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Developing countries

Low-income countries

GNP per head is less that $ 400.

The total population in these countries is about 3 billion.

They are very much concentrated in Asia, Africa and South America.

Examples:

Country

GNP per head

Bangladesh

$150

India

$270

China

$310

Pakistan

$380

Middle-income countries

GNP per head is between $400 and $5000.

The total population in these countries is about 1 billion.

Examples:

Country

GNP per head

Egypt

$610

Turkey

$1080

Mexico

$2080

Greece

$3550

Developed countries

GNP per head is more than $5000.

The total population in these countries is about 800 million.

Examples:

Country

GNP per head

UK

$8460

Japan

$11300

Sweden

$11890

USA

$16690

The table shows that nearly half of the world's population lives in countries where the average annual income per head is $400 or less.

The richer countries contain about 25 per cent of the world's population but they produce about 75 per cent (by value) of the world's output.

Vocabulary

to strike (struck, struck)

ударяти, уражати

strike n

удар

to feature

показувати, зображувати

table

таблиця

Exercise

1. Translate into English.

  1. Аналітики вважають, що цей показник ВНП на

душу населення дуже низький.

  1. Банк вважає, що ця фірма дуже надійна.

  2. Вони назвали цей документ основоположним.

  3. Ми поставились до цієї пропозиції як до

надзвичайно цікавої.

2. Read and translate into Ukrainian:

  1. The population of China is bigger than that of India.

  2. The GNP per head in China is bigger than that in India.

  3. This table is as long as that on page 428.

  4. The output in 2003 was smaller than that in 2002.

  5. These figures differed from those published in the

newspaper.

3. Say how these words are formed:

majority feature

equality show

comparison average

description striking

distribution industrialised

4. Underline negative prefixes used to form these words:

unequal uncomparable

inequality indifference

substandard unimportance

5. Write down the words with the opposite meaning:

low

value

great

major

developed

minority

equality

losses

richer

input

6. Make a few statements with these words:

developed

less developed

developing

industrialized

high-income

country/countries

rich richer

middle-income

low-income

Third World

poor poorer

7. Make a few questions with these words:

standard of living

living standard

average

annual income

annual growth

price for

temperature

8. Make and read these sentences:

  1. The total population in this country is

about/nearly/almost ......... bn people.

  1. GNP per head in ... is less than $400.

between $400 and $5000.

more than $5000.

much more than $5000.

much less than $400.

9. Write down the definitions of:

developed countries

developing countries

10. Complete and read these short dialogues:

1) - Excuse me, do you remember how many people live

in...

- If I'm not mistaken, the total population of...

2) - Do you happen to know the GNP in...

- We studied all these figures some time ago. And if I

remember it properly the GNP per head in...

3) – What can you say about…

- Well, to my mind, the most striking feature is…

4) – Could you give the definition of…

- It seems to me they can be described as…