Упр.2c Уроки 5-6 Юнит 1 New Millennium English 11 класс

2 C. Read the sentences from the lecture. What do the words in bold mean?

1. When a species of animal or plant dies, it reduces the diversity of our planet.
   
   a) сокращает многообразие
   
   b) уменьшает различие
2. Linguistic diversity is the key to the survival of our planet.
   
   a) выживание
   
   b) пережиток
3. A linguist, Bruce Connell, was doing some field work in the Mambila region of Cameroon.
   
   a) работа на полях
   
   b) исследования на месте
4. He found a language called Kasabe, which no westerner had studied before.
   
   a) герой вестерна
   
   b) житель Запада
5. Communities have come and gone throughout history, taking their languages with them.
   
   a) коммуны
   
   b) человеческие сообщества
6. The larger culture needs to have a respect for minority languages.
   
   a) языки меньшинства
   
   b) второстепенные языки
7. When people die, they leave signs of their presence in the world, their archaeology.
   
   a) археология
   
   b) вещественные следы пребывания