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Unit twenty sevenAccountingText At one of the sessions the participants of the Group discussed the subject of Accounting and Inter national Accounting Standards. Here is a part of fhe lecture: What is accounting? Accounting can be defined as the measuring and recording of all relevant financial data concerning a particular entity, that is business, government organisation, etc. Financial reporting is the communicating of such information in appropriately summarised form. In the UK such summarised form is called "Accounts" In the USA it is called "Financial statements". These accounts or statements are communicated to interested parties both within and outside the organisation. Financial reporting provides information that is useful to present and potential investors, creditors and other users in making rational investment, credit and other economic decisions. Accounting is often referred to as the "language of business". And, as a direct result of the work of accountants and auditors. A wide range of different users of financial reporting are able to answer questions such as: How much profit did the company make last year? How much should I lend to the company? Is this company more successful than its competitors? How much can I withdraw from the company? Was last year an improvement over the year before? etc. Accountants are therefore those individuals specialised in the "art" of capturing the correct data, and preparing the most meaningful financial reports from that data. They are "producers" of financial information, which is then made available to "consumers" such as owners and lenders. Accountants are assisted in their work by bookkeepers, who operate some form of accounting system, usually computerised, to help capture, accumulate, categorise, summarise and report the many thousands of transactions that affect an economic entity every year. Words and expressions
Exercises 1. Read the following:
2. Translate into Russian: • accounting accounts financial statements (Am.) measuring and recording of all relevant financial data data concerning a particular entity An entity is a business, government oiganisation or another organisation. • communicating information in an appropriately summarised form They are communicated to interested parties. Interested parties are within or outside the organisations This information is useful and informative. It is useful to present and potential investors, creditors and other users. It helps them to make rational investment, credit and other decisions. Accounting is a direct result of the work of accountants and auditors • It helps to answer their questions. Accountants capture the correct data and prepare reports. This financial information is then made available to owners, lenders and other users. Bookkeepers operate some form of accounting system. 3. Complete as in the text: Accounting can be defined... the measuring and recording. . all relevant financial data. ... the UK such summarised form of financial reporting is called... ... the USA it is called... Financial reporting provides information that is useful to... and other users. Accounting is a direct result of the work of... Accountants specialise in the art ... capturing the correct data and preparing reports... that data. This financial information is made available to consumers such as... Accountants are assisted in their work... bookkeepers. Accountants report the many thousands... transactions that affect... every year. 4. Make sentences:
5. Underline the auxiliary and modal verbs in the following questions: How much profit did the company make last year? How much can I withdraw from the company? Is this company successful? Was last year an improvement? 6. Match English and Russian equivalents:
7. Translate the text of the lecture into Russian. 8. Make word-combinations as in the model 
9. Agree or disagree: • The use of the word "thousand" is very easy. • The word "hundied" is used in the same way. • The figures are very important in accounting • The woik of accountants is very important. 10. Sum up what the lecturer said about: • accountants and bookkeepers • financial accounting |