Industry
Pictures
Vocabulary
mine | plant (4) | manufacturing |
coal | automation | components |
ore | logistics | offshore (2) |
truck | transport | engineering |
mill | strike (3) | technology |
power | low tech | textile plant |
lathe | assembly | smokestack |
union | iron ore | power plant |
textile | steel mill | industry 4.0 |
drill | floor (2) | automation |
grind | order (3) | machine tool |
smelt | robotics | chemical plant |
glass | Detroit | warehouse |
boiler | synthetic | storage facility |
lathe | casting (3) | tool and dye |
drill | stamp (3) | conveyor belt |
crane | coke (2) | assembly line |
kiln | forge (2) | compressor |
cargo | drill press | hydraulic press |
freight | inventory | raw materials |
steam | shift work | standardization |
mentor | relocate | apprenticeship |
weld | turbine | fabric and textiles |
quality | Rust Belt | quality control |
rubber | Midwest | Great Lakes |
steel | electricity | industrial zone |
textile | outsource | mechatronics |
Here are some pictures. Answer the following questions for each.
1. What is this? This is a . . . . .
2. Where is this place? This is a . . . . .
3. Describe the weather. What season is this? What month is it?
4. Who is this person? He is . . . . . She is a . . . . . They are . . . . .
5. What is she doing? What’s he doing? What are they doing? He is . . . . . .
6. How does he feel? He is . . . . . . .
7. What will happen next? They will . . . . .


Chemical Plant Steel Mill
Oil Pumpjack Offshore Oil Rig
Open Pit Mining Underground Mining
Offloading Iron Ore, Coal Bessemer Process
Casting Metal in Molds Milling
Welding Precision Work
Controlling Operations Automation, Robotics
Container Dock Auto Show Room