252
SUBJECT 15. INSURANCE
Страхование [stra-kha-'va-ni-ye] or
страховка [stra-'khof-ka] "insurance" in the
former Soviet Union was far less common than in the West. Indeed, what kind of
insurance would you have needed living in the former Soviet Union? Let us see...
a)
Страхование дома [stra-kha-'va-ni-ye 'do-ma] "Homeowners
insurance". Certainly, if you owned a house you would insure it.
However, most people lived in state owned flats and did not need to
worry about their insurance.
b)
Страхование имущества [stra-kha-'va-ni-ye i-'mu-shche-stva] "Home
contents insurance". Many ordinary people maintained a quite modest living: they
usually did not have expensive articles which would be worth to insure. Besides, they
believed that any risk to lose what they had was quite insignificant. However,
a man
of means would probably think otherwise...
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: