Exercise III. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did people first start trading?
2. How much do we know about the early traders?
3. What did the Phoenicians import?
4. Athens had two “firsts”. What were they?
5. Why was grain imported by the Greeks?
6. What did the big companies of Northern Europe do?
7. What is ironic about the international market today?
Exercise IV.Study the definitions of the following words:
Trade – buying and selling of goods.
Commerce – the exchange and distribution of goods.
Import – introduce goods from a foreign country.
Export – send goods to another country for purpose of trade.
pattern – excellent example.
vary – to become different.
Diversity – variety.
Result in – to have as a consequence.
Exercise V.Give English equivalents:
Âèðîùóâàòè, ïîëþâàòè, ¿æà, êîðì äëÿ òâàðèí, òîðãîâåöü, ëåãê³ ðå÷³, âèðîáè ³ç ñêëà, òåêñòèëü, êîìåðö³éíå ì³ñòî, âèðîáè ³ç ìåòàëó, âåëèêà ê³ëüê³ñòü, øîâê, ñïåö³¿, áóòè äîáðå ðîçòàøîâàíèì, òîðã³âëÿ ìîðåì, ïðîìèñëîâà ðåâîëþö³ÿ, êóêóðóäçà.