2. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text:

1. We find other nations able to _____ with us to such an extent as we have never before experienced.

2. The service sector ______ of various kinds such as transport or distribution.

3. The construction industry can be thought of either as ______, or as a separate fourth sector.

4. Earlier in its history, Britain had a very large ______.

5. Raw materials such as cotton were imported in large quantities and paid for with ______ manufactured in Britain.

6. Today, the manufacturing sector and the small primary sector are employing ______.

7. In the 1980s and 1990s there was a decline in ______.

8. In the mid-eighties the private sector accounted for 74 per cent of the goods and services produced ______.

9. In the mid-eighties the ______ accounted for 72 per cent of total employment.

10. Government policy throughout the 1980s was to ______ state-owned industries.

3. Fill in the table with the data from the text:

The 1980-s	The 1990-s

4. Find in the text English equivalents for the following:

конкурировать
обгонять
испытывать
потеря империи
в настоящее время
ранее в своей истории
в больших количествах
готовые товары
спад в промышленности
увеличивать

5. Translate into Russian:

put together
to occupy a position
to such an extent
increasingly difficult
a separate fourth sector
employ few people
by comparison with
other advanced industrial nations
generally speaking
total employment

6. Fill in the gaps with the proper words and phrases:

Merchant ships, compete with, overtake, raw materials, manufacturing sector, distribution, primary sector, decline, related products, state ownership.

1. ______ include service contracts, warranties, and so on that a customer might want to buy at the same time as the product.

2. ______ is also called state property.

3. ______ are vessels that transport cargo or passengers.

4. We always ______ our cross-town rivals.

5. Demand may ______ the supply.

6. ______ are often natural resources such as oil, iron and wood.

7. The theme of the ______ of the Roman Empire was introduced by one of the most influential modern historians.

8. The ______ of the economy is the sector of an economy making direct use of natural resources.

9. ______ of products takes place by means of channels.

10. ______ is closely connected with engineering and industrial design.