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Exercise 2 Change the sentences according to the model
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Model: If there is a shopping center nearby, we will go there together.
If there had been a shopping center nearby, we would have gone there.
1. If she buys too much, she won't be able to carry it herself.
2. If there is ice cream in this store, we will bring the children some.
3. If she tries the new boutique today, she will come very late.
4. If the shop offers home delivery, he will ask them to deliver.
5. If you shop downtown, you will find the shopping center.
Lesson 13
Pricing
All products and all services have prices. The price depends on different things such as credit terms, delivery, trade-in-allowance, guarantees, quality and other forms of service. The price may be too high to produce a large volume or too low to cover costs. Many businesses pursue unsound price policies for long periods of time and are not aware about it.
Prices can be determined in different ways. For example, the prices of wheat, cotton and other agricultural prices can be decided in large central markets where forces of supply and demand exist. This is pure price competition. The prices on industrial products (iron, steel, etc.) are usually decided by large companies. As a rule the amount and price of goods sold to large number of buyers is controlled by a few competing sellers. Prices also can be set by the government, usually for different public services – railroads, electricity, manufactured gas, bus services, etc. If demand increases, prices rise, profits expand and new investment is attracted. But other factors may be involved as well.
Active vocabulary
| 1.credit terms – 2.trade-in-allowance – 3.to cover costs – 4.to persue unsound price policies – 5.supply and demand – 6.price competition – 7.to set prices – | кредитные условия сумма денег, отданная за старую вещь и включенная в счет покупки новой покрывать затраты вести неразумную ценообразовательную политику предложение и спрос конкуренция в ценообразовании устанавливать цены |
Comprehension Questions
1. Why is it difficult to determine the right price?
2. Why is the seller interested in the price that produces the highest volume of sales at the lowest unit cost?
3. Why do many businesses follow unsound pricing policies?
4. In what way are agricultural prices decided?
5. How are industrial products usually priced?
6. Why does the government usually set the prices for public utility services?
7. Why is it so important to know the levels of supply and demand when dealing with pricing?
8. Why is everything related by price?
Vocabulary Practice