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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So I don't really know what you need help on, if it's correcting the sentence I can help.
1. I wish I HAD today off.
2. If only I Knew the answer.
3. He wishes he VISITED them, but he can't.
4. She wishes she CLEANED.
5. If only he (had?) not EATEN so much garlic.
6. HAD.
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2.want my brothers to stop fighting
3.mother to make me eat vegetables
4.sister to wear my clothes.
basically after every sentence ends it's a new wish.
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The genre of the novel <em>"The Golden Cat"</em> written by Gabriel King, is considered to Fantasy Literature or Fiction.
The plot of the novel refers to an old prophecy that says that a is coming to heal the world.
The characters and some places of the novel are fiction, like "Wild Road", that is protected by Tag, a young cat that has to defend the Will Road from a supernatural Vortex, threatening the place, that is beyond the realm where humanity lives.
Other interesting novels that included cats: The Cat's Maw by Brooke Burgess, The Wild Road by Bagriel King and The Silent Miaow by Paul Gallico.
The answer is C.
We’re talking about what changes can be made to keep players safe from head injuries
Answer A is incorrect because the time head injuries were first discovered is irrelevant to keeping kids safe.
Answer B is incorrect because you’re asking a yes or no question for a difficult and elaborate topic.
Answer D is incorrect because we’re currently examining why head injuries are dangerous and what can be done to prevent them.
Answer E is incorrect because this is just speaking of the faults of the human skull. This doesn’t help truly solve the changes that can be made.
I hope this helps!
