Practice pronouncing the words with different stresses and then fill the gaps with one of the words in its correct form.

export	decrease	increase	record	protest
import	transport	progress	insult	produce

 

1. Scotland _______ a lot of its food from other countries.

2. Its _______ include oil, beef, and whisky.

3. It’s a pity, but Ukraine is not making a lot of ____ at the moment.

4. Ministers are worried. There has been an _____ in the number of unemployed.

5. But the number of crimes _____, so that’s good news.

6. The cost of living ______, so that’s bad news.

7. Britain ____ about 75% of its own oil.

8. There was a demonstration yesterday. People ____ about low salaries.

 

5. Give definitions of the key notions:

What is export?

What is import?

Answer the questions.

1. Why did people first start trading?

2. How much do we know about early traders?

3. Why were luxuries, not necessities, the earliest goods to be traded?

4. What is the beginning of ocean travel associated with?

5. Did the British dominate the world’s trade by the 17 century?

6. Were tomatoes, potatoes, cocoa, green beans, and maize always cultivated in Europe?

7. What caused the modern pattern of world trade?

Think and discuss.

1. Do you agree that people’s tastes today are more homogeneous? Why? Which products are found in most parts of the world today?

2. What goods did Ukraine trade with in the past centuries?

3. What does this country import and export today?

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Pre-reading task