ממן 13
MAMMA MIA Look at/ read the eye-catching features.

1 a. Based on the blurb under the title and the enlarged quotes, what problem will        be discussed in this text?
       קריסת האוכלוסייה        b. What information in the graphs confirms your answer?
       ירידה במספרים שנת 2000 מול שנת 1980                                                                         (5
points) SKIMMING and SCANNING Skim the text by reading the first and last paragraphs of the text.
2.   a. Quote a sentence from the first or last paragraph which confirms your answer        to question 1a.
the world's population could be in free fall.
       b. "fertility rates are plunging because women have decided they want to become            more like men … .To change that, men must … start to become more like        women." (last paragraph).        What do you think the author means when he writes        "women have decided they want to become more like men":           creating new freedoms for women        "men must … start to become more like women":
       more about instilling new responsibilities in men and the state           (4 points)     CLOSE READING      Questions based on paragraphs 1 – 12.
3.   In what way is the situation in Italy paradoxical?
       On one hand: Isabella, Clara and Bianca are less likely to be making babies than young women anywhere else in Europe.        on the other hand the country that is home to the Catholic Church, noted for its opposition to artificial birth control (4 points)
4 .  List five ways in which a less populated world will differ from the present one.
1. it will reduce the pressures on global natural resources.
2 . much older world, and perhaps a less innovative
3 . more conservative one.
4 . world in which labor is in increasingly short supply and the richest countries compete for immigrants who can supply it, not turn them away.
5. the relationship between the sexes will become a fundamental political issue                                                                                      (5
points) 5.   "Ever since the 1970s, forecasters have been scaring….(6 points) THE END