3. Give definition of the following terms: edible, nomadic lifestyle, green revolution, aquaculture, agribusiness.

4. Answer the questions after the text. Agricultural change

1. Give the Russian equivalents of:

1. urgent need

2. high-tech solution

3. low-tech approach

4. to reduce food production

5. arable land

6. grassland

2. Find the English equivalents of:

1. накормить растущее население

2. причинять большой вред

3. перепроизводство

4. производительность

5. молочное сельское хозяйство

6. земледелец

7. органическое земледелие

3. Give definition of the following terms: arable land, organic farming.

4. Write out all the method and schemes that are being introduced in order to reduce farming. Rate them from the most effective, from your viewpoint, to the least effective. Compare your ratings in groups. Do you all agree? Why (not)?

5. Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.

1. Population has a great influence on agricultural development.

2. Low-tech solutions are better for the environment than high-tech ones.

3. In the developed countries the governments decide what agricultural changes should be.

4. The EU has tried to help the environment by reducing the amount of farming.

5. The EU schemes to reduce farming have generally failed.

6. Farmers are encouraged to use chemical fertilizers and cultivate more land.

7. Organic farming gives a bigger output.

8. Organic farming produces more attractive and healthier crops.

6. Grammar. Revise the Passive Voice:

to be + V₃

Present Simple	Past Simple	Future Simple	Present Perfect	Present Continuous	Past Continuous
am is + V3 are	was were + V3	will be + V3	have has + V3	am is + being+ V3 are	was were+being+V3

Read the text again and find examples of Passive Voice in it. Turn the sentences into Active Voice where possible. Make any necessary changes.

7. Translate these statements from the texts paying attention to the words and phrases in bold.

1. Agriculture produces a wide range of products for manufacturing industries as well as food.

2. At the global scale the distribution of agriculture is most influenced by climate.

3. Large parts of the planet are unsuitable for farming because they are either too cold or too dry.

4. The world’s hot deserts are too dry for cultivation unless water is available for irrigation.

5. As well as severe climates, high mountains also have steep slopes and thin soils.

6. In the more developed countries of the world economic and human factors tend to play a particularly important role.

7. In Canada and the USA scientific plant breeding has made it possible to extend the cultivation of wheat into areas which were previously thought to have been too dry or too cold.

8. Gathering meant people gathered wild plants they found to be safe to eat.

9. Some people are more hopeful pointing to scientific research currently under way to find ways of growing more food.

10. Being part of a large business enterprise can reduce costs.

11. Buying fertilizers in bulk is cheaper.

12. Whatever the approach, the pressure to produce more food has often caused serious damage to the environment.

13. In the economically developed world, recent agricultural change has most often been due to government policies.

14. Gradually price support is being replaced by fixed payments for each hectare cultivated.

15. This should make it less attractive for farmers to get more from each hectare cultivated.