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enterprise;
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encourage;
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employment market.
3.1.2 Прочитайте и переведите текст со словарем, подберите наиболее
подходящее название текста из предложенных ниже:
1)
Setting up a business;
2)
Company performance;
3)
The stock market;
4)
International business styles.
New Kids on the Business Block: Thatcher's Enterprise Babes are Taking the
Tycoon's World by Storm.
Dylan Wilk runs his own multimillion-pound business and could afford to retire. He
draws a six-figure salary and drives a bright yellow BMW M3. Holidays are spent in
California or skiing in Austria.
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But Wilk is only 23 years old. He set up his company, Gameplay, at the age of 20
and in just three years it has become Britain's second-largest mail-order supplier of
computer games with 35 staff and a turnover of £7.5 million in 1997, set to double this
year. He is one of Thatcher's babes - the children born or brought up since 1979 when she
swept to power and started the enterprise revolution. Now as 'young adults' they are taking
the business world by storm. One in eight of all start-up businesses is founded by an
entrepreneur aged 16 to 24 and there is a growing band of teenage and twenty-something
tycoons. They include 14-year-old Tom Hartley, who recently hit the headlines after
becoming Britain's youngest self-made millionaire by selling Porsches. Andrew Collins,
21, started Firemagic Fireworks, at the age of 19. He is turning over £100,000 a year and
has just taken on a new partner, his former chemistry teacher, Pete Taschimowitz, who
encouraged his interest in pyrotechnics. Collins loves his work but admits success has
come at a price. ‘Starting a business at that age is not easy. I have to work seven days a
week and my social life is out of the window. My girlfriend doesn't even like fireworks.’
Several organisations have been set up to help young entrepreneurs; including the
Prince's Youth Business Trust, a charity that offers loans and advice, and oil company
Shell's LiveWIRE scheme, which provides free guidance. But young hopefuls face greater
barriers than their mature counterparts and run a high risk of failure.
In spite of some undeniable success stories, two-thirds of start-ups by under-25s
end in failure within four years, a far higher rate than for older people. Eighties'
entrepreneur Alan Sugar, who set up his first business at 19, believes starting too young
can be damaging. Sugar says: ‘I would not want to see many entrepreneurs straight out of
school. They need to have some experience of work and real life’. Many also face a
daunting hurdle trying to raise finance, since banks are often unwilling to lend to someone
without a financial record. Gulam Kadir, 21, had to overcome his bank manager's
opposition to found the Ruhani Moslem Funeral Service at the age of 19. It now has a
turnover of nearly £100,000. Kadir says: ‘I was turned down for a loan because they said I
was too young for the funeral business. People do not expect a young person in this area. I
knew it wouldn't be easy, but I was determined.’ Youngsters may also experience
prejudice from customers and suppliers who see them as naive and inexperienced. Victoria
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Goodwin, 22, set up her own decorative finishes business based in Sheffield when she was
20, and has recently worked on the set of a TV soap opera. She says: ‘Being young can be
a drawback, but it can also be an advantage because some customers believe you don't
have preconceived ideas and will do what they want’. Richard Street, chief executive of
the Prince's Youth Business Trust, believes future generations must learn the lessons of
Thatcher's children or risk losing out in the employment market. He says: ‘Business
education would certainly benefit young people: not all will become entrepreneurs, but
they need to be prepared because they will have flexible careers with periods in jobs and
periods of self-employment’.
Mail on Sunday
3.1.3 Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих выражений:
второй по величине; удвоился в этом году; зарождающийся бизнес; подвергаться
риску; иметь некоторый опыт; достать деньги; испытывать недоверие; недостаток;
гибкие карьерные возможности; мыльная опера; нужно быть подготовленным;
период занятия предпринимательской деятельностью; наивный и неопытный.
3.1.4 Скажите, являются ли следующие утверждения верными:
1)
Dylan Wilk, who founded Gameplay at the age of 20, retired three years later
after becoming a millionaire.
2)
Gameplay is the largest British retail chain specialising in computer games.
3)
Over ten percent of new businesses are started by people under the age of 25.
4)
Tom Hartley inherited most of his money.
5)
Andrew Collins set up his company with his chemistry teacher.
6)
Shell offers loans to young entrepreneurs.
7)
Entrepreneurs in their early 20s are more likely to succeed than older people who
go into business for themselves.
8)
Many banks are reluctant to provide financing to youngsters.
9)
The bank accepted Gulam Kadir's loan application because his business concept
was unusual for a young person.
10)
Some customers like doing business with young entrepreneurs as they are
more flexible.
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3.1.5 Составьте 10 вопросов к тексту.
3.1.6 Перескажите текст, используя выражения:
«The subject of the text is…»
«The text deals with …»
«The main idea of the text is …. »
«The author comments on … »
3.1.7 Подготовьте презентацию о молодых предпринимателях.
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