Listen to a business news report about the gas industry. While listening complete these sentences with the words from the frame.

10. Listen to a business news report about the gas industry. While listening complete these sentences with the words from the frame.

a) 50

b) Russia

c) financial

d) gas

e) capital

f) natural gas

g) liquid

1. There is now a process which makes it easier to transport _____ over longer distances.

2. It’s called liquefied _____.

3. Put simply, gas can now be frozen into _____ form and transported to distant countries in refrigerated tankers.

4. There are _____ and political risks associated with the development of LNG.

5. Despite high _____ costs, energy firms are investing heavily in LNG projects.

6. _____ could soon have a high level of control over the LNG market.

7. Experts say that gas could be the dominant fuel for the next _____ years.

        

SPEAKING

11. Work in pairs. You are a reporter interviewing someone who has   his / her own business. Find out how he / she started it. Was it easy or difficult? Is his / her company profitable? (Student A – a reporter, student B – a businessman / a businesswoman).

12. You are a participant of the annual scientific conference and your task is to make a report entitled "Economy and Industry of Ukraine in the 21st century – our achievements".

WRITING

13. Imagine that you work as an analyst for a multinational company. You are looking for a new overseas market to manufacture and sell your products. Write a short paragraph (60-80 words) about advantages and disadvantages of the economy and industry of our country. The following words and word combinations may help you:

- manufacturing system     - customer           - modern equipment

- management system        - seller                 - new technologies

- make/get a profit                      - employer           - industrial robots