PROFESSION OF AN ECONOMIST

   Vocabulary

Ø  Resources              = Sumber

Ø  Labor                     = Tenaga Kerja

Ø  Effort                    = Usaha, upaya

Ø  Satisfy                   = Karya

Ø  Concerned             = Prihatin

Ø  Satisfaction           = Kepuasan (hati)

Ø  Determine             = Menentukan, memutuskan

Ø  Costs                     = Biaya-biaya, harga

Ø  Various                  = Bermacam, berbagai

Ø  Employed              = Mempekerjakan

Ø  Different               = Berbeda

Ø  Half                       = Separuh

Ø  Engage                  = Mengikutsertakan, menjalankan

Ø  Colleges                = Perguruan tinggi

Ø  Develop                 = Berkembang

Ø  Provide                  = Menyediakan, memberikan

Ø  Governments         = Pemerintah

Ø  Wears                    = Memakai

Ø  Forecast                 = Ramalan

Ø  Tax                        = Pajak

Ø  Revenues               = Pendapatan

Ø  Rates                     = Daftar biaya

Ø  Particular               = Khas, khusus, special

Ø  Firms                     = Perusahaan

Ø  French                   = Orang Prancis, bahasa Prancis

Ø  Especially              = Teristimewa

Ø  Assured                 = Percaya, yakin

Ø  Paychecks             = Gaji

Ø  Fringe                    = Golongan pinggir

Ø  Benefits                 = Manfaat

Ø  Flair                       = Bakat

Ø  Risktaking             = Pengambilang risiko

Ø  Self-employed       = Wiraswasta

Ø  Growth                  = Pertumbuhan

Ø  Measured              = Telah diperhitungkan

Ø  Increase                 = Pertambahan

Ø  Regarded              = Menghormati, dihormati

Ø  Rather                   = Cukup

Ø  Wage                     = Gaji

Ø  Ladder                  = Jenjang

Ø  Tycoons                 = Taipan

Exercise 1. Study the meaning of the fkllowing words, then use to fill in the gaps:  monitor, check and control.

1. Check
2. Control
3. Monitor 
4.  Control 
5.  Monitor

Exercise 2. Choose the words with similar meaning from two columns and arrange them in pairs.

1.      Costs               ( paragraph 1, line 6. Meaning =  Expenses, outlay )

2.      Monitor           ( paragraph 3, line 2. Meaning = Control, manage )

3.      Flair                 ( paragraph 4, line 5. Meaning = Skill, talent, inclination )

4.      Entrepreneur   ( paragraph 4, line 1. Meaning =  Employer )

5.      Forecast           ( paragraph 3, line 4. Meaning = Prediction  )

6.      Provide            ( paragraph 2, line 4. Meaning = Supply, equip, outfit  )

7.      Job – setting    ( paragraph 2, line 1. Meaning = Place of work )

8.      Liable              ( Nothing on paragraph. Meaning = Responsible )

Exercise 3.  Complete the sentences using the words given below.

1.      Liable means having the qualities that are needed to succeed as an entrepreneur.

2.      An self-employed is a person who sets up business and business deals.

3.      A tycoon is a person who is successful in business and so has become rich and poweful.

4.      The industry will have to pass its increased distribution on to the consumer.

5.      The management will provide accommodation, food and drink for thirty people.

6.      He has always been benefits or fringe benefits for his children.

7.      The costs of the job include a car and free health insurance.

8.      He won't qualify as an economist until next year.

9.      An individual hoping to start up a new company needs to have entrepreneurial flair or talent. 

10.  Unfortunately forecasts of higher profits did not come true.

11.  Economists are concerned with the production entrepreneur and consumption.