Italy’s glass art under threat – answers
True, false, no evidence
- The beauty of this glass is admired everywhere. T
- The glass industry in Italy as faded away. F: not yet, it is fading away
- Chinese glass is very high quality. NE: we are not told anything about the quality of the glassware from China, only that they are in competition with Murano
- Italian glass sales have decreased by 50%. T: ‘cutting Italian sales in half’
- Less glassware is being bought in the US now. T:
- Only 3/4 of Italian glass workers are still in work. F: 3/4 have lost their jobs
- Most glass factories in Murano have now closed. NE: many are closing now but we don’t know the proportion that have already closed
- Lots of American tourists still enjoy tours around the glass factories. F: no longer, ‘those days are gone’
- Some glass factories have found new markets for its products. NE: we know that this must be the future but don’t know if any have done this already
- Murano became a well-known glass making centre in the 19th century. F: this was in the Middle Ages