Шесть студентов и студенток из разных стран мира – что у них общего? Все они приехали в американский университет по обмену на один семестр. Они будут изучать английский язык, культуру США, будут специализироваться в своей области. Эта серия Ежедневных диалогов посвящена жизни студентов в течение семестра в американском вузе. Диалоги рассчитаны на владеющих английским языком на среднем или более высоком уровне.
Двое студентов (Акини и Ли) говорят о мировой экономике и о роли женщин в ней.
Lee: Whenever I see your microecon homework, it seems like a different language.
Akinyi: It’s not so bad. I’m interested in the world economy, but microecon helps me understand how individuals affect the markets which affect the world economy.
Lee: I can understand that. Consumer decisions affect the environmental health of the world. What part of the global economy are you most interested in?
Akinyi: I’m really interested in women as part of the global marketplace. Women are becoming more important as consumers, entrepreneurs, managers and investors. Their purchasing power will keep increasing as more women are educated and enter the workforce.
Lee: Does educating more women and girls make a big difference in a country’s economy?
Akinyi: Absolutely. Evidence shows that educating girls will boost the prosperity of a country. Better educated women are more productive. And their children are healthier and also better educated.
Lee: It’s definitely a win-win.
Слова и выражения.
Microecon is short for microeconomics. Microeconomics is the part of economics interested in economic decisions of individual people and businesses. [Микроэкономика.]
In economic terms, a market is a system of exchange, usually with buying and selling of products and services. [Рынок.]
A consumer is a person who uses a product or service and often is the person who also purchases the product or service. [Потребитель.]
Global marketplace is a term for all the people who can buy products and services in all countries of the world. [Мировой рынок, международная торговля.]
An entrepreneur is a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money. [Предприниматель.]
An investor is a person who uses money to earn more money, by purchasing part of a company, property, etc. [Инвестор.]
Purchasing power is the ability that a person or group has to buy products and services with his or her money. [Покупательная способность.]
The workforce of a country is the number of people who are available to work in that particular country. [Рабочая сила.]
To boost means to increase something or to make something better. [Укреплять, наращивать.]
Prosperity is the state of being successful, especially in making money. [Процветание.]
Productive means doing or achieving a lot, getting good results as a result of work. [Продуктивный.]
A win-win situation (or a win-win, for short) is a situation that produces a good result for everyone or everything involved. [Взаимовыгодная ситуация.]
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