Before watching the video have a look at the following vocabulary, which might help you to understand it better:
to be on the ropes - doing badly and likely to fail
to streamline - to improve the effectiveness of an organization such as a business or government, often by making the way activities are performed simpler
mammoth - extremely large
snap at one's heels - to compete strongly with someone and have a chance of soon defeating or replacing them
franatic - done or arranged in a hurry and a state of excitement or confusion
gargantuan - very large
to rest on your laurels - to be satisfied with your achievements and not to make an effort to do anything else
1. Watch the video on Korea's shibuilding industry and fill in the gaps:
a) The Hyundai shiyard is absolutely ........... and it spans out over ............
Parts of ships are .......... together using robots and lasers.
b) South Korean shipuilders got off the ground in ............
c) Hyundai shipyard quickly became a huge success by using .......... ........... and a nearly ........... work ethic.
d) Hyundai is also moving into vessels that can double as ......... ........... and is starting to build this ............ ships on land.
e) One of the sophisticated sytems dveloped by Koreans is LNG system, where gas is frozen at ....... C with an incredible safety control system.
f) Koreans are more ............. than Europeans to shipbuilding programs involving complex technology.
g) Chinese yards may be referred to as more ........ shipbuilding technology incomarison to Koreans.
h) Korean shipyards have not fully developed .............. technology.
i) Only ......... of the workers in Hyundai shiyard are its employees.
1a) Why is China a threat? What reasons for that are mentioned?
1b) How serious is the Chinese threat? Is China likely to surpass Korea?
2) What are the weaknesses of the Korean shipbuilding industry? What has to be done to maintain the top position?
3) What is the main advantage Korea has over China?
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