Economy and industry of Ukraine
ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY OF UKRAINE
LEAD-IN
1. Match the picture to the branch of industry.
1) chemical industry, 2) metallurgical industry, 3) machine building, 4) mining industry, 5) aircraft industry, 6) food industry
2. Work in pairs to discuss the following questions.
1. What natural resources are there in the region you come from?
2. What branches of industry and agriculture are best developed in it?
READING
3. Read the text and decide whether the statements that follow are true or false.
Economy and Industry of Ukraine
Ukraine is an industrial and agricultural country. Most of the gross national product comes from metallurgy, chemical industry, machine building and food industry.
Ukraine has extremely rich mineral resources in high concentrations and close to each other. Rich iron ore reserves located near Kryvy Rih, Kremenchuk, Bilozerka, Mariupol, and Kerch form the basis of Ukraine's large iron and steel industry. One of the richest areas of manganese-bearing ores in the world is located near Nikopol. Bituminous and anthracite coal used for coke are mined in the Donetsk Coal Basin (commonly called Donbas). Energy for thermal power stations is obtained using the large reserves of brown coal in the Dnipro basin (north of Kryvy Rih) and the bituminous coal deposits of the Lviv-Volhynian Basin north of Lviv. The three major natural-gas and petroleum producing areas in Ukraine are the Sub Carpathian region, the Dnipro-Donets region and the Crimean region.
Ukraine is an industrial country. The industrial heartland of the country is the Donetsk Coal Basin. It is the most densely populated and highly industrialized region of the country and one of the world's major metallurgical and heavy industry complexes. The basin has large iron and steelworks, and plants that produce mining equipment, other types of heavy machinery and a variety of chemicals.
Ukraine has a developed ferrous-metals industry, and it is one of major steel producers in the world. Another important branch of the economy is mining. Its main products are coal, natural gas and iron ore. The most prominent manufactured goods include metallurgical equipment, diesel locomotives, tractors and TV sets. Ukraine also has well-developed chemical and food industries.
The chernozem (black) soils of the forest-steppe zone are among the world's most productive farmlands and they are exceptionally good for wheat and sugar beet. Besides wheat, Ukraine produces such grains as barley (mostly for animal feed), buckwheat and rice. Other crops include potatoes, vegetables, melons, berries, fruit, nuts and grapes. Ukraine's most important industrial crop, sugar beet, is concentrated in the forest-steppe zone.
Cattle and pigs are raised throughout Ukraine, while chicken, goose and turkey are kept for meat and egg production. Bees are kept in all parts of Ukraine for honey and wax.
1. Rich iron ore reserves located near Kryvy Rih, Kremenchuk, Bilozerka, Mariupol, and Kerch form the basis of Ukraine's large iron industry.
2. The most prominent manufactured goods include food equipment, diesel locomotives, tractors and TV sets.
3. Besides wheat, Ukraine produces many grains such as barley (mostly for animal feed), buckwheat and rice.
4. Ukraine has a developed ferrous-metals industry, and it is one of major steel producers on the planet.
5. The chernozem soils of the forest-steppe zone are among the world's most productive farmlands and they are exceptionally good for potatoes.
6. Cattle and pigs are raised throughout the country, while chicken, goose and turkey are kept for meat and egg production.
7. Most of the gross national product comes from metallurgy, chemical industry, machine building and light industry.
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