Vocabulary Practice 1

Ex.1. Suggest Russian equivalents for these word combinations, reproduce the context in which they are used in the text.

1. a demographic time bomb

2. to change beyond recognition

3. a looming crisis

4. a general rhetoric

5. inflow of migrants // influx of immigrants

6. plenty of entrants from all points of the compass

7. the most populous EU country

8. outnumber non-Muslims

9. projected growth rates

10. to stir unease

11. exacerbate tensions

12. hinder assimilation

13. spark off the debate

Ex.2. Continue the strings of collocations, translate them. Make up a sentence with one collocation from each list.

1. a looming crisis, __________, __________, _________

2. projected growth rates, ___________, ___________, __________

3. to exacerbate tensions, ____________, ___________, ___________

4. hinder assimilation, ____________, ___________, ___________, ___________

5. to spark off a debate, ___________, ___________, ___________, ___________

6. to stir unease, ______________, ________________, _____________, ____________

Ex.3. Fill in the gaps with the words from Ex. 1 and Ex. 2.

1. The _________ of immigrants appears likely to _________ _________ between some minority groups, particularly blacks, and immigrants.

2. Over the last 50 years the population has _________ _________ ________ so that these days the tag "Leicester born and bred" applies to people whose parents have settled here from all corners of the world.

3. A _______ _________ _________ is a potential crisis situation in most countries characterized by an increasing number of older people dependent on pension schemes.

4. If Afghanistan's growth rate remained the same (the country's ________ growth rate for 2025 is a mere 2.3%), then the population of 30 million would become 60 million in 2020.

5. Bishop Dr. Zac Niringiye has warned of a _______ _________ in Uganda if the population growth rate is not drastically reduced.

6. David Cameron has announced that he would abolish the climate change tax, but he has still not put forward a concrete alternative. This is yet another example of more empty ________ from the Tories.

7. The bill is starting to _______ _________, because it requires private organizations to make decisions that conflict with their deeply held beliefs.

8. In fact, demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities ________ that of babies born to whites.

9. As Spain plunged into recession in 2009 the _________ of immigrants has slowed drastically and many foreign nationals have returned to their home countries after losing their jobs.

10. The United States began negotiations with Poland and the Czech Republic to install a radar and missile interceptors, angering Russia and _______ _______ in some European countries.

11. While the prolonged recession has led to a certain slowing of the influx of foreign _________ in Japan, the number of foreign residents in Japan has continued to increase.

12. India will become the most _________ country overtaking China by 2050, the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) has projected.

13. A landmark speech by Javier Solana was set to _________ the debate on future relations between the US and the EU after the huge damage created by the American-led preventative war against Iraq.

14. We are fighting against discriminations such as school segregation and covert racism in jobs that _________ ___________ of our group into the society.

Reading 2

PRE-READING QUESTIONS

1. What do you know about the consequences of China’s one-child policy?

2. Can you guess from the title what issue the article below deals with?

Skim the article to find out if you guessed correctly.

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