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H13 manufacturing and services
Manufacturing Industries which produce products and goods.
Industries systematc labor especially for some useful
purpose or the creaton of something of
value
Manufacturing sector Sector which produce products and goods
Services the work performed by one that serves
Service the work performed by one that serves
Industries systematc labor especially for some useful
purpose or the creaton of something of
value
Service sector Sector were the work is performed by one that
serves
Aerospace Planes and space vehicles
Cars (BrE) automobiles (AmE) cars
Computer hardware Computers, printers etc.
Constructon the work of building or making something,
especially buildings, bridges, etc. the partcular
type of structure, materials, etc. a building,
buildings
Defence (a) protecton or support against atack,
critcism or infecton, weapons
Defense the act or acton of defending
Electronics the scientic study of electric current and the
technology that uses it, mobile phones etc
Food processing Canned, frozen, etc. foods
Household goods equipment, utensils, tools and machines used in
a house, especially in the kitchen
washing machines, refrigerators etc.
Pharmaceutcals a medicine
Steel a strong metal which is a mixture of iron and
carbon, and which is used for making things
which need a strong structure, especially
vehicles and buildings
Textles a cloth made by hand or machine
Call centres a large ofce in which a company's employees
provide informaton to its customers, or sell or
advertse its goods or services by telephone
Catering to provide, and sometmes serve, food
Computer sofware Instructons for computers
Financial services business services relatng to money and
investments, for example those ofered by
banks
banking, insurance, etc.
Healthcare the set of services provided by a country or an
organizaton for treatng people who are ill
medical care
Leisure the tme when you are not working
cinemas, sport etc.
Media a way of communicatng or expressing
something
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Property a building or area of land
Real estate buildings and land
Retail when products are sold to customers from
shops
Telecommunicatons the process or business of sending informaton
or messages by telephone, radio, etc
Tourism the business of providing services for tourists,
including organizing their travel, hotels,
entertainment, etc
Industry the producton of goods in factories: heavy
industry
Industrial of or relatng to industry
Industrialize to make industrial
Emerging Industries Industries which come to exist
Economy the system by which a country produces and
uses goods and money
Growth industries an industry that is increasing in size and
developing quickly
Light industries industry which makes small things and does not
need to use large heavy machinery
Heavy industries industry that uses large machines to produce
either materials such as steel or large goods
such as ships and trains
Diversiied If a business diversiies, it starts making new
products or ofering new Services
H14 The development process
Market research the actvity of inding out what people like
about products and what new things they want
to buy
surveys an examinaton of people's opinions or
behaviour made by asking people questons
In-person surveys used when describing someone and their
partcular type of character
sample a small amount of a substance that a doctor or
scientst collects in order to examine it
Telephone surveys a communicaton system that is used to talk to
someone who is in another place
Called up to telephone someone:
Mail surveys the system by which leters and parcels are
taken and brought
Low response rates the amount of tme that a person or system
takes to react or to deal with something
Online surveys Online an examinaton of
people's opinions or behaviour made
byasking people questons
pool a collecton of money, people, or equipment
which is shared by a group of people
Take part in to be involved in an actvity with other people
Focus groups a group of people who are brought together to
discuss what they think about something such