8. Governments can influence for whom goods are produced… in economies with… levels of government regulation.
9. If other things are equal, this firm will do the work… than the others.
14. а) Русским существительным, обозначающим изменения качества или количества, в английском языке часто соответствует прилагательное в сравнительной степени или причастие II. Например: увеличение цен – higher prices, increased prices; улучшение технологии – better technology, improved technology. Переведите двумя способами следующие словосочетания:
1. повышение доходов; 2. уменьшение спроса; 3. увеличение инвестиций; 4. сокращение рынка; 5. повышение предложения; 6. улучшение технологии; 7. увеличение ресурсов
б) Переведите на русский язык:
1. greater shortage; 2. lower equilibrium price; 3. increased demand; 4. greater influence; 5. decreased input; 6. reduced government intervention; 7. greater restrictions
15. Перепишите предложения, заменяя подчеркнутые придаточные предложения причастными оборотами.
ОБРАЗЕЦ 1: Resources can be a serious factor that limits production. – > Resources can be a serious factor limiting production.
1. Firms that produce computers act as buyers in the markets for the services of computer programmers.
2. A nation's income is the sum of the incomes of ail the people who live in that country.
3. There are several factors that determine a consumer's demand,
4. Individuals, families and governments that consume goods and services are called consumers in economics.
ОБРАЗЕЦ 2: Consumers typically buy a smaller quantity of the good that is sold at a higher price, – > Consumers typically buy a smaller quantity of the good sold at a higher price.
1. Supply restrictions that are imposed by cartels are as characteristic of industrialized economies as of developing economies.
2. Excess supply is a situation in which the quantity of a good that is demanded bv buyers is less than the quantity that is supplied by producers.
3. Society increasing the quantity of one good that is produced at one time typically reduces the quantity of another good that is produced at the same time.
4. Some of the inputs that an individual uses are food, chairs and tables, but another input of great importance is time. The consumer's time is limited, and this time limitation as well as his or her limited income influence the decisions that are made in dav-to-dav life.