Unit 11: Source of Energy Listening

Warm upBEFORE YOU LISTEN... While you listenTask 1 Listen to the last part of the talk and write in the missing words:... Task 2Listen again and answer the following questions:... Which

Tuesday February 19th, 2008

Lesson 3: LISTENING

• Unit 11:

• Period: 68

Warm up

BEFORE YOU LISTEN

New words

1 Latin America ( n )

2 Short ( adj )

4 Solve ( v )

5 Expensive ( adj )

3 The shortage of food / water / ( n )

6 Rank ( v )

7 Birth-control method ( n )

8 The population explosion ( n )

9 Cause ( v )

10 Fall ( n ) ≈ decrease ( n )

≠ Inexpensive ( adj )

 Solution ( n )

 Shortage ( n )

While you listen

Task 1 Listen to the last part of the talk and write in the missing words:

Task 2

Listen again and answer the following questions:

1 What could the world population be in 2015 ?

2 Which part of the world ranks third the rate of population growth ?

3 Hasn’t the explosion of population caused any problems for

the world ?

 ( It could be ) over 7 billion.

 ( It is ) Asia.

 No, it hasn’t.

4 How many suggestions does the expert offer ?

 ( He offers) 4 ( suggestions)

AFTER YOU LISTEN

• Listen to parts of the dialogue again

and fill in the gaps without suggested

words:

• Go through the lesson and learn the new words by heart

• Prepare Unit 7 ( Cont ): Writing