English for Economists

75 10. Do you want to have your blood pressure measured?11. Why do you want your coffee served with sugar?12. How did he make himself heard?13. When did you have your hair cut?14. Do you have time to get the car washed this morning?15. Did you see him taken by the ambulance?Ex. 3. Translate the sentences paying attention to the Nominative Absolute Participial Constructions. 1. The table cleared, we sat at it again.2. This question settled, the talks continued.3. All the essays having been written and collected, the teacher sent the classhome.4. The manager being away, John had to do his work.5. The play being a great success, the actors were presented with flowers.6. The negotiations between the American and British representatives wereconducted behind closed door, measures having been taken that nocorrespondent should receive any information.7. The room being dark, I could not at first see where the speaker was.8. They all sat and kept silent, Peter telling the story.9. Time permitting, we will visit him one of these days.10. The solution failing this afternoon, the problem will have to wait untilMonday.11. With the temperature falling rapidly and the wind getting stronger, we werenot able to carry on scientific investigations.12. He was born in Oxford, his father being a business manager of the Universitythere.13. He turned and went, we, as before, following him.14. He read several books in English, the latest being a biography of Shakespeare.15. The key having been lost, they couldn’t enter the cottage.Ex. 4. Read and translate the text. LEADERSHIP vs. MANAGEMENT Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal. In a business setting, this can mean directing workers and colleagues with a strategy to meet the company's needs. Effective leadership is based upon ideas that are effectively communicated to others in a way that engages them enough to act as the leader wants them to act. The terms leadership and management ...