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صفحة: 19
Closer Reading Answer in your notebook . 1 Complete the following sentences based on the article . B The writer's dream is to ... . ( paragraph 1 ) & Out of almost half a million fathers who were staying home to take care of their children in 1993 , .... ( paragraph 5 ) @ Some working dads regard stay-at-home-dads . . . ; others think that ... . ( paragraph 8 ) 13 Kurt Schubert , one of the stay-at-home-dads , compares . .. with a good hit in a baseball game . ( paragraphs 9 , 10 ) & According to the Census Bureau , not all stay-at-home-dads . .. . ( paragraph 14 ) 2 Look at paragraph 2 . Describe what the writer feels when he takes his kids to school . 3 According to the writer , there are three main reasons why men do not stay home to look after their children . For each of the reasons below , find information in the article that supports the reason . & economic !•> psychological c social Example : a . economic — lower income f or the f amily ; man qivee up hie p aycheck 4 Look at paragraph 13 . a Which character traits do successful stay-at-home dads need ? $ Add any other traits you think are necessary . 5 What does the situation mentioned in paragraph 15 refer to ? 6 Find the words or phrases in the article that have the same meaning as the words below . Write the words or phrases next to their meanings . a think ( v . ) — paragraph 3 3 depend on ( v . ) — paragraph 4 c numbers ( n . ) — paragraph 5 13 jealous ( adj . ) — paragraph 8 Q reasons ( n . ) — paragraph 15 f chance ( n . ) — paragraph 16
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