[00:01.14]Britons are better educated
[00:02.81]than twenty years ago,at least in theory.
[00:05.85]Now early 60% of 16-18 year-olds
[00:08.83]are in full-time education compared
[00:11.02]with 32% twenty years ago.
[00:13.43]The numbers of full-time students
[00:15.05]in further education has more than doubled,
[00:17.71]from 550,000 in 1981 to over 1,300,000 in 2001.
[00:25.46]Possibly the most worrying trends
[00:28.05]are related to crime and violence.
[00:30.73]Between 1981 and 2001,
[00:33.32]the number of crimes in England
[00:34.72]and Wales almost doubled from 280,000
[00:38.34]to 520,000.
[00:40.89]The amount of violent crime rose
[00:42.80]from 56,000 to 61,000,
[00:45.64]not such a big increase perhaps
[00:47.91]but a figure fifteen times higher
[00:50.35]than that of 1950.
[00:52.68]There has also been an increase in cases
[00:54.31]of domestic violence.In the last few years.
[00:57.98]Exercise 3 Listen again and complete
[01:01.67]the table in your book.
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