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.docxUNIT 4
FREE ZONES
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES
1. ©© Look throug-h the text "Free Zones" again. Underline the word "import". In the two columns below write the sentences from the text in which the word "import" is i) used as a noun and 2) used as a verb.
NOUN VERB
___________________ ________________________
____________________ ______________________________
2.Insert the missing' words in the following' two texts. Choose from:
I |
1) container |
2) containers |
3) containerize |
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4) containerized |
5) containerization. |
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II |
l)Balance of trade |
2) Balance of payments |
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Textl
Although ( a ) has many advantages, it has some disadvantages too. And that is why many ports are still not specially adapted to ( b ) traffic.
Now, you need a lot of special equipment for handling ( с ) and this is very expensive. Some countries haven't got enough money to buy the equipment to ( d ) their ports. Also, ( e ) means that there is more unemployment, because the equipment does the work that people do in conventional ports. And most countries don't want a lot of people out of work, so they don't want their ports to be ( f).
Text 2
The difference between the amount a country spends on visible imports and the amount it receives for visible exports is its Balance of ( a ) . The difference between the total amount a country spends on imports (both visible and invisible)
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