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The Different Sectors of The Economy (Student)
The Different Sectors of The Economy (Student)
The Different Sectors of The Economy (Student)
TASK 1 Look at this definition of economy and economics and fill in the gaps with the words provided.
There are more words than you need.
monetary / concerned / focused / facilities / activities / agents / labour / resources / satisfying / assets /
access / although / households / despite / reach
TASK 2 An economy can be divided in many different ways depending on what we focus on. The most
popular ways of doing that are the ones listed below. Look at them and decide in which part you
work/would like to work.
Primary sector of the economy: the extraction and production of raw materials (oil, coal, iron
ore, etc.) and agriculture, fishery and forestry.
Secondary sector of the economy: here raw materials are turned into finished goods. This sector
is also called manufacturing or production and individual businesses involved in there are
industries.
Tertiary sector of the economy traditionally called services such as entertainment, retailing,
hairdressing, banking, etc.
Quaternary sector of the economy comprises activities related to information technology,
research and development, consulting and education.
Vocabulary
a circuit – a pattern that forms a circle, obwód
semis – semi-detached houses, bliźniak
pebble-dashed – with small pebbles used on walls
to be oblivious of/to – not to remember, niepomny
to dig – to extract
to smelt – to melt a rock
to mill – to shape, form
an ore – material containing metal, ruda
to weld – spawać, skuć
a score – 20
myriad – a countless number
Think about something essentially Polish, a product that we use on a daily basis, and the route it has to go
through to be used or consumed by end-users.