Week Nine

Listen to the recording and fill in the missing information. Then read the text
again and find the graph which it describes.

Recording:   

Let ́s look at the graph on this slide. As you can see, the vertical 1) ______________
represents the production of our mini cars in per cents and the 2) _________________ axis is
divided into sections, each representing two years of production. In 2000 the production 3)
_______________ 18 % of the total car production, but due to the crisis in steel production it
fell 4) ______________ to only 8% in 2002. Between 2002 and 2004 the production of mini
cars was 5) _________________. There was a 6) ___________ rise in 2004 and the
production reached 22% in 2006. In the next two years, the mini car production went down 7)
______________, but in 2008 it dropped from 18% to 7%. The graph shows that between
2010 and 2012 there was still a slight 8) ________________ in the mini car production.
This year we suppose that our production of mini cars will increase 9) ________________
6%. Our estimates are that due to the worldwide crisis in the oil industry, the production will 10)
_________________ till 2022. Then it will 11) ________________ to only 2% in 2024.
However, in 2026 the production of mini cars will 12) ______________ its maximum and 13)
___________ 24% of our total car production.

Now read the text in 2 again and answer the questions.

1) What happened to the mini car production in 2002?
2) What happened to the mini car production between 2002 and 2004?
3) What happened to the mini car production in 2008?
4) What happened to the mini car production between 2010 and 2012?
5) What will happen to the mini car production from 2012 to 2022?
6) What will happen to the mini car production in 2024?
7) What will happen to the mini car production in 2026?

Compete QUIZ 9.2 to check your answers.