Victoria: Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper proce

Victoria: Well, the main activities in the region were historically steel and paper processing, I think.

Kenny: Yes, but I'm not quite sure about the status of those industries now. __11__ you tell us something about that?

Victoria: Yes, of course. In fact, they are less significant, but steel­related manufacturing still accounts for 44% of industrial activity. So it's still very important. In fact, 80% of Spain's machine tools are from the Basque country. __12__ for paper processing, there's still a little. But it's no longer __13__ it once was in the region. So, is that clear?

Kenny: Yes, thanks.

Victoria: Now, to get back to what I was saying, there's a lot of __14__ (employ) as well as geographical problems in the region.

Kenny: Sorry, Victoria. What do you mean by geographical problems?

Victoria: Well, what I mean is the area is very __15__ (hill), mountainous in parts. So there __16__ (use) to be transport problems, now though there are new train links and __17__ (good) roads, but it may be that some smaller towns inland remain not very well __18__ (connect), is that OK? Does that make sense? When we talk about specific location suggestions for the factory, we'll see this in more details, __19__ we'll come back to this question, OK?

Kenny: OK, right.

Victoria: So I was about __20__ (say) something about the work force in the region and the level of training and education. In general, it's very good and improving.

答案

11.Could 12.As 13.what

14unemployment 15.hilly 16.used 17.better 18.connected 19.so 20.to say

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