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Pre-Intermediate 2 (Influence) | U8 pp 98, 99: Reading

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True or False? > Girls around the world spend 160 million hours a day helping at home.

False. They do 550 million hours.

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True or False? > Between the ages of 10 and 14, girls help for four hours a week.

False. Between the ages of 5 and 9. Older girls do nine hours.

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True or False? > Some girls help for more than 20 hours a week.

True. In Somalia, they sometimes spend 26 hours a week helping at home.

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True or False? > Girls spend most time looking after their brothers and sisters.

False. They spend most time (46%) cooking and cleaning.

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True or False? > Girls often have less time for homework than boys.

True. They don't have time to study.

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True or False? > In the USA, boys and girls spend the same number of hours helping at home.

False. Boys spend 30 minutes a day; girls spend 45 minutes a day.

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What chore does Sahra do before she goes to school?

She bakes bread for her family's breakfast.

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How old is Sahra's sister?

She's 14.

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Girls do ******* million MORE hours of housework than boys.

160

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Girls mainly help with cooking and cleaning. What else do they do?

They also go shopping and look after their siblings. In some countries, they also do heavy and dangerous jobs, such as collecting water and wood.

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Girls don't have time to...

play, spend time with friends, or to study.

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The report focuses on DEVELOPED / DEVELOPING countries.

developing

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According to the text, is the situation improving or getting worse?

It's improving.

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Who should make sure that children share housework equally?

Parents.

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What can doing housework teach children?

About responsibility.

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What does UNICEF protect?

Children's rights.

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