4. One can be more economical buying large quantities of a good rather than small quantities.
5. A worker in the United Kingdom earns more than the one in India
6. One should know that present-day economists, unlike economists of the 19th century; include land in capital.
7. One has to replace inputs used up in one production cycle.
8. If, with a change of price, the supply increases by less than one per cent, it is called inelastic.
9. One defines (определять) efficiency as the relationship between factor inputs and output of goods and services.
10. One calls a consumer good such as a television, which is used over long periods of time rather than immediately, a durable good.
9. Определите, в каких предложениях оборот for + существительное + инфинитив является обстоятельством цели.
1. Simplified (упрощенные) models of economic units are used in macroeconomics analysis for an economist to be able to study various relationships within the economy
2. For the business to be efficient, all production costs have to be minimised.
3. It is important for every manager to know labour efficiency in his enterprise.
4. For statistical systems to meet the requirements of dynamic policies, they have to be constantly updated (обновлять).
5. If labour markets are inefficient, it is more difficult for a worker to find a job.
6. Agricultural production in poorer developing countries is so inefficient that almost everyone has to work on the land for enough food to be produced.
7. For the workers to spend less time in unemployment, high efficiency of labour markets is required.
10. Переведите предложения на русский язык и скажите, какие функции инфинитив выполняет в этих предложениях.
1. То produce goods and services firms use the following factors of production: workers' time, talents and knowledge, equipment, land, buildings.
2. To know the contribution of every industry to the national economy is very important for the government.
3. The government ought to take steps to reduce the unemployment rate.
4. The problem is that demands are practically limitless and the resources – natural resources, labour and capital – available at one time to produce goods and services are limited in supply.
5. To meet the requirements of a variety of potential users is the purpose of economic statistics.
6. Like physical capital, human capital is important enough to be an indicator of economic development of a nation.
7. To build atomic power stations near rivers is common practice as they require a lot of water for cooling (охлаждение).
Задание на дом № 2
11. Объедините предложения так, чтобы обстоятельство следствия выражалось инфинитивом.
ОБРАЗЕЦ 1: The company is too big. It cannot be managed by one man. – > The company is too big to be managed by one man.
1. The equipment is too sophisticated. It cannot be operated by a worker.
2. The information is too outdated. It cannot be used for the analysis of the present-day situation.
3. The enterprise is too big. It cannot be located in the city centre.
4. The rate of unemployment is too high. It cannot be ignored by the trade unions.
5. The company's batteries are used up too soon. They cannot be relied upon in a long expedition.
ОБРАЗЕЦ 2: The equipment is sophisticated. It should be operated by an engineer. – > The equipment is sophisticated enough to be operated by an engineer.
1. The company is not large. It cannot invest much in production.
2. The factory has raw materials. It can work for a month.
3. The production costs have risen. They have become a real headache for the manager.