Учебное пособие для студентов очной формы обучения направлений подготовки

7. Read the sentence pairs. Choose where the words best fit in the blanks. 
1.
Product / merchandise 
This hypermarket offers a wide selection of ______. 
The company launched a new ______ and gained success.
 
2.
Price / cost / value 
A new computer system has been installed at a ______ of $50 000. 
This car is very expensive. I can‘t afford it at that ______ . 
This apartment now has a market ______ of 5 million rubles.
 
3.
Rent / hire
They ______ out rooms in their house to tourists. 
Now in Kazan you can ______ bikes for a day to explore the city.
 
4.
Tax / customs / excise 
All car owners pay road ______ in our country.
The government has implemented new ______ on low-alcohol drinks. 
When you bring goods from other countries you must pay ______ .
 
8. Read and find Russian equivalents to the following English 
proverbs and sayings. Express your thoughts on these topics and 
explain the meaning of them. 

All that glitters is not gold. 

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather 
and ask for it back when it begins to rain (R. Frost). 

Fortune favours the brave. 

Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 

Catch the bear before you sell his skin. 

A cat in gloves catches no mice. 

The beggar may sing before the thief. 

Time is money. 

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Text 4C 
1. Before you start.

How do you understand the term real estate appraisal? 

What procedures are taken to carry out the appraisal of real estate? 
2. Read the words and learn them by heart. Make up your own sentences with them.