Учебно-методическое пособие по работе с темой "COUNTRY PROFILE". Дедова С.А. - 13 стр.

       1) When was the last census in Russia? What figures does it show?        15–64 years: 69.78 % (male 49,183,000; female 52,320,962)
       2) What is the current tendency in terms of the population in Russia?    65 years and over: 12.81 % (male 5,941,944; female 12,703,924) (2001
(Use the following words: a dramatic increase/ a steady decrease/ a con-        est.)
stant rise/ a sharp fall/ a growth/ a decline/ a cut in/ a drop in/ an upward   Population growth rate: –0.35 % (2001)
trend in terms of/ a downward trend in terms of).                               Birth rate: 9.35 births/1,000 population (2001)
       3) What are the root causes of the situation, to your mind? What pol-    Death rate: 13.85 deaths/1,000 population (2001)
icy would you carry out to improve the situation, if you were an MP?            Net migration rate: 0.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001)
                                                                                Sex ratio:
2. Read the text and compare the situation in the UK to that of other mul-      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
   tinational countries. Try to explain the wish for of each nation for self-   under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
   identity.                                                                    15–64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
                                                                                65 years and over: 0.47 male(s)/female
        Being English used to be so easy. They were one of the most easily
                                                                                total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (2001)
identified peoples on earth, recognized by their language, their manners,
                                                                                Life expectancy:
their clothes and the fact that they drank tea by the bucketload.
                                                                                total population: 67.34 years
        It is so much complicated now. When, occasionally, we come across
                                                                                male: 62.12 years
someone whose stiff upper lip, sensible shoes or tweedy manner identifies
                                                                                female: 72.83 years (2001)
them as English, we react in amusement: the conventions that defined the
                                                                                HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS: 130,000 (1999)
English are dead and the country’s ambassadors are more likely to be sing-
                                                                                HIV/AIDS – deaths: 850 (1999)
ers or writers than diplomats or politicians.
                                                                                Ethnic groups: Russian 81.5 %, Tatar 3.8 %, Ukrainian 3 %, Chuvash
        The imperial English may have carried British passports – as did the
                                                                                1.2 %, Bashkir 0.9 %, Byelorussian 0.8 %, Moldavian 0.7 %, other 8.1 %
Scots, Welsh, and some of the Irish – but they really didn’t need to think
                                                                                Religions: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
too hard about whether being ‘English’ was the same as being ‘British’: the
terms were virtually interchangeable. Nowadays, nothing will so infuriate a
Scot as to confuse the terms English and British, for England’s Celtic
neighbours are increasingly striking out on their own.
        The language has begun to reflect this changed relationship. Where
several years ago events in Scotland were talked of as regional, they are
increasingly spoken about as ‘national’. The BBC has even issued instruc-
tions to its staff on the unacceptability of any longer talking of Wales as a
«Principality».

3. Look through the chart concerning Russia’s population. Why is it im-
   portant to know these figures for the country? Do you think this data is
   still valid? How do you evaluate the population issue? If negatively,
   what initiative would you suggest to improve the situation?
Population: 145,470,197 (July 2001)
Age structure:
0–14 years: 17.41 % (male 12,915,026; female 12,405,341)

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