17-la Pobreza Y El Tercer Mundo Flashcards

(103 cards)

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A third-world country

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Un país tercermundista

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The developing countries

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Los países en vías de desarrollo

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The underprivileged/ helpless

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Los desvalidos

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The deprived / the have-nots

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Los desposeídos

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Poverty

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La pobreza

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Human problems

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Los problemas humanos

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Economic and health conditions

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Las condiciones económicas y sanitarias

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To become poor / impoverished

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Empobrecerse

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Impoverishment

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El empobrecimiento

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Malnutrition

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La desnutrición

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To be malnourished

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Estar desnutrido/a

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Infant mortality

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La mortalidad infantil

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Rural deprivation

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La miseria rural

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Endemic hunger / starvation

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El hambre endémica

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To die of starvation

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Morir de inanición / hambre

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16
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Marginalisation

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La marginación

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17
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To be marginalised

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Estar marginado/a

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18
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To exploit

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Explotar

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19
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To feel exploited

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Sentirse explotado/a

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20
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The struggle for daily survival

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La lucha por la supervivencia cotidiana

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21
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Apathy

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La apatía

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22
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To be apathetic

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Ser apático/a

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23
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Despair

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La desesperación

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24
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To be in an ever more precarious situation

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Encontrarse en condiciones cada vez más precarias

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Poverty-related diseases
Las enfermedades relacionadas con la pobreza
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To age quickly
Envejecer muy pronto
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To suffer an irreversible decline in living conditions
Sufrir un irreversible deterioro en su forma de vivir
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To be illiterate
Ser analfabetismo
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Illiteracy
El analfabetismo
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The abysmal level of education
El ínfimo nivel de la educación
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To beg
Mendigar
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Social inequity
La desigualdad social
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To receive an income below the per capita average
Obtener unos ingresos inferiores a la media de la renta per cápita
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To live below the poverty line
Vivir por debajo del umbral de pobreza
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Not to be able to manage until the end of the month
No llegar al final del mes
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To live in a state of dire need
Vivir en un estado de extrema necesidad
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To have no means / resources
No tener recursos
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To depend on charity
Depender de las limosnas
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To steal in order to obtain food
Robar para obtener víveres
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To owe the rent
Deber el alquiler
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To evict
Desalojar
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To be homeless
Estar sin hogar
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To live in a hovel
Vivir en una cuchitril
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Shanty towns
Las barriadas de chabolas
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Shack / shanty / slum
La chabola / el chamizo
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The problem of the chabolas
El chabolismo
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To support seven or eight children
Sustentar a siete u ocho niños
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Orphan
El huérfano / la huérfana
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Orphanage
El orfelinato
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To be just a statistic
Ser carne de estadística
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There’s no more hope
Se acabó la esperanza
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Improvements and solutions
Mejoras y soluciones
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Economic aid
La ayuda económica
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Charity / charitable organisation
La organización caritativa
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To shelter / to house
Cobijar
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Self-sufficiency in food / ability to feed oneself
La autosuficiencia alimenticia
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To live off the land
Vivir de la tierra
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To leave the countryside
Abandonar el campo
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To move to the city
Desplazarse a la ciudad
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To share (with)
Compartir (con)
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To have a real social policy towards poverty
Tener una auténtica policía social hacia la pobreza
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The welfare state
El estado del bienestar
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To detect signs of poverty
Detectar manifestaciones de la pobreza
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To sponsor a child
Apadrinar a un niño
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Fair trade
El comercio justo
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Economic problems at a national level
Los problemas económicos a nivel nacional
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Foreign debt
La deuda externa
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Debtor
El deudor
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Creditor
El acreedor
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Loan
El préstamo
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To reduce / cancel third-world debt
Reducir / suprimir condonar la deuda del tercer mundo
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To stem the spiralling growth of third-world debt
Atajar el crecimiento en espiral de la deuda del tercer mundo
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To be overwhelmed by the burden of foreign debt
Estar agobiado por el peso de la deuda externa
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Economic collapse
El hundimiento económico
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Economic growth
El crecimiento económico
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The International Monetary Fund
El Fondo Monetario Internacional
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To misspend money
Malgastar el dinero
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Corruption
La corrupción
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Corrupt governments
Los gobiernos corrompidos
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To bribe
Sobornar / cohechar
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Bribe / bribery
El soborno / el cohecho
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To implement stringent plans for economic adjustment
Establecer severos planes de ajuste económico
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An economy austerity plan
Un plan de austeridad económica
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An anti-inflationary programme
Un programa anti-inflacionario
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Galloping inflation
La inflación galopante
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Inflation already above 300%
Una inflación que pasa ya del 300%
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To keep chaos at bay
Mantener el caos a raya
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The World Bank
El Banco Mundial
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The world banking system
El sistema bancario mundial
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Natural wealth / resources
Las riquezas naturales
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To benefit from one’s own resources
Aprovechar sus propios recursos
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Desertification of the land
La desertización de la tierra
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Ecological effects
Los efectos ecológicos
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Over-populated
La superpoblación
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Soil exhaustion
El agotamiento de la tierra
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Over-exploitation
La sobreexplotación
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Drought
La sequía
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To become arid
Aridificarse
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Erosion
La erosión
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Deforestation
La deforestación
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Conservation of forests
La conservación de los bosques
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Forested areas
Las zonas forestales
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Intensive irrigation
La irrigación intensiva