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0% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of children per woman is one of the highest in Europe. D DC B BHow many methods are used when you do this cloze? Discuss: The birthrate in Europe has been in a steady decreas since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century. Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, 1(in spite of) cash encouragement, some women just don’t want to be 2 (left) holding the baby. “What we know is that it’s good for the 3(birthrate) if men and women share the burden of having children”says Soren Kindlund, family policy adviser at the Swedish (Even though) Swedish parents can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it。 60% of fathers do not take even a (n)5 (single) day off work. Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers context (上下文 ) word distinctions (詞語辨析 ) information given in the passage(原詞復現 ) context (上下文 ) collocations (固定搭配 ) 6 (reluctant)to give young women the permanent(永久的) jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave (產假 ). In January. Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months’ paid leave, with a warming: use it or7(lose)it. Kindlund admits that men are under 8 (pressure) to stay at work, even though parental pay es out of the public purse. “It’s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace,” he says. “But it’s good for the father and for the child if they can 9(build up) a relationship.” In Norway, a(n) 10(similar) policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of children per woman is one of the highest in Europe. context (上下文 ) context (上下文 ) context (上下文 )word distinctions (詞語辨析 ) context (上下文 ) Homework Do the cloze tests on the paper