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Пожалуйста помогите!!!! How many people actually enjoy doing housework? Not many, you might think, but a recent study by Dr Caroline Gatrell of the University of Lancaster found that men are happier if they do regular housework. Dr Gatrell interviewed over 1,000 fathers and found that those who do more housework are less stressed than those who do a smaller amount. They're also more likely to stay married. However, that doesn't mean that all men in the UK are following the path to happiness. If current rates of change continue, (it) will be 2050 before men and women are sharing the household chores equally. Most people would expect this to be true. After all, who doesn't feel happier when the sun is shining? But global surveys continually show that some of the happiest countries in the world are colder than average. The northern European countries of Norway, Denmark and Sweden are all in the top five of the Legatum Prosperity Index, which measures how happy a country is. To be fair, weather probably isn't very important in these surveys: they measure other factors like education, health and safety. But (it) does go to show that (it) takes more than sunny weather to make us feel good. а) Explain the meanings of underlined it

Answer 1

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1) ratio (rates)

2) survey

3) survey

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Answer 2

Certainly, I'd be happy to help you understand the meanings of the underlined "it" in the context you provided:

1. "If current rates of change continue, (it) will be 2050 before men and women are sharing the household chores equally." In this sentence, "it" refers to the future point in time when men and women will be sharing household chores equally. The sentence is saying that if the current rates of change (presumably in terms of societal attitudes or behaviors) continue, it will take until the year 2050 for men and women to reach a point of equal sharing of household chores.

2. "But global surveys continually show that some of the happiest countries in the world are colder than average. The northern European countries of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden are all in the top five of the Legatum Prosperity Index, which measures how happy a country is. To be fair, weather probably isn't very important in these surveys: they measure other factors like education, health, and safety. But (it) does go to show that (it) takes more than sunny weather to make us feel good." Here, the first "it" refers to the concept that some of the happiest countries in the world are colder than average, and the second "it" refers to the idea that factors like weather are not very important in the surveys measuring happiness. The sentence is stating that despite the assumption that sunny weather makes people happier, the global surveys demonstrate that happiness is influenced by various other factors like education, health, and safety.

In both cases, "it" is used to refer back to a previously mentioned concept or idea in the text, adding clarity and avoiding repetition.