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63 (1) In the developed world, simply having one fewer child could reduce a person’s annual by 58.6 tons, more than 24 times the savings from not having a car. (2) In aging, low-fertility countries that are concerned about labor shortages, in the workforce is considered the most effective way to improve productivity and income growth. (3) She said policies that require or encourage more men to take parental leave, more flexibility for both women and men at work, and affordable child care would all . (4) The most common view was that the world’s population was too large and the too high. Complete the sentences using the key expressions from the text. fertility rate gender parity make a big difference carbon emissions • Plato expressed worries about overpopulation in Athens and advocate d for strict population control measures managed by the state. • Amid all the controversy and uncertainty, it can be hard to know what to think. • As more humans inhabited the Earth, they began to adapt the land for their use. • Policies should be implement ed for the benefit of society, and if they happen to lead to beneficial demographic changes, that’s just a bonus. • It argues that human reproduction is neither the root cause nor the solution to major global challenges like climate change, pandemics, conflicts, and economic uncertainty. (1) : a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people (2) : to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something (3) : the act or process of reproducing, specifically the process by which plants and animals give rise to young (4) : to change, or to change something, to suit different conditions or uses (5) : to start using a plan or system 2. Read the sentences from the text and write the words in color that match the definitions. 1. B. Vocabulary Preview