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1- Pre- Reading
Observa el título del texto y escribe una hipótesis personal (con tus palabras) sobre
cuál/es temas va a desarrollar.
Recuerda que incluirás tus conocimientos del tema anticipando la lectura del texto.
Lo que podemos percibir por el titulo del texto es que se va tratar de las diferentes
economía y tamaños.
2- Reading
The field of economics is broken down into two distinct areas of study: microeconomics
and macroeconomics. Microenomics looks at the smaller picture and focuses more on
basic theories of supply and demand and how individual businesses decide how much of
something to produce and how much to charge for it. People who have any desire to
start their own business or who wnat to learn the rationale behind the pricing of
particular producrts and services would be more interested in this area.
Macroeconomics, on the other hand, looks at the big picture (hence "macro"). It focuses
on the national economy as a whole and provides a basic knowledge of how things work
in the business world. For example, people who study this branch of economics would
be able to interpret the latest Gross Domestic Product figures or explain why a 6% rate
of unemployment is not necessarily a bad thing. Thus, for and overall perspective of
how the entire economy works, you need to have an understanding of economics at both
the micro and the macro levels.
While these two studies of economics appear to be different, they are actually
independent and complement one another since there are many overlapping issues
between the two fields. For example, increased inflation (macro effect) would cause the
price of raw materials to increase for companies and in turn affect the end product's
price charged to the public.
Actividades
a) la necesidad de las personas que quieren iniciar un negocio hace que se interesen
más por esta area de la economía.
Por ejemplo, las personas que estudian esta rama de la economía podrían interpretar
las últimas cifras del Producto Interno Bruto o explicar por qué una tasa de desempleo
del 6% no es necesariamente algo malo. Por lo tanto, para tener una perspectiva
general de cómo funciona toda la economía, es necesario tener una comprensión de la
economía tanto a nivel micro como macro.
Si bien estos dos estudios de economía parecen ser diferentes, en realidad son
independientes y se complementan entre sí, ya que hay muchos problemas
superpuestos entre los dos campos. Por ejemplo, el aumento de la inflación (efecto
macro) haría que el precio de las materias primas aumentara para las empresas y, a su
vez, afectaría el precio del producto final que se cobra al público.
3- Transcriba del texto "Micro and Macro Economics" las frases equivalentes (en
inglés) a las ideas de los puntos a, b y c.
a) . Microenomics looks at the smaller picture and focuses more on basic theories of
supply and demand and how individual businesses decide how much of something to
produce and how much to charge for it. People who have any desire to start their own
business or who wnat to learn the rationale behind the pricing of particular producrts
and services would be more interested in this area.
b) For example, people who study this branch of economics would be able to interpret
the latest Gross Domestic Product figures or explain why a 6% rate of unemployment is
not necessarily a bad thing. Thus, for and overall perspective of how the entire economy
works, you need to have an understanding of economics at both the micro and the macro
levels.
c) For example, increased inflation (macro effect) would cause the price of raw
materials to increase for companies and in turn affect the end product's price charged to
the public.
4. Observe las siguientes frases sustantivas extraídas del texto. Elija el equivalente
correcto en español
a. oil company
1. petróleo de la compañía
2. compañía petrolera