Manufacturing and services

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.

Words

industry /ˈɪndəstri/ ★★★ S2 W1 n.

[uncountable] the large-scale production of goods and or of substances such as coal and stell

This type of software is widely used in industry

[countable] businesses that produce a particular type of thing or provide a particular service

I work in the oil industry.

[uncountable] formal the fact of working hard

Gould is a man of great industry.

[singular] an area of work which has grown too large - used to show disapproval

another book from the Shakespeare industry

Menufacturing and services

• Manufacturing
  • Here are some of the manufacturing industries that make up the manufacturing sector:
    • aerospce : planes and spce vehicles
    • BrE cars ArE automoblies : cars
    • computer hardware : computers, printers, etc.
    • construction : buildings
    • BrE defence ArE defense : arms, weapons
    • food processing : canned, frozen foods, etc.
    • household goods : washing machines, refrigerators(=fridge), etc.
    • pharmaceuticals : medicines.
    • steel : a stronger, more useful metal than iron.
    • textiles : cloth and clothes
• Services
  • Here are some of the services or service industries that make up the service sector:
    • catering : restaurants, bars, etc.
    • computer software : programs for computers
    • financial services : banking, insurance, etc.
    • healthcare : medical care
    • leisure : sport, theme parks, etc.
    • media : books, newspapers, film, television
    • BrE property ArE real estate : buying, selling and managing buildings
    • retail : shops
    • telecomunications : phone, Internet services
    • tourism : travel and holidays Note : You use all these words in front of ‘industry’ to talk about particular industries, but you usually drop the ‘s’ from ‘cars’, ‘automoblies’, ‘pharmaceuticals’ and ‘textiles’: ‘the automobile industry’

Words

aerospace /ˈeərəʊspeɪs $ ˈeroʊ-/ n.

[uncountable] the industry that designs and builds aircraft and space vehicles

employment in the aerospace industry.

pharmaceuticals /ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪkəlz $ ˌfɑːrməˈsuː-/ n.

drugs and medicines

textiles

the industry involved in making cloth

catering /ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/ n.

[uncountable] the activity of providing and serving food and drinks at parties, meetings etc for money

Who did the catering?

Countries and their industries

Here is how industry has developed in South Korea.

• 1950s and 60s
  • In 1950, South Korea was a poor country, with most people living and working on the land. The government decided to industrialize, and the new emerging industries were textiles, and heavy industries like stell and shipbuilding.
• 1970s
  • Then South Korea turned more and more to light industries like electronics and making electricla goods such as televesions cheaply. It also started producing cars.
• 1980s and 90s
  • South Korea moved into specialized electronics in the 80s. This was the one of the growth industries of the 1990s: making specialized parts for computers and telecommunications equiopment.

Words

industrialize /ɪnˈdʌstriəlaɪz/ vi, vt. BrE industrialise if a country or area industrializes or is industrialized, it develops a lot of industry for the first time

Argentina was one of the first Latin American countireis to industrialize.

emerging /ɪˈmɜːdʒɪŋ $ -ɜːr-/ adj.

[only before noun] in an early state of development

the country’s emerging oil industry

light industry n. OPP heavy industry

[countable, uncountable] industry that produces samll goods, for example computers, in samll factories using light machinery

Out of this therer soon came the normal development of light industry.

growth industry

[countable] an industry that is growing fast

They moved away from steel to tourism, which is a growth industry.

Addtional words

semiconductor /ˌsemikənˈdʌktə $ -ər/ n.

[countable] asubstance, such as silicon, that allows some electric currents to pass through it, and is used in electronic equipment

mast /mɑːst $ mæst/ ★☆☆ n.

[countable] 1 a tall pole on which the sails or flags on a ship are hung

[countable] 2 BrE a tall metal tower that sends out radio and television signals

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