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- The Bank of England has raised
- Last year’s
- Coal mining is an important _______________.
- The company announced a two million pound__________ .
- Workers in ______________are to get a 3% pay rise. ) Lack of work. ( The figures for _____________ are rising.
- Oil is a _____________which is essential to the country’ economy.
- ________________in Britain currently runs at 17,5%.
| Skilled workers are demanding a 15% pay rise. ___________________
If this continues, we will have to lay off members of the staff. ___________________ Blue-collar workers across the country are demanding improved working conditions. ___________________ He works for a company which imports camera equipment.___________________ A lot of people have benefited from the recent boom in the electrical industry. ____________________ The management refuse to compromise on the quality of their products. ____________________ Overall revenue is down by almost 15%. _____________________ A fight broke out in the boardroom over terms and conditions of employment. ______________________ Match the words and expressions in the first box with a dictionary from the list A-Q below.
The percentage charged for borrowing money. (The Bank of England has raised ____________.) Industries involved in the manufacture of goods. (___________ rely on the ready supply of raw materials). The value of goods and services paid for in a country, including income earned in other countries. (Last year’s ____________ was close to $25 billion.) The amount which a firm, machine or person produces. (The factory has doubled its ___________ in the last six months.) Industries involved in the production of raw materials. (Coal mining is an important _______________.) Installing machinery in place of workers. (____________ can be a mixed blessing – machines usually tend to be out of order when you need them most.) Industries which do not make products but offer a service such as banking, insurance and transport. (_____________ have become more important in the last decade.) The difference in value between a country’s import and exports. (The government is trying to reduce the ___________ deficit.) The amount by which expenditure is more than receipts in a firm’s or country’s accounts. (The company announced a two million pound__________ .) A system where one person or company supplies all of a product in one area without any competition. (The state has a ___________ of the tobacco trade.) Industries which were once privately owned, but now belong to the state. (Workers in ______________are to get a 3% pay rise.) Lack of work. (The figures for _____________ are rising.) The action of imposing taxes. (Money raised by ______________ pays for all government services.) The most important industries in a country. (Oil is a _____________which is essential to the country’ economy.) A state in an economy where prices and wages are rising to keep pace with each other. (The government is trying to keep __________below 3%.) A tax on money earned as wages or salary. (She pays ____________ at the lowest rate.) A tax imposed as percentage of the invoice value of goods or services. An indirect tax. (________________in Britain currently runs at 17,5%.) Look at this extract from a business programme and fill in the gaps with one of the words and expressions from Tasks A and B. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible. You may need to change some of the word forms. 1____________________ rates are to rise by a further half a per cent next month, putting further pressure on homeowners paying mortgages. It will also discourage people from 2_________________ money from the high street banks, who are already under a lot of pressure. National Bank was forced to 3__________________ 2,000 members of staff across the country, adding to the country’s rapidly rising rate of 4_________________. 5____________________ rose in the last year by almost 6%, despite the government’s pledge to keep price and wage rises no higher than 3%. This has had a negative impact on 6_______________, since the strong pound coupled with rising prices has made it almost impossible for foreign companies to buy British goods and services. Especially affected are the 7_________________ producing pharmaceuticals and chemicals. 8_____________________ workers in 9_________________ industries across the country are demanding higher 10___________________. Unions and workers are negotiating with 11_____________________ chiefs for an eight per cent rise. This follows the announcement that the government want more investors to put their money into the 12______________ sector. 13____________________ for home computers has finally overtaken the 14__________________, making it once again a seller’s market. There is now a two-week waiting list to receive a new computer. This has pushed prices up by almost a third. Bradford Aerospace Technologies, where overall 15____________________ for sales of aircraft parts has dropped by almost 10% in the last quarter, will shortly become a 16_________________ industry in a final desperate attempt to keep it open. The government has promised it will keep on the current workforce. Bad news too for Ranger Cars, who this week announced a 17_____________of almost five million pounds. A spokesman for the company blamed high labour costs and the reluctance by union leaders to approve increased 18_____________ at the firm’s factories. They insist that the installation of new machinery will lead to redundancies. жүктеу/скачать 200 Kb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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