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SESSION FIVE
ECONOMIS PERFORMANCE AND ISSUE IN MANJOR REGION
The economy of East Asia is one of the most successful regional economies of the world. It is
home of some of the world's largest and most prosperous economies: Mainland China, Hong
Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.
Major positive factors have ranged from favorable political-legal environments for industry and
commerce, through abundant natural resources of various kinds, to plentiful supplies of
relatively low-cost, skilled and adaptable labor.
Free and flexible labor and other markets are other important factors making for high levels of
business-economic performance.
East Asian populations have demonstrated rapid learning capabilities and high intelligence –
skills in utilizing new technologies and scientific discoveries – and putting them to good use in
production. Work ethics in general tend to be highly positive.
In conclusion, there are relatively large and fast-growing markets for consumer goods and
services of all kinds. Its success has led to it being dubbed "An East Asian renaissance" by the
World Bank.[1]
A. Find the meaning of italic and underlined words and make a sentence of each!
Remember that in reported speech we usually change the tense of the direct statement. The
present simple tense changes to the past simple, the past simple changes to the past perfect and
so on.
Reporting verbs
There are a number of verbs that we use to report statements. These can make your speech and
writing more interesting than simply reporting every word of the direct speech.
Direct speech: “It wasn’t me who broke the window.” > He denied breaking the window.
Direct speech: “I’ll help you if you want” > She offered to help.
There are a number of verbs that can be used to report. They include: promise, claim, suggest,
advise, refuse, argue, confirm and others.
Reported questions
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/quick-grammar/reported-questions
When we report what people say, we usually change the tense of the verbs to reflect that we are
reporting – not giving direct speech. This pattern is followed when we report questions and there
are also other important changes between direct questions and reported questions.
Yes/no questions
Direct question: “Do you like working in teams?” Reported question: He asked if I like
working in teams.
When we report yes/no questions we use ‘if’ or ‘whether’.
Direct question: “Did you enjoy the party?” Reported question: She asked me whether
I’d enjoyed the party.
The tense of the verb changes as it does in reported speech but we don’t use auxiliary verbs.
The word order is the same as in an affirmative sentence.
Indirect questions