22. Suggest the Russian equivalents for the following words and expressions. In case you do not know the meaning, work it out from listening to your partner.

An orphanage capacity
Barren land
Child morbidity
Deforestation
Desertification
Devastating conflict
Encroachment
Expanses
Female infanticide
Income-generating
Indentured servitude
Parental neglect
Political upheaval
Slums
Subsistence
To assign to
To be susceptible to
To eke out
To exacerbate
To hoard
To impair
To incur
To perpetuate
To plague
To ravage
To use up resources

23. Replace the words underlined in each sentence with the adjectives from the box.

Densely illiterate inadequate sparsely urban essential impoverished rural wealthy

1. In many countries, there is a drift of population from country areas to the cities. ___

2. Education is desperately needed in many countries where a high percentage of the population is unable to read and write. ______________________

3. Remote villages usually lack basic services such as piped water and electricity. ____

4. Rich people often find it hard to understand how the poor become poor. __________

5. The mountain region of the country is thinly populated. _________________

6. Many poor nations can no longer afford to run schools and hospitals. _________

7. Poor immigrants often end up living in shanty towns in city areas. _________

8. In thickly populated areas, unemployment may be a cause of poverty. __________

9. The diet of most children in this area is poor. ______

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