 - hold on; 10 - called off; 11 -
threw out; 12 - bringing out; 13 - broke down; 14 - write...off; 15 - went into.

VIII. Opposites. B. 1 - cancel; 2 - send; 3 - close; 4 - asset; 5 - borrow; 6 - fire; 7 - shrink;
8 - succeed; 9 - sell; 10 - loss; 11 - creditor; 12 - rise.

UNIT 12. ABOUT III. Inflation. 1 - d; 2 - b; 3 - a; 4 - c; 5 - e.

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