Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of benefit than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be an unusual field for economists, but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on rewards, provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺)an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school — the predict becomes self-ffulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters and sons are given fair chances. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle(良性循环).
Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of  小题1:  in developing countries
Viewpoint
Educating girls is more  小题2:  than any other investment.
 
 
From low-income families
From educated mothers’ families
Attitudes
Girls are of  小题3:   than boys.
Development should be for  小题4: .
Practices
●There is  小题5:  investment in daughters.
●Girls are made to stay at home,  小题6: housework.
Girls and boys are sure to have  小题7: .
Consequences
A vicious circle
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Educating girls contributes to social benefits,  小题10:  and health practices, including family planning.
Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.
 
 
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Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the audience, but then he paused in horror. _________
Barbara hid her jewelry when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put it.
__________. Most people have. But memory can be developed.
First, relax. If you’re overanxious about remembering something, you’ll forget it. ________.Take a deep breath and tell yourself that you have all the time in the world to remember.
Second, avoid being negative. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t say, “ Gee, I need to have my brain rewired(重装电线).”
To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be strengthened through exercise. ______ For example, if you’ re learning a language, try to actively remember irregular verbs.
You may also want to make associations, or links, between what you’re trying to remember and things you already know. For example, if you need to catch a plane at 2:00pm, you can imagine a plane in your mind and notice that it has two wings. ___________.  
A.Don’t worry.
B.He had forgotten her name.
C.Perhaps you’ve had experiences like these.
D.Look for opportunities to exercise your memory.
E. Jokes like this will have a negative effect on your memory.
F. You are now ten times more likely to remember the take-off time.
G. Relaxing will help improve your awareness and ability to concentrate.
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