Vocabulary

Famine – голод

Drought [draut] – засуха

Locust – саранча

To decimate – истреблять

Nutrient – питательное вещество

To mumble – бурчать

To mutter – бормотать

To devoure – пожирать

Coiled - обмотанный

Matted hair – спутанные волосы

To suffocate – задыхаться

To blur – становиться неясным

Paddy – рис-сырец

Sham–ine – притворство

Scattered ammo – разбросанные боеприпасы

Activity 2

Find the English equivalents in the text.

1. Я закрываю глаза, притворяюсь, что сплю. Может, я сплю.

2. Несколько дней назад я находился в Руанде в отпуске.

3. Я никогда не умел отдыхать.

4. Я смотрел TV в номере отеля, когда узнал о голоде в Нигере.

5. На следующий день я был уже в самолете.

6. Я почувствовал облегчение, что отпуск закончился.

Activity 3

Complete the sentences with the words below.

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1. I dream about (1) work, storylines.

2. In Africa there are too many pictures, too many (2).

3. I burn on (3).

4. I’d gone to see the the mountain (4).

5. My travels (5) were pissed off.

6. You are gliding above the (6).

Activity 4

Match the words on the left with their equivalents on the right.

staggering	go away
sniper	devastate
to stick out	shot
piss off	striking
crack	to lean out
starvation	injured
eviscerate	sharpshooter
crippled	famine

Activity 5

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

1. People (die) every day, all over the world.

2. Crops (plant), but harvest is a long way off, and there’s little food to get families through until then.

3. 3.5 million Nigeriens (be) at risk of starvation, mane of them children.

4. The average Nigerien woman (give) birth 8 times in her life.

5. In 2004 there (be) a drought, followed by an invasion of locasts.

6. I worry that if I get too comfortable, too complacent, I (lose) all feeling, all sensation.

Activity 6

Translate the text from English into Russian beginning with the words “This isn’t a famine” till “are none to be had”.

Activity 7

Use the prompts and make up sentences.

1. Niger 2.The average Nigerians woman 3. Nigerians 4. There 5. Crops 6. People

gives birth is call summer were was are foraging

the hungry season a drought 8 times in her life for food the poorest country decimated

Activity 8

Answer the questions.

1. Where was Anderson Cooper in late July 2005?

2. How did he know about starvation in Niger?

3. What did the news anchor say?

4. Where did Anderson Cooper call?

5. Why did Anderson Cooper want to see the starvation?

6. How did the author describe Niger?

7. What was the problem in Niger?

8. Why is the statistic staggering in Niger?

Activity 9

Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons.

1. Adults can live off leaves and grass; kids need nutrients.

2. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world.

3. One out of every 4 children dies before he reaches the age of 5.

Activity 10

Write a short article about the starvation in Niger (100 – 150 words).

UNIT 4