V. Найдите в тексте эквиваленты к следующим терминам
1. приводить к разным результатам; 2. политические меры; 3. содержание понятия; | 4. угроза повседневной жизни; 5. основные потребности; 6. поддерживать физическую жизнь. |
VI. Найдите в тексте и новой лексике синонимы к следующим терминам
pauper; absolute poverty; relative poverty; hot line.
VII. Закончите предложения, используя следующие слова и выражения
poverty; relative poverty an absolute poverty line; primary poverty; poor.
1. … does not change with the standard of living in society.
2. People are … if some of their absolute needs are not sufficiently satisfied.
3. … demonstrates the cultural needs of individuals and families within the context of the rest of society.
4. … exists for many centuries and can be defined in different ways.
5. … refers to a lack of the basic requirements to sustain physical life.
VIII. Выберите те предложения, с утверждениями которых вы согласны и переведите их на русский язык
1. There is no objective and unique definition of poverty, which demonstrates exactly when somebody is poor.
2. An absolute poverty line means a kind of fixed amount.
3. People are defined as «poor» when they can not sufficiently satisfy some of their absolute needs.
4. Most discussions distinguish between absolute or primary poverty and relative or secondary poverty.
5. «Secondary poverty» is used to demonstrate the inadequacy of definitions of absolute or primary poverty.
IX. Соотнесите термины из текста с соответствующими дефинициями
«Absolute poverty» | … shows the inadequacy of definitions of absolute or primary poverty by referring to the cultural needs of individuals and families within the context of the rest of society. |
«Relative poverty» | … is a communication system that provides for immediate and direct telephone contact for people having different problems. |
hot line | … is a procedure for distributing to needy people some products that cannot be sold on the open market as they do not meet the optimal quality standards. |
poverty line | … is lack of the basic requirements to sustain physical life. |
breadline | … is a measure of the amount of money a government or a society believes is necessary for a person to live at a minimum level of subsistence. |
X. Ответьте на вопросы
1. Is there objective and unique definition of poverty?
2. What is poverty?
3. Does the content of the notion «poverty» differ from country to country and from time to time?
4. What did the poverty mean last century?
5. What kinds of poverty do most discussions distinguish between?
XI. Выполните письменный перевод текста на русский язык. Выпишите из данного текста термины социальной работы
ТЕКСТ B
Social assistance
Social assistance is based on need and thus requires declarations of income, family size, and other circumstances. It is provided on the basis of a means test that takes into account not only income but also capital; persons with a specific level of saving may be ineligible. Alternatively it may be only income-tested, the income from capital being assessed in the same way as other income. Often those who have been given the task of operating the scheme (social workers) have been allowed considerable discretion in deciding whether to give assistance and how much to give in certain types of cases.
In other countries social assistance plays a considerable role in supplementing social insurance benefits for those without other sources of income such as sick pay or employers pension schemes as well as providing for those without rights to benefits or those whose benefits have run out because they are paid only for a specific number of months (unemployment benefits).
Partly because of this problem of stigma, social assistance programs are called by a variety of different names in the hope that they will be more acceptable to applicants. For example, the term used is supplementary benefit in the United Kingdom and GAIN (guaranteed income) in British Columbia.
Rules of social assistance differ considerably from country to country and are usually determined locally rather than centrally.
In the United Kingdom, where rules are determined centrally persons in full-time work are not eligible. In the United States only households headed by a single parent are eligible.
The United States used what is essentially the social assistance approach for meeting the medical care needs of low – income persons under the Medicaid program.