Unit 7 reading grade 11

years to reach 625 million The population reached the figure of .... Task 1: Write down the year going with these figures/numbers... Task 2: Skim through the passage and pick out the w

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How do you say these large

numbers

What do these numbers tell you about?

10.000.000 300.000.000 625.000.000

1.300.000.000 2.510.000.000

4.760.000.000 6.600.000.000 7.000.000.000

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To increase faster and faster

It took for years to reach 625 million The population reached the figure of The figure had more than doubled to reach

It is expected to be over

 B.C (before Christ)

 A.D ( Anno Domini)

Vocabulary and phrases

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Task 1: Write down the year

going with these

figures/numbers.

 10.000 BC ………… ? …………?

 10.000.000 300.000.000 625.000.000

……… ? ………? ………?

1.300.000.000 2.510.000.000 4.760.000.000

………? ………?

6.600.000.000 7.000.000.000

Task 2: Skim through the

passage and pick out the words

or phrases referring to the

following

 1 625; 2510; 35

 2 200 400 800 1600

 3

 4 cannot be more than that

figures

double

increase limit

Task 3: Read the second paragragh and find out 4 reasons why people think we should control growth of world population

 1

 2

 3

 4

Our resources are limited

There is a limit to the earth’s land used for farming

and raising animals

There is a limit to the water we can use There are limits to the amounts of petroleum,

iron, silver, gold and other metals

TASK4: Fill in the blank with a suitable word( change the form of the word and use the

dictionary when necessary)

 1……… most journalists studied journalism, some older writers never attended a university

 2 Can you explain the ……… for changing salt water to fresh water

 3 The number of injured from automobile accidents ……… every year

 4 Some countries are poor because they have very few natural …………

 5 These are all ……… : 1, 75, 293.

 6 There is a (n) ……… of 20 minutes for this short test Students must turn their papers at the end of the 20 th minute

 7 The United Nation is a (n) ………organization

 8 Some children behave badly and their parents can’t ……… them

Task 5: Close all of your books and decide whether statements are true (T) or false (F)

1 By 2015 the world population is expected to be

over 7 million

2 The earth can have enough resources to support

its population

3 Most Third World women want to have a lot of

children

4 Women in the world can’t limit the size of their

families

5 It is the time government and international

organizations did something to help them

T

F F

T T

Do task 2 at home and learn by heart new words

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