INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND LOCATION

INDUSTRY

Work with English through Global and World Geography

INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY AND LOCATION

1. Give the Russian equivalents of:

1) to make a living

2) primary sector

3) secondary sector

4) tertiary sector

5) consumable

6) communications

7) distribution

8) industrial revolution

9) to increase in efficiency

10) to become better-off

11) to be dominated by service activities

12) changing pattern

13) employment

 

2. Find the English equivalents of:

1) занятия; род занятий, профессия

2) экономическая деятельность

3) лесничество, лесное хозяйство

4) горное дело, горная промышленность

5) сырье

6) лесоматериалы; строевой лес

7) перерабатывать

8) полуфабрикаты

9) перерабатывающая промышленность

10) производство электроэнергии

11) строительные работы

12) ткань

13) источник энергии

14) заменить рабочих

15) здравоохранение

16) досуг, свободное время

 

3. Give definition of the following terms:

1) industry

2) primary sector

3) secondary sector

4) tertiary sector

5) industrial revolution

4. Comprehension. Answer the questions to the text:

1) What types of economic activities are there?

2) Define them and give examples.

3) How are these economic activities distributed? Why?

4) What changes did industrial revolution bring about?

5) What phase of industrial development is the world now in?

6) What is it characterised by?

7) How is the pattern of manufacturing employment changing?