XIV. Read Text B and try to understand its main idea

Text B. From Ancient Times

Some people may think that planned economic management originates processes dated back to ancient days.

The sources of management are rooted in antiquity. For instance, the Egyptian pyramids could not have been built without directing the joint labour of the tens of thousands of their builders. Similarly, without management, the construction and operation of ancient irrigation systems would have been impossible.

Generally speaking, any joint work on any more or less large scale needs management. A building or production team must have its team leader; an orchestra – the conductor: a military unit – the commander. This is all the more true of the collective work in a modern enterprise, in a firm.

XVI. From the sentences given below choose the one which contains the main idea of Text B:

1. The planned economic management originates from ancient Egypt. 2. Any joint work on any more or less scale needs management. 3. The sources of management are rooted in antiquity. There are examples of large-scale well organized constructions such as Egyptian pyramids, for example.

C. TEST

XVII. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:

That to manage the economy means to foresee their future is clear.

1. Управление экономикой означает предвидеть будущее. И это ясно.

2. То, что управлять экономикой значит предвидеть будущее, – ясно.

3. Ясно, что управление экономикой означает предвидеть будущее.

XVIII. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence:

Whether they will have meeting tomorrow or not is not known yet.

1. Проведут ли они собрание завтра или нет – еще неизвестно.

2. Мы не знаем, проведут ли они завтра собрание или нет.

3. Неизвестно, проведут ли они завтра собрание.

XIX. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence: