VOCABULARY. 1. corn – 1) зерновые; 2) кукуруза

1. corn – 1) зерновые; 2) кукуруза

2. grain – зерно

3. wheat – пшеница

4. harvest – урожай

5. drought – засуха

6. proximate cause – непосредственная причина

7. to insulate – ограждать, изолировать

8. to shield (from) – спасать, оградить от чего-то

9. cost of living – прожиточный минимум

10. transfer – перевод (денег)

11. to exacerbate – углублять (например, кризис), усиливать, усугублять

2. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the article?

TRUE

FALSE

NOT GIVEN

1. Corn harvest in America, Russia and Australia in 2012 enables them to raise stocks.

2. America eliminated the tariff on ethanol.

3. A fifth of America’s maize is turned into car’s fuel.

4. Following USA, 33 countries lifted export restriction on food.

5. When many countries ban food exports prices advance.

6. A spike in food prices solves the problem of income and jobs in the short-term.

7. Farm-trade restrictions eradicate poverty.

8. State support to Chinese farmers has halved since 2004.

9. Imposing restrictions, governments take counterproductive measures.

3. Suggest the Russian for the following word combinations.

World prices spiral upwards, wheat exporters, to cut poverty, to scrap a subsidy, the third food-price spike in five years, state support to farmers, to make matters worse, subsidized farming, to drive up grain prices, export ban, higher food prices, the proximate cause of the price rises, to turn away from volatile world markets.