Добавил:
Upload Опубликованный материал нарушает ваши авторские права? Сообщите нам.
Вуз: Предмет: Файл:
УМК 3 РГФ new 1.doc
Скачиваний:
119
Добавлен:
08.11.2019
Размер:
8.5 Mб
Скачать

3.4.1. Find in the text English equivalents for the following:

  1. доход на душу населения

  2. львиная доля

  3. диктовать свои условия

  4. политический подтекст

  5. мелкая сошка в большой игре

  6. передавать знания и опыт

  7. расширять влияние

  8. неизбежно, неминуемо

  9. помощь в случае стихийного бедствия

3.4.2. Answer the questions:

  1. What four groups of nations can the modern world be split into?

  2. What are the two kinds of development aid? What is the difference

between them?

  1. What categories can official aid be divided into?

  2. Explain the difference between the recipient and the donor country?

  3. What are political implications of official development aid?

  4. Why is it said that “development aid is a small cog in the wheel of

international politics”?

3.5. Make sure you understand the words in the box, and divide them into two or three groups, based on their meanings.

capital cattle consumption debt interest lend milk peanuts repay rise surplus

  • Now use the words from the box to fill in the blanks in these texts. You may have to change the forms of some of the words.

1. When a bank _____ you money, your _____ usually consists of two things: the _____ (the sum you originally borrowed), and the _____ (a percentage of the original sum). If you are unlucky, _____ rates may _____ before you finish _____ the entire sum.

2. _____ are raised for meat and for _____. This is not as economical a way of using land as growing foods like wheat or _____. Additionally, production is much greater than _____ in many Western countries, and the result is a _____ of _____ and butter.

3.5.1.  Now listen to Roger Elbourne of Oxfam talking about international economics and world hunger.

Go over the vocabulary to clear up any difficulties of understanding.

to be saddled by immense debt burdens

to lend money at low interests rates

let alone

local consumption

to ban

to go hungry

a surplus of

to be transformed into

insane economic relationship

Then try to fill in the blanks in the sentences.

  1. 1970s: oil money flooded to Western _____, who _____ money to Third World countries.

  1. Later: interest rates _____. Third World countries couldn’t pay back the _____ or the _____.

  1. West African farmers sold _____ (their food) to the West.

  1. Money from food sales was used to _____ the debt.

  1. Western farmers fed the _____ to their _____. A _____ of milk was produced.

  1. The _____ dried milk was sent to hungry West African children.

3.6. Here is a list of ways in which the poorer nations can use the money. Discuss the merits and demerits of each and put them in order of priority.

  1. The building of large hospitals.

  2. The building of small local clinics.

  3. The provision of birth control clinics.

  4. The introduction of new agricultural techniques.

  5. The purchase of military equipment.

  6. The building of primary schools.

  7. The building of secondary schools.

  8. The building of universities.

  9. The financing of new industries.

  10. The financing of a broadcasting service.