Английский язык для экономических специальностей

Л.С. Чикилева, И.В. Матвеева

УЧЕБНОЕ ПОСОБИЕ

МОСКВА

КУРС

ИНФРА-М 

АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК  

ДЛЯ  

ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ  
СПЕЦИАЛЬНОСТЕЙ

Рекомендовано  

Научно-методическим советом по иностранным языкам  

Министерства образования и науки РФ  

в качестве учебного пособия для студентов

высших учебных заведений, обучающихся  

по направлению (38.03.01) «Экономика» 

2-е издание, переработанное и дополненное

Награждено дипломом Всероссийского конкурса учебных,  

учебно-методических и научных изданий

УДК 
802.0 (075.8)

ББК 
81.2 Англ я73 

 
Ч60

Чикилева Л.С., Матвеева И.В.
Английский язык для экономических специальностей : учебное 

пособие. 2-е изд., перераб. и доп.  — Москва : КУРС : ИНФРА-М, 
2023. — 160 с. + Доп. материалы [Электронный ресурс; Режим 
доступа http://www.znanium.com].

ISBN 978-5-905554-71-1 
(КУРС) 

ISBN 978-5-16-010140-8 
(ИНФРА-М, print)

ISBN 978-5-16-101912-2 
(ИНФРА-М, online)

Учебное пособие «Английский язык для экономических специаль-

ностей» адресовано студентам экономических факультетов высших 
учебных заведений и предназначено для комплексного формирования 
стратегий овладения языком как в рамках аудиторных занятий, так и в 
процессе самостоятельной подготовки. Ко всем упражнениям предоставлены 
ключи, имеется глоссарий. 

Пособие состоит из двух частей. Первая часть состоит из 15 разделов, 

каждый из которых содержит аутентичный текст и упражнения, позволяющие 
отрабатывать навыки аудирования и говорения, проверить 
понимание полученной информации, расширить словарный запас. Вторая 
часть состоит из семи разделов, в которых предлагаются следующие 
задания: заполнение анкет, написание деловых и личных писем, составление 
резюме и меморандума.

 УДК 802.0 (075.8) 
ББК 81.2 Англ. я73

Ч60

© КУРС, 2015

ISBN 978-5-905554-71-1 
(КУРС) 

ISBN 978-5-16-010140-8 
(ИНФРА-М, print)

ISBN 978-5-16-101912-2 
(ИНФРА-М, online)

ФЗ 

№ 436-ФЗ

Издание не подлежит маркировке 
в соответствии с п. 1 ч. 4 ст. 11

Материалы, отмеченные знаком 
, доступны 

в электронно-библиотечной системе znanium  
(www.znanium.com)

Acknowledgments • 
3

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank teachers and students for their feedback regarding  “English for Students of Economics”. We 
are especially grateful to the students of Financial University under the Government of the Russian 
Federation, who took part in the book approbation. We would also like to thank Lisa Little (University 
of California, Berkeley) for practical comments and suggestions. We have made every effort to respond 
to their concerns in this second edition. Our special thanks to Igor Liner — the author of illustrations. 

REFERENCES (PART I)

UNIT I: Text and MP3 — Audio: Getting Into a Job Market by Mobile Phone 
VOA Special English Development Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-01/2009-01-31-voa2.cfm>

UNIT II: Text and MP3 — Audio: Starting a Business Means Getting Organized 
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-09/2007-09-06-voa2.cfm>

UNIT III: Text and MP3 — Audio: McDonald’s Targets Starbucks
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-01/2008-01-10-voa2.cfm>

UNIT IV: Text and MP3 — Audio: Microsoft’s Play for Yahoo
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-02/2008-02-15-voa1.cfm>
 
UNIT V: Text and MP3 — Audio: The Value of Teaching About Money 
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-07/2007-07-12-voa2.cfm>

UNIT VI: Text and MP3 — Audio: Learning Words, Donating Rice
VOA Special English Development Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-04/2008-04-27-voa1.cfm>

UNIT VII: Text and MP3 — Audio: The Price of Pleasure
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-02/2008-02-21-voa2.cfm>

UNIT VIII: Text and MP3 — Audio: Raising Rabbits Offers a Big Return from a Small Investment
VOA Special English Agriculture Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-06/2007-06-11-voa2.cfm>

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UNIT IX: Text and MP3 — Audio: Starting a Fish Farm
VOA Special English Agriculture Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2008-11/2008-11-10-voa3.cfm>
UNIT X: Text and MP3 — Audio: Studying in the US: Four Kinds of Financial Aid
VOA Special English Education Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-02/2009-02-18-voa1.cfm>

UNIT XI: Text and MP3 — Audio: Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?
VOA Special English Health Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-10/2009-10-20-voa3.cfm>

UNIT XII: Text and MP3 — Audio: Going Digital: The Future of College Textbooks?
 VOA Special English Education Report
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-09/2009-09-03-voa1.cfm

UNIT XIII: Text and MP3 — Audio: Studying in the US: How to Avoid Being Accused  
of Plagiarism
VOA Special English Education Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-04/2009-04-15-voa1.cfm>

UNIT XIV: Text and MP3 — Audio: Cities Now Home to More Than Half of All People
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-10/2009-10-09-voa3.cfm>

UNIT XV: Text and MP3 — Audio: Driven by a Business Plan, but How Far Will It Get You?
VOA Special English Economics Report
<http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2009-06/2009-06-25-voa3.cfm>

For the “Match the words with the definitions” exercises the authors used “Oxford ESL Dictionary  
for students of American English” by A.S. Hornby and C.A. Ruse, Oxford University Press (1994) 
and the VOA Special English Word Book (<http://media.voanews.com/documents/2009Edition_
WordBook.pdf>)

REFERENCES (PART II) ARE MADE IN PART II AFTER THE KEYS

ОБ АВТОРАХ

ЧИКИЛЕВА Людмила Сергеевна — доктор филологических 
наук, доцент, заведующая кафедрой «Иностранные языки – 5» 
Финансового 
университета 
при 
Правительстве 
Российской 
Федерации.

Победитель конкурса на грант фонда Gerald R. Ford Foundation 
в США, выпускник программы «Использование интернет ресурсов 
в процессе преподавания иностранных языков» (Lewis & Clark 
College, США). Автор более 140 научных и научно-методических 
работ. Член Российской национальной ассоциации преподавателей 
английского языка.

e-mail: LChikileva@fa.ru

МАТВЕЕВА (МАТВЕЕВА-ЛАЙНЕР) Ирина Владимировна — 
кандидат филологических наук, доцент. Более 20 лет преподавала 
английский язык в ВЗФЭИ (ныне Финансовый университет при 
Правительстве Российской Федерации).

Стипендиат программы академических обменов Фулбрайта 
с проведением исследования «Компьютерные технологии 
в процессе изучения иностранных языков» (Университет 
Калифорнии Беркли, США). Член НОПриЛ (Национального 
общества 
прикладной 
лингвистики) 
и 
CATESOL 
(Калифорнийского подразделения TESOL).

e-mail: irina260571@gmail.com

INTRODUCTION

English for Students of Economics is intended for intermediate level of students. Our main 
aim is to teach rather learning strategies than content, although the latter is highly adjusted to satisfy needs 
of students of economics. We hope these learning strategies will allow students to view foreign language 
skills as problem-solving activities. Students’ language skills are extended through vocabulary exercises. 
Students are motivated with enjoyable contemporary topics and plenty of activities.

The book consists of two parts:  1) Reading, Listening, and Speaking; 2) Writing.
 
Part 1 contains fifteen units structured identically. Each unit contains Warm-up Activities, 
Vocabulary, Listening, Reading, Text, Comprehension and Speaking sections and includes exercises 
with the following assignment definitions:

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Discuss the following with your partner (warm-up section); 
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Match the words with the definitions; 
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Complete each sentence with one of the following words (words are offered);
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Listen to the text and answer the questions (multiple choice);
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Read the text and answer the questions (multiple choice);
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Mark the answer choice that is closest in meaning to the word(s) … (multiple choice);
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Choose the word or phrase in the bold text that the words … refer to (multiple choice); 
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Decide whether these statements are true or false; 
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Where in the text would the following sentence add the following sentence to the text best fit and 
decide where it would best fit;
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Complete each sentence with one of the following words; 
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Decide which of the following statements best express the main idea of the text  (multiple 
choice); 
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Discuss these questions with your partner (speaking section). 

Part 2 consists of seven units: Application Form, CV, Informal Letter, Formal Letter, Classification 
of Formal Letters, Memorandum, Major Differences between British and American Variants of English. 
Each unit contains illustrations in the form of examples. Exercises are provided in each section.

Answer Key and Glossary (made in alphabetical order) are supplied as separate appendices for 
the purpose of most adaptable usage by both students and teachers.

All the texts and MP3 files are borrowed from <www.voaspecialenglish.com> (see 
References). All MP3 stories are originally recorded in slower English for non-native speakers. Short 
reports transcripts have been designed into Texts for the book, which can be found at znanium.com. 
We used Agriculture, Development, Economics, and Education Reports to select stories for the book. 

The authors would highly recommend using other Voice of America resources, such as 
Captioned Videos (short reports on education, health, economics, agriculture and more), News 
& Features (30-minute broadcasts), Verb Phrase of the Day (a way to make phrasal verbs less 
confusing), World News (VOA English coverage of the latest events around the globe), Web Features 
(Foreign Student Series, Wordmaster, Words and Their Stories, Word Book, Games with 
Words), and many others.

We hope English for Students of Economics will help you making teaching a challenge 
and learning a joy!

Contents • 
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CONTENTS

Part 1. Reading, Listening and Speaking 

UNIT I. JOB MARKET AND TECHNOLOGIES  ...................................................................... 
11

UNIT II. BUSINESS STRUCTURE  ..................................................................................... 
16

UNIT III. COMPETITION: FAST FOOD  ............................................................................. 
21

UNIT IV. COMPETITION: INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES  ......................................................... 
27

UNIT V. PERSONAL FINANCE  ......................................................................................... 
33

UNIT VI. BUSINESS AND CREATIVE PROJECTS  ................................................................. 
38

UNIT VII. BUSINESS AND PSYCHOLOGY  ......................................................................... 
43

UNIT VIII. BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE  ....................................................................... 
48

UNIT IX. BUSINESS AND AQUACULTURE  ......................................................................... 
53

UNIT X. FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE US: FINANCIAL AID  .................................................. 
58

UNIT XI. HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL: PUNISHMENT OR REWARD .......................................... 
63

UNIT XII. THE FUTURE OF COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS  ............................................................. 
69

UNIT XIII. HOW TO AVOID BEING ACCUSED OF PLAGIARISM  ............................................ 
74

UNIT XIV. URBANIZATION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEM  ........................................... 
79

UNIT XV. A BUSINESS PLAN  .......................................................................................... 
84

Part 2. Writing

UNIT I. АНКЕТА  ........................................................................................................... 
93

UNIT II. РЕЗЮМЕ  ......................................................................................................... 
98

UNIT III. ЛИЧНОЕ ПИСЬМО  .......................................................................................... 104

UNIT IV. ДЕЛОВОЕ ПИСЬМО  ......................................................................................... 110

UNIT V. КЛАССИФИКАЦИЯ ДЕЛОВЫХ ПИСЕМ  ................................................................. 123

Письмо-просьба  ........................................................................................................... 123

Сопроводительное письмо  ............................................................................................. 124

Информационное письмо  .............................................................................................. 124

Письмо-извинение  ........................................................................................................ 125

Письмо-подтверждение  ................................................................................................. 126

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Письмо-приглашение  .................................................................................................... 127

Письмо о подготовке деловой поездки  ........................................................................... 129

Письмо-благодарность  .................................................................................................. 130

Письмо-поздравление  ................................................................................................... 130

Письмо-жалоба  ............................................................................................................ 131

UNIT VI. МЕМОРАНДУМ  ................................................................................................ 134

UNIT VII. НЕКОТОРЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ АМЕРИКАНСКОГО И БРИТАНСКОГО  
ВАРИАНТОВ АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА  ................................................................................ 139

KEYS  ........................................................................................................................... 142

GLOSSARY  .................................................................................................................. 154

PART 1

READING,  
LISTENING  
AND  
SPEAKING