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2008.09.02
The topics this week will be coming in contrasting pairs. Take today's topics, for example: The first is a part of the economy that's populated by companies that make a product, the second by companies that DO something for their customers instead!
- To manufacture a product is to make it for sale, especially in large numbers using machines.
The noun form is manufacturing.
A company in the service industry or service sector does something useful for customers, but doesn't manufacture goods; for example, airlines, hospitals, accounting firms, and retailers. - manufacture とは、販売目的で、特に機械を用いて大量に製品を作ること、つまり、製造する、という意味です。
名詞形は manufacturing で、製造という意味です。
会社について service industry や service sector と言うと、商品は製造しないが顧客のために有益なことをする会社（例えば、航空会社、病院、会計事務所、小売業）が属する産業や部門、つまり、サービス産業、サービス部門のことを言います。
- We manufacture high-end stationery and office supplies.
- Much of Japan's post-war economic growth was driven by automobile and electronics manufacturing.
- (fictional news story)
Economic activity in the housing and manufacturing sectors continues to grow, as consumer confidence remains at record high levels. - Over the years, manufacturing has decreased in importance, and the service sector has come to dominate their economy.
- The level of professionalism among employees in the service industry in Japan was so much higher than I was used to back home.
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