Reduced; bring up; grow; use; welfare; areas; provide food; focus; greater number; breeds

The 1) majority of the full-time farms today 2) specialize in dairy farming or in beef cattle and sheep herds. Many of these animals are 3) raised in hill and moorland 4) regions throughout Britain, and then moved to better grassland areas for beef fattening and dairying. Others may be 5) reared on lowland farms which 6) cater for intensive “factory” production. Dairy herds and milk yields have continued to 7) increase, and about two-thirds of beef 8) consumption in Britain now comes from the national herd. The long-established tradition of sheep farming, on which Britain's economic 9) prosperity was once based, continues with lamb production and 10) decreased amounts of wool.

( B) Exercise 8. Complete these sentences.

1. Great Britain is a country with a … (высокоразвитой промышленностью и сельским хозяйством).

2. Due to the climate Britain has … (довольно хорошие условия для сельскохозяйственного производства).

3. British agriculture … (основывается на современных технологиях).

4. (Британия является ведущим мировым экспортёром) … of pedigree livestock, sheep, pigs, horses.

5. However, it needs to import … (масло, сыр, сахар и некоторую другую сельскохозяйственную продукцию).

6. (Основными зерновыми культурами в Великобритании являются) … wheat, barley and oats.

7. What kind of animals … (выращивают сегодня в Британии)?

8. (Около 2/3 потребляемой говядины) in Britain now comes from national herd.

(C) Exercise 9. Find the words in the text that means the same as:

• the rate at which a company or country makes goods, usually judged in connection with the number of people and the amount of materials necessary to produce the goods;

• the method of farming in which crops are grown and animals are kept on the same farm;

• able to provide everything you need, especially food, for yourself without the help of other people;

• an amount of something produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc.;

• not using artificial chemicals when keeping animals or growing plants for food;

• aiming to achieve maximum production within a limited area, especially by using chemical and technological aids;

• to prepare land and grow crops on it, or to grow a particular crop.

( C) Exercise 10. Find the synonyms in the text to the words below. Then choose any three and make your own sentences.

tillage	medium grade
to send abroad	husbandry
to bring out	to provide
to breed	inappropriate

( C) Exercise 11. Make up questions to which the following answers may be given.

1. …………………… ?

Soils vary from the poor ones of highland Britain to the rich fertile soils in the south-eastern parts of England.

2. …………………… ?

Yes, it does. Britain needs to import some agricultural products.

3. …………………… ?

Horticulture is the study or activity of cultivating gardens.

4. …………………… ?

Potatoes are grown for sale, for fodder and for seed.

5. …………………… ?

Arable farms are mainly in the eastern part of the country.

(C) Exercise 12. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Сельское хозяйство Британии основано на современных технологиях и научных исследованиях.

2. Пшеница, ячмень и овес – самые распространенные зерновые культуры, выращиваемые в Британии.

3. Великобритания импортирует масло, сахар, сыр и другую сельскохозяйственную продукцию.

4. Животноводство – ведущая отрасль сельскохозяйственного производства в Британии.

5. Производство ягнят является главным источником дохода для фермера.