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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.
I think there is a shift at “...assured him”. From reading the beginning, you would think the person is under arrest, “stay where you are”. But, the sentence goes on to say that the police officer ‘assured’ him that. He could’ve been in danger, so the officer was telling him that help was on the way, just stay put.
Answer. 18,000 lbs of food.
Explanation. First, let’s find how much food 12 elephants eat in ONE day. Since we already know in one day, one elephant eats 300 lbs, multiply 300 (lbs of food) by 12 (elephants). We now know that in one day, 12 elephants eat 3,600 lbs of food. To find how much they eat in 5 days, simply multiply 3,600 by 5. In 5 days, 12 elephants eat 18,000 lbs of food.
The correct answer is D. <span>D."Be careful!" he exclaimed. "That bridge is not stable!". When writing a direct quotes, the sentence inside the quotation marks should start with a capital letter. Also, when continuing the sentence after the quotation mark, the letter should not be capital unless it is a proper noun.</span>
