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Market Leader Pre-intermediate – Unit 7: New Business - Skills

 

A. Say these numbers. Listen and check after each group.

1. 

a) 362 

b) 1,841 

c) 36,503 

d) 684,321 

e) 4,537,295

2. 

a) 3.5 

b) 2.89 

c) 9.875

3. 

a) 3/4 

b) 1/8 

c) 6/7 

d) 1/2 

e) 2/3

4. 

a) 15% 

b) 50% 

c) 97% 

d) 100%

5. 

a) £80 

b) $5,800 

c) €150,000 

d) €20,000

 

B. Listen to four extracts from a radio business-news programme. Underline the numbers you hear.

1. 

a) Inflation rate: 2.0% / 1.2 %

b) Unemployment: 1,258,000 / 1,800,000

2. 

a) Profits increase: $1.8 billion / $1.8 million

b) Sales increase: 80% / 18%

3. 

a) Job losses: 1/3 / 1/4

b) Workforce reduction: 15,000 / 5,000

4. 

a) Interest rate reduction: 0.5% / 1.5%

b) Economic growth: 2.8% / 1.8%

 

Đáp án:

1.

a) 1.2%

b) 1,258,000

2.

a) $1.8 billion

b) 18%

3.

a) 1/3 [fraction]

b) 5,000

4.

a) 0.5%

b) 2.8%

A. Match the economic terms (1-10) to their definitions (a-j).

1. interest rate	a) total value of goods and services produced in a country
2. exchange rate	b) percentage increase in prices
3. inflation rate	c) cost of borrowing money
4. labour force	d) price at which one currency can buy another
5. tax incentives	e) percentage of people without jobs
6. government bureaucracy	f) the number of people working
7. GDP (gross domestic product)	g) tow taxes to encourage business activity
8. unemployment rate	h) money from overseas
9. foreign investment	i) official rules/ regulations/ paperwork
10. balance of trade	j) difference in value between a country's imports and exports

 

Đáp án:

1. c

2. d

3. b

4. f

5. g

6. i

7. a

8. e

9. h

10. j

 

B. Listen and try to complete this economic profile without looking back at the terms in Exercise A.

The economy is stable following the problems of the past two years. By following a tight monetary policy, the government has reduced the ……………(1) to 2%. For borrowers, after going up dramatically, the i ............ r ............ (2) is now down to 8%. The last six months have seen a slight improvement in the e ............ r ............ (3) against the dollar. For the country as a whole, the G ............ (4) has grown by 0.15%. Exports are increasing, and the b ............ of t............ (5) is starting to took much healthier.

In terms of jobs, the u ............ r ............ (6) continues to be a problem, as it is stilt 16%. In order to stimulate the economy and attract f............ i ............ (7) from abroad, the government is offering new t............ i ............ (8), as welt as making a renewed effort to reduce g ............ b ............ (9) and red tape. Finally, a large skilled t............ f............ (10) means there could be attractive investment opportunities over the next five years.

 

Đáp án:

1. inflation rate

2. interest rate

3. exchange rate

4. GDP

5. balance of trade

6. unemployment rate

7. foreign investment

8. tax incentives

9. government bureaucracy

10. labour force

 

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