MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE

 

BUSINESS VOCABULARY IN USE 13. MANUFACTURING AND SERVICES

 

A Industry Industry (uncountable) is the production of materials and goods. The related adjective is industrial. An industry (countable) is a particular type of business activity, not necessarily production. B Manufacturing …. Here are some of the manufacturing industries that make up the manufacturing sector: …. And services Here are some of the services and service industries that make up the service sector: Note: You use all these words in front of ‘industry’ to talk about particular industries, but you usually drop the ‘s’ from ‘cars’, ‘automobiles’, ‘pharmaceuticals’ and ‘textiles’: ‘the automobile industry.’ C Countries and their industries Here is how industry has developed in South Korea:   EXERCISES 13.1 Companies in particular industries need to avoid particular problems. Match each problem to one of the industries in B opposite. 1. Buying a new building and being unable to find people to rent it. 2. Causing public anger by building mobile phone masts in beautiful countryside. 3. Making vehicles whose tyres burst at high speed. 13.2 Use words from A, B, and C opposite to complete the crossword. Across: 1. Plane and rocket industry. (9) 3. Metal industry. (5) 4. Any industry that doesn’t sell goods. (7) Down: 1. Making cars in the US: …….… industry.(10) 2. Making arms (BrE). (7)

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