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1、The mian sectors,The UK economy,The UK economy,Primary industries,Tertiary or service industry,Case study:aerospace industry,introductioon,Secondary industry,Primary industry-agriculture,Its sector is small, producing 1.4% of national wealth, but efficient, producing 58% of the UKs food needs with o
2、nly 2% of its workforce.,The rest is grazing for animals, including cattles, though sheep are the most numerous livestocks. The beef industry has been hit badly by BSE(Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) disease in cattle leading to a 1996 ban on beef expots.,1,2,The best agiculture of land is in the
3、southeast England.,34 of Britians land is used for agiculture, wheat and barley are the two commonest.,Primary industriesmining,It accounts for 5% of the national wealth. Since the 1970s, Britian has become a major oil and gas producer, especially offshore oil industry. Its older coal mining industr
4、y accounts for 25%, the rest being divided between oil, gas, and nuclear energy. Three of the biggest ten companies in Britian are found in the enegy sector: Shell( half Dutch), British Petroleum(BP), and British gas. The worlds largest mining company, RTZ, is from UK.,Secondary industrymain sectors
5、,electronics,engineering,aerospace,Manufacturing,pharmaceuticals,Secondary industrydetail 1,Manufacturing industry remains important, producing 22% national wealth. British companis are particularly strong in pharmaceuticals(Glaxowellcome is the biggest drug company in the world), chemicals(ICI is t
6、he second largest piant manufacturer in the world), aerospace（overall the UK industry is third in size in the world) and food and drink(Scotch whisky being a majoy export). British has a big electronics indutry but like the car industry which includes Ford,GM,Peugeot, Nissan,Toyota，this is in many c
7、ases foreign-owned. Its last major independent car company, Rover, was bought by the German company BMW.,Secondary industrydetail,A high-technology engineering industry has developed around motor-racing business,with many of the worlds racing cars, both for Formula One, and the American Indycar seri
8、es, being designed and built in britian. McClaren and Williams are two of the most successful of these companies. The recently privatised British Steel is the worlds fourth largest steel company.,Tertiary or service industrymain sectors,UK,Retailing,Tourism,Advertising,Finance,Tertiary or service in
9、dustry-detials,British has a spectacular growth in tertiary industries, which now produce 65% of national wealth. It includes domestic activities such as retailing, tourism, and so on. London is one of the top three financial centres in the world. The Citythe name given to the historic area at the c
10、entre of London where all this business is concentrated, at the heart of which is the London Stock Exchange, one of the busiest sharedealing centres in the world. Advertising industry is another majoy business service in which UK companies are highly successful.,Case study:aerospace industry 1,The U
11、Ks aerospace industry is capable of producing the full range of aerospace products from civil and military aircraft(including helicopters) to missliles, satellites, and jet engines. It produces 2% of UK national output, accounting for 8% of manufactured export goods. The first powered flight in the
12、world was made by the Wright Brothers in the US in1903. When Englishman Frank Whittle developed the worlds first practical jet engine in 1937, the foundations had been laid for the three majoy branches of the aviation electronics.,Aerospace industry ,In 1936,The Rolls Royce Merlin engine became the
13、best-selling aero-engine of all time with 166000 produced. The first of the collaborative projects was between Britian and France to produce the worlds first supersonic civil airliner, Concorde. The aircraft was a technical success but a commercial failture, only 16 being built for British Airways a
14、nd Air France. In 1980s,both Roll-Royce and British Aerospace were privatised by the Conservatives and have since been very successsful both in individual projects and in international joint-ventures. Now the Aerospace industry is profitable, with over 300 companies employing 170000 people.,Ariel and Edie 倾情出品,Thank You !,