Unit 25 – Review

   

   

     o Translate:                                 (2 points per expression, total 20 points)

   

   záviset na rostoucí spotřebě – _______________________________________ pokles od vrcholu k
   sedlu – ________________________________________ výkon, investice a platební bilance země –
   _____________________________ nekonečně se opakující a samočinně se vytvářející cyklus –
   _________________ daňové škrty a měnová expanze – ____________________________________

   

   to look for causes outside economic activity – __________________________ booms succeed slumps
   – __________________________________________ equilibrium in perfect competition –
   __________________________________ to make a full and efficient use of all resources –
   ________________________ to run up debts – ________________________________________________

   

     o Give the correct terms:                   (3 points per term, total 12 points)

   

   the usual pattern of a country’s economy over a period of time, with periods of success and
   periods of difficulty happening regularly one after another – 

   

   a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic
   conditions –

   

   the total value of all the goods and services produced by a country in a particular period
   including the income from investments in foreign countries –

   

   a situation where there are a limited number of sellers, each with a lot of control over
   prices and little information about what the others are doing –

   

     o Prepositions:                                          (1 point per preposition, total 6
       points)

   

   exogenous shocks _______ terms _______ exchange rates changes

   the economy works _______ full capacity

   many people feel good _______ the future

   to be closely linked _______ the development of trade deficit

   to predict increases _______ interest rates

   

     o Translate the sentences:            (7 points per sentence, total 14 points)

   

   Velice prudký nárůst cen komodit, zejména ropy, způsobil začátkem 80. let ekonomický pokles a
   trvalo několik let, než se ekonomika zotavila.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   Během ekonomického cyklu HDP kolísá: při konjunktuře pracuje ekonomika na plný výkon a
   produkce má tendenci růst, zatímco při recesi se poptávka po zboží a službách snižuje.

   

   

   

   

   

   

                                                        Maximum = 52 points               
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
                                           A: 48 – 52 pts             D: 36 – 39.5 pts    
                                                                                          
                                           B: 44 – 47.5 pts          E: 32 – 35.5 pts     
                                                                                          
                                           C: 40 – 43.5 pts          F: less than 32 pts. 
                                                                                          
                                                                                          

   

   

   

   Your total score:                    points