Examen d'anglais

ENGLISH

A trader is a person who effects commercial acts and makes them his everyday profession. We must insist that business transactions must be repeated and constitute the normal activity of the person in question.

According to laws of different countries, it is necessary to take into account certain conditions for being a trader: age, nationality, marital status, honorability of character.

An independent businessman or sole trader is a shopkeeper who owns and manages his business alone. He is entitled to all profits of course, but he must also bear the losses incurred. He is responsible only to his creditors and the public and he is protected by and subject to commercial laws. He hires, pays and dismisses his employees. The capital invested in the firm belongs to the small businessman.

Adapted from efficiency in Economics by R.

Godson Hachette, 1990

VOCABULARY

To own / to be entitled to        : Posséder / avoir droit à

Loss                                        : Perte

Creditor                                : Créancier

To hire                                : Embaucher

To dismiss                                : Renvoyer

QUESTIONS

1. COMPREHENSION OF THE TEXT:

(All the answers to the following questions are to be found in the text)

1. Give a title to the text.
2. What are the conditions to be a trader? Justify your answer.
3. What are the advantages of being a sole trader?

1. WRITING (not more than 10 lines; about 120 words)

What would you like to do at the end of your studies?

Work for the government or start your own business?

Justify your point of view

1. TRANSLATE INTO FRENCH

From: “An independent businessman …”down to ”… losses incurred.”

1. TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH

1. Si on fabrique une table pour la revendre avec un profit, c’est un acte commercial.
2. Une entreprise personnelle comporte beaucoup de risques.
3. La loi protège les entrepreneurs honnêtes.

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