Banking in the future

1) Banking by the year 2015 will be very different from the way it is today. Some people have said that by then we will live in the ‘cashless society’ – that we won’t use coins or notes and that we won’t even write cheques. Some banks already have a system which may show how we will all do our shopping in the future. The bank has a computer link with one of the city’s large shops and a customer at the shop can pay with a small computer card; money is transferred automatically from the customer’s to the shop’s account. The whole thing takes only a few seconds and no money at all changes hands.

2) Many banks now offer their customers a computer service which allows them to get a statement, pay bills and transfer money from their own home. As people use computers more and more at home, it is certain that they will go to the bank much less often. But there may be problems too. With so much information on computers, there is the danger that our private financial details will fall into the wrong hands.

Упражнение № 6. Выпишите из первого абзаца глагол в пассивной форме. Определите его время.

Упражнение № 7. Прочитайте второй абзац, ответьте на вопрос:

What computer service do many banks offer their customers?

Вариант II

Упражнение № 1. Перепишите предложения, определите в них залог и временные формы глаголов. Укажите их инфинитивы. Предложения переведите.

1) The customer has already required all the necessary information.

2) Freight planes are getting bigger because air journey is less expensive than by sea.

3) The profits of the company were referred to by a commercial journal.

4) We are required to examine in details this phenomenon.

5) Economic life is greatly affected by the government.

Упражнение № 2. Перепишите предложения. Подчеркните в них причастия и определите их функцию. Предложения переведите.

1) The control established by the retailers was useful.

2) When examining these data we observe that consumption varies greatly.

3) These sellers are modifying the style of the layout in their shops.

Упражнение № 3. Перепишите предложения. Подчеркните в них герундий и определите его функцию. Предложения переведите.

1) Government plays an active role in promoting economic stability and growth.

2) The safety and convenience of using checks made checking accounts the most important type of money in U.S.

Упражнение № 4. Перепишите предложения и переведите их. Подчеркните инфинитив и укажите его функцию в каждом предложении.

1) The object of your enquiry is to obtain a special price for regular orders.

2) To satisfy import regulations is the aim of every buyer.

3) To satisfy import regulations the buyer required some special documents.

4) In the command economy the plan specifies the amounts of resources to be allocated to each enterprise.

Упражнение № 5. Перепишите и письменно переведите текст.

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