• Гідрологія і Гідрометрія
• Господарське право
• Економіка будівництва
• Економіка природокористування
• Економічна теорія
• Земельне право
• Історія України
• Кримінально виконавче право
• Медична радіологія
• Методи аналізу
• Міжнародне приватне право
• Міжнародний маркетинг
• Основи екології
• Предмет Політологія
• Соціальне страхування
• Технічні засоби організації дорожнього руху
• Товарознавство продовольчих товарів

Or false.

1. If you want your new business to succeed, you first need to gain all the necessary skills and experience.

2. New entrepreneurs sometimes rightly decide to let another person lead the company they started up.

3. Good cashflow management is a necessary condition for a business to be successful.

4. An effective team will have experience in three key areas.

5. You need to put in a lot of time and effort before you can enjoy the rewards of owning a fast-growing start-up.

6. Building the right team is the magic formula to setting up a successful business.

IV. Match the verbs 1-8 to the nouns a-h to make word combinations from

The article.

V. Render the article in English.

LISTENING 3

Dealing with numbers

(Market Leader Pre-Intermediate Unit 11 Recording 11.5)

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

1. 47 362 1,841 15,000 36,503 684,321 4,537,295

2. 3.5 2.89 9.875

3. 3/4 1/8 6/7 1/2 2/3

4. 15% 50% 97% 100%

5. f 80 $5,800 150,000 euros 20,000 euros

II. Try and answer these questions.

1. What is the population of your city?

2. How many people study at your institute department?

3. What is the average salary in your country?

4. What is the inflation rate?

5. What are the interest rates in the banks?

III. Listen to the following 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%

Useful language

Saying large numbers

Example. 912,757,250 =

British and American differences

320 = three hundred and twenty (BrE)

Three hundred twenty (AmE)

0 = nought / oh (BrE), zero (AmE)

Decimals

1.25 = one point two five

0.754 = nought point seven five four (BrE)

zero point seven five four (AmE)

point seven five four (BrE/AmE)

Fractions

5/7 = five sevenths 2/5 = two fifths ½ = a half ¼ = a quarter

Percentages

65% = sixty-five percent

Currencies

f 3,000,000 = three million pounds $16,000 = sixteen thousand dollars

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