READING PRACTICE

 

Click on the link to the English edition from El País, read the article and do the following activities.
Economic crisis taking its toll on population size

1- What are the main reasons for the decrease in population in the next decade?

2- Why are young people leaving Spain?

3- Look up the following expressions in the dictionary and write them down in your vocabulary notebook: property boom, bubble burst and recession.

Key:

1- low birth rate, decrease in immigration and increase in immigration

2- Because they are unemployed and need to look for a job.