Oxford English For Career. Finance 1.

Richard Clark and David Baker

Chapter 6. Economic Sectors.

Language spot

Contrasting information

Look at these sentences.

The farming sector produces about 60% of UK food

needs, although it employs only 1% of the workforce.

Despite government support, the manufacturing sector

continues to decline from about 20% ofGDP in 1990 to

only 15% today.

Manufacturers enjoy the benefit of a low-cost workforce

and relatively cheap land. However, a lot of the country's

capital is invested in old state sector industries.

When we make a contrast between two statements

or ideas in the same sentence that seem to contradict

each other, we can use linking words to contrast the

ideas. We can do this in different ways, using words

like although, despite, and however.

1 Complete the rules with although, despite, or however.

1 is followed by a noun (not a complete

c,l ause with a verb).

2 is followed by a clause I sentence with

a subject and a verb.

3 can be used when the cont rast is

expressed in a new sentence.

2 Complete these sentences with although, despite, or

however.

1 agriculture employs only 1% of the

workforce, it produces 60% of UK food.

2 high productivity, manufacturing in

the region continues to decline.

_____ the seIVice sector contributes 40% of

GDP, it suffers from poor infrastructure.

4 The service sector is very developed. _ _ _ _ _

it is very dependent on financial markets.