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  1. Skim the text to answer the questions.

  1. Why were so many people involved in making manufactured goods in early Victorian times?

  2. What caused a great deal of interest at the time and brought no little anxiety?

  3. What did the concern about population growth lead to?

  4. What kind of information did the early censuses give?

  5. Why was life in towns better than life in the countryside?

  6. Which problems did the urban population face with?

  1. Find in the text the antonyms for the following words:

prominence

continue

increase

Anxiety

Rapidly

Gloomy

unprecedented

Poverty

miserable

Pure

  1. Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text:

  1. Many families in Britain came to earn a living from ______ rather than from agricultural work.

  2. At the same time, the country's population ______ more rapidly than ever before.

  3. The gloomy Thomas Malthus predicted that, unless checked, rapid population growth would outstrip food supplies, leading to ______.

  4. In 1851, the schedules required fuller information, including ______.

  5. This information was usually collected by ______.

  6. Over the previous 70 years, the population of Britain had risen at an ______ rate.

  7. The population was decimated by ______ such as the Black Death.

  8. The towns offered a better chance of work and higher wages than the ______.

  9. On the other hand, the countryside was ______.

  10. In 1851, a boy born in inner Liverpool had a ______ of only 26 years.

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

зарабатывать на жизнь

промышленный

сельскохозяйственный труд

тенденция

Подъём

вовлекаться

предсказывать

превосходить

домашнее хозяйство

история человечества

17. Translate into Russian:

a great deal of interest

no little anxiety

wartime disruption

crucial change

the costs of migrating

desperately unhealthy

stalk the cities

Polluted water

Swarms of flies

urban environment

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