9. Countryside And Agriculture

Question 1

Rural

Answer 1

Countryside adj

I come from the rural are

Question 2

A backwater

Answer 2

An area of a country where little of interesr happens

I uses to live in agricultural town but frankly it was such a vackwater that i moved to larger city

Question 3

Rural depopulation

Answer 3

The long-term trend for people to migratebfrom countryside to cities, leaving a rural areas with few pople

Rural depopulationcan cause huge problems with local infrastructure, as there aren’t enough people to run the services and transport

Question 4

Country dwellers

Answer 4

People who live in a countryside

Question 5

A scarcity

Answer 5

A lack or shortage of smt

The worst problem i experienced in the country side was a real scarcity of sports events and music festivals

Scarcity of schools and colleges

Question 6

Rural unemployment

Answer 6

Unemployment effecting rural workers specifically

Rural unemployment has been ameliorated by innovative internet start ups

Career options may be more limited , resulting in rural unemployment and long-term rural poverty in a worst cases

Question 7

Rural poverty

Answer 7

Being extremely poor in the countryside

Rural poverty is a long-term situation exacerbated by lack of infrastructure and training

Question 8

Exacerbate

Answer 8

Apsunkinti, pagilinti

Question 9

Material considerations

Answer 9

Concerns about money and material possessions
You can’t only think about material considerations when deciding who to marry.

Conversely, life in the countryside has rewards which go beyond material considerations. For example, the abundance of natural resources such as land, wildlife forestry and water bodies means that a comparatively simple life can be lived at a subsistence level.

Question 10

An abundance

Answer 10

A very high level of supply or availability of something

Question 11

Wildlife

Answer 11

Animals living in nature naturaly

Question 12

Forestry

Answer 12

The industry of growing and cutting trees

Responsible forestry company

Question 13

Water bodies

Answer 13

Inland areas of water, rivers, lakes, reservoirs

My country is very arid and has almost no water bodies

Question 14

Arid

Answer 14

Sausas, saysringas, tuscias, nuobodus

Question 15

Subsistence

Answer 15

Adj producing just enough to live on

Subsistence farmers grow their own food but have little left to sell for profit

Question 16

Self-sufficient smallholders

Answer 16

Not needing to import or buy resources from outside the farm or country

Self-sufficient in crops and fuel

Self-sufficient smallholders in this sence, safeguarding them from the changes in a wider economy

Question 17

Smallholders

Answer 17

Farmers managing very small farms, usually with their families

I worked on a project training smallholders in South America in how to lobby politicians for reform

Question 18

The wider economy

Answer 18

The national economy in a country

My business is growing despite the decline in the wider economy

Question 19

To afflict

Answer 19

To affect, used for problems and diseases

Many forests in my area are afflicted by wood disease which attacks the trees

Question 20

Animal husbandry

Answer 20

The skill of keeping animals

Question 21

Crop rotation

Answer 21

The process of using different fields each year to keep the soil healthy

Some smallholders do not practise crop rotation, ad so their land becomes infertile

Question 22

Infertile land

Answer 22

Nevaisinga zeme

Question 23

Remote viewing

Answer 23

I took remote viewing tour of the museum and found it very impressive

Question 24

Environmental awareness

Answer 24

An understanding of environment issues environmental awareness is part of the school curriculum these days for most children

Question 25

Far-flung

Answer 25

Remote of far away

My fiancé lives in a very far-flung village but we keep in touch by skype

Question 26

Cultural amenities

Answer 26

In a firm of museums, theatres, sporting events, music festivals, galeries

Question 27

Become isolated

Answer 27

Families become isolated, especially as rural depopulations leaves fewer country dwellers

Question 28

Methods of farming such as crop rotation and irrigation

Answer 28

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Question 29

Become more in tune with natural world as a result

Answer 29

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Question 30

Technology enables children to take distance learning and remote viewing they should be less isolated from their cultural heritage

Answer 30

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Question 31

Quality of life

Answer 31

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