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READING 2: CANADA ECONOMY
A. What do you know about the economy of Canada? Complete this file, use vertical prompts if necessary.
| Currency: Fiscal year: Labor force by occupation: Which takes the lead (agriculture, construction, manufacturing, services, other)? | Main industries: Export goods: Main export partners: Main import partners: | U.S., UK, China services motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, plastics, timber, telecommunications equipment, electronics, chemicals, fertilizer etc. 1 April 31 March CAD U.S., China, Mexico |
B. Do you know what these abbreviations stand for? Search a dictionary or the Internet if necessary: The IMF, GDP, G8, the OECD, the NAFTA, USGS.
C. Match the words from the text below with the definitions, translate them.
| retail 2 | a period of ten years |
| real estate 2 | a service, such as transport or health care, that a government provides |
| income 3 | the sale of goods in shops to customers, for their own use and not for selling to anyone else |
| robust (economy) 5 | property in the form of land or houses; the business of selling houses or land |
| decade 7 | a system of producing wealth based on the free operation of business and trade without government controls |
| public service 8 | the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments |
| market economy 8 | strong and healthy |
D. Look at the box and check yourself if you have the same translation of the words given in Exercise C.
 
  
 
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