a billion people, two-thirds of them women, will enter the 21st century unable to read a book or write their names,” warns UNICEF in a new report, “The State of the World’s Children 1999.”
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, points out that the illiterate “live in more desperate poverty and poorer health” than those who can read and write. The shocking number — 1 billion people illiterate — generated frightening headlines in major newspapers.
Poverty in the poorest countries is indeed something that ought to concern all of us, especially in a season when we pause to remember the less fortunate. But as usual, there’s more to this striking statistic than UNICEF tells us. Consider three points.
The Good News. Bad news sells, news watchers tell us. And 1 billion people unable to read and write — about 16 percent of world population — is certainly bad news. But let’s deconstruct the news.
First, UNICEF’s actual number is 855 million, a figure that did not appear in major newspapers. That’s still a large number, but it is 15 percent less than 1 billion.
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His blood is no longer "true" because it has been contaminated by a grave sin-he slept with his own kin! Thus, his name could also mean he speaks the truth. Ellison might be using the name as a technique (besides empathy) to give Trueblood's story credence.
Explanation:
The correct option is this: TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE THE CONSEQUENCE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING, IT RELATES A STATISTICS TO SHOW HOW OFTEN THIS RESULT IN A LOSS OF LIVE.
For the question given above, the intent of the media is to encourage everyone to fully concentrate while driving. The factual content is the statistics that show that many people who engaged in distracted driving in the past had lost their lives. The media used the statistical fact to support its intent.
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Inconsistent
Explanation:
Dependable means constant, you can always count on them. Inconsistent means they are wishy washy and unpredictable.
No, the forecast for tomorrow night is calling for partly cloudy skies, not rain.
This is correct sentence
