Unit III. FAILED STATES
← К разделуIX. Read the articles “Can Aid do More Harm than Good?” and do tasks A–D
Read the article “Can aid do more harm than good?” By Henri Astier BBC News website and do tasks A–D.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4185550.stm
TASK A. Find in the text the English equivalents for
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кусать руку, которая кормит |
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хроническое недоедание |
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привлекать фонды |
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облегчить ситуацию |
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предотвратить катастрофу |
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вызвать, спровоцировать голод |
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генномодифицированные продукты |
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«манна небесная» |
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наводнить рынок едой |
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засуха |
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ошибочная политика |
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воздерживать от чего-то, отказывать в чем-то |
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улучшить доступ к чистой воде |
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бесчисленный, многочисленный |
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TASK C. Match the following words into collocations
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hope |
in the dock |
for help |
basic problems |
funds |
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Raise |
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Address |
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Put |
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Appeal |
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Hold out |
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TASK D. Match the words in the box with their definitions
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payoff (from) |
famine |
influx |
overstate |
move |
eradicate |
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an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things |
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an act that initiates or advances a process or plan |
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a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die |
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destroy completely, put an end to |
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the advantage or benefit that you get from an action |
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express or state too strongly, exaggerate |
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