Деловой английский. Ускоренный курс (стр. 33 )

Sterling has been the strongest major currency over the Holiday period appreciating almost 2 per cent.

Words and expressions

item		короткая статья (в газете)
to publish		опубликовать
to read (read, read)		читать
to rise (rose, risen)		поднимать (ся)
advance		(фин ) повышение
yen (=y)		йена
chiefly	['¶Öfl]	главным образом
bond		облигация
stock and bond market		рынок ценных бумаг и облигации
to rebound		вернуться на прежние позиции
fall		падение
to boost		ускорить
to forecast (forecast,		предсказывать
forecast)
figure	['fIg@]	цифра
evidence		данные
deceleration		замедление
UBS = United Bank of Switzerland		Объединенный банк Швейцарии
to gain		повышаться
pfennig		пфениг
to close		курс валюты в конце рабочего дня биржи
trading		торги, операции с цен­ными бумагами и други­ми финансовыми инст­рументами
thin		вялый, неактивный
with trading thin		поскольку торги идут вяло
dealer		биржевой маклер
GBP = Great Britain Pound		английский фунт стер­лингов
worth		стоящий
spot		слот условия сделки, означающие расчет на второй рабочий день по­сле ее заключения
to appreciate	[@'prISIeIt]	повышаться (о курсе ва­люты)

Exercises

1. Match English and Russian equivalents:

against the yen	повысить, вырасти
to come to an end	против (по сравнению с)
to gain	иеной
with trading thin	поскольку операции с бума­гами идут неактивно
GBP 50m worth of D-Marks	подойти к концу
	немецкие марки на сумму 50
to close at D. M. 1.557	млн. фунтов стерлингов
	Рынок закрылся на период
	праздничных дней.
The market closed for the	Курс марки на момент за­
holiday	крытия биржи составил 1.557
The dollar resumed its ad­	Курс доллара стал расти
vances	благодаря...
The dollar was boosted by. .	Курс доллара снова стал рас­
	ти.
The sterling rebounded.	Курс фунта вырос.
It sent sterling higher.	Активность рынка ценных
	бумаг и облигаций снова
	возросла.
The stock and bond markets	Благодаря этому курс фунта
rebounded.	вырос.
It rose where a fall had been	Он возрос, хотя предсказали
forecast.	его падение.
The figures added to the evi­	Положение экономики США
dence of recent weeks.	снова стало улучшаться.
The American economy has lesumed stronger growth	Эти цифры говорили о том же, что и данные последних недель.

2. Find the sentences in the text with the following words:

• to rise to gain to resume its dvances to rebound from falls to be boosted

• to send the pound higher fall to lose deceleration

3. Insert articles:

Here is... item on financial news published by.. Financial Times.

dollar and.. pound resumed their advances.

US currency was helped chiefly by... US stock and bond mar­kets

... dollar was also boosted by US construction spending for November

... dollar rose where... fall had been forecast

The figures also say that... American economy has resumed stronger growth.

4. Read as in the examples:

• Example	November 18, 1996 the eighteenth of November nineteen ninety six
May 1, 1997 April 1,1999
	December 25, 1998 July 4, 1996

• Example

2% two per cent

3%

7%

10%

75%

100%

• Example

1.692 one point six nine two

1.557	1.5
1.6870	2.8
1.6860	3.3
1.6798	9.5

• Example

0.5 о point five

0.8

0.4.

0.7

09

• Example

50 one sale of 50 million English pounds sterling worth of Deutsch Marks

60

70

80

100

115

5. Insert prepositions:

The dollar gained 1.5 pfennigs... the D-Mark... and Y 0.5... the yen.

But the Tokyo market remained closed... the national holiday.

Sterling rebounded 2.8 pfennigs... the D-Mark after losing 3 pfennigs. . Thursday.

The pound closed. London... DM 2.the German currency. It gained... strong consumer credit data.

6. Make sentences:

	the news
• this is	the item
these are	the facts	published by
	the information	the Financial Times
	the figures	(FT)

• the pound		the USA
the yen	is the currency unit of	Germany
the dollar		Great Britain
the D-Mark		Japan
the franc		Italy
the lira		France

7. Give full words for the following:

UBS mth

GBP yr

FT prev. close

8. Underline the verbs and translate the sentences into Russian:

The dollar rose where a fall had been forecast.

The figures added to the evidence that the American economy has resumed stronger growth.

The US deceleration is coming to an end.

The dollar was boosted by US construction spending for November.

With trading thin it sent sterling about a pfennig high.

It gained on strong consumer credit data and rising oil prices.

9. Write out a few sentences from the text about the position of the pound at that time.

10. Find the answers in the text:

What was the strongest currency over the holiday?

What sale sent the pound a pfennig higher?

What was the position of the pound for spot transactions in New York on November 18?

11. Role play

Imagine you are speaking with an Englishman. Ask him a few questions about the words and sentences which were not quite clear to you at the beginning.

Unit forty nine

A visit to Oxford

Text

On the eve of their departure to Moscow the participants had some free time and Mr. Hill proposed they should make a trip to Oxford.

Oxford, first and foremost, is known for its University. The Uni­versity began itself in the middle of the 12th century, and by 1300 there were already 1,500 students. At this time, Oxford was a wealthy town, but by the middle of the 14th century, it was poorer, because of a decline in trade and because of the terrible plague, which killed many people in England.

Relations between the students and the townspeople were very unfriendly, and there was often fighting in the streets. On the 10th February 1355, the Festival of St. Scholastica, a battle began which lasted two days. Sixty-two students were killed. The townspeople were punished for this in two ways: they had to walk through the town to attend a special service on every St Scholastica's day until 1825. Worse than this, the University was given control of the town for nearly 600 years.

Nowadays there are about 12,000 students in Oxford, and the University and the town live quietly side by side.

When the coach came to Oxford the participants bought some colourful books on Oxford, maps and some souvenirs. Then they went sightseeing and stopped near Trinity College.

Tatjana: The college looks great. I wonder how old it is.

David: I myself am an Oxford graduate but I don't remember when exactly it was founded. Let's look in the guide book. Oh, it was started in 1315.

Tatjana: Is it the oldest college?

David: Oh, no. Jesus College and some others are much older.

Tatjana It's very beautiful. I'd like to study here. Is the chapel open to the public?

David: Yes, it is. Let's go and look. The choir of this college is famous in England They sing on TV every year at Christmas

Words and expressions

university	["jünI'v@s@tI]	университет, институт
middle		середина
in the middle of		в середине
poor		бедный
poorer		беднее
decline		снижаться
to kill		убивать
townspeople		горожане
to fight		бороться
fighting		сражение
Festival of St. Scholastica		праздник студентов Средние века
to last		длиться
to punish		наказывать
nearly		около, почти
quiet	[kwaI@t]	спокойный
quietly		спокойно
side		сторона
side by side		рядом, бок о бок
colourful		цветной, яркий
Trinity		Троица
graduate	['gr{dju@t]	выпускник
to found		основывать
Jesus		Иисус
choir	[kwaI@]	хор

Exercises