Unit 6. Population

UNIT 6: POPULATION READING: POPULATION TREND IN CHINA.4. Task 1: Work with your partner, decide which word suitably completes each sentence population growth rates population trend popul

10 000

300 000

625 000

1 300 000 000

2 510 000 000

4 760 000 000

6 600 000 000

7 000 000 000

1 How do you say these large numbers?(2’s reading)

2 What dothese numbers tell you about?

3 What do you think about it?

4 How fast? – which country is the most populous?

UNIT 6: POPULATION READING: POPULATION TREND IN CHINA

Task 1: Work with your partner, decide which word suitably completes each sentence

population growth rates population trend

population density birth control

1 The average number of people per square kilometer in Viet Nam is 234, and that in Japan is 336 This means Japan has higher than Viet N am

2 The world is on the increase: more than 5 billion people in 1990, about 6 billion in 2000, and nearly 7 billion (estimated) in 2010

3 From 1965 to 1997, the _in China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mexico, Brazil, and many other countries fell sharply

4 Thanks to _ programs, the annual growth rate of Vietnam’s population has fallen

1 China’s population is approximately 1.3 people.

a over b more than c almost exactly

2 China’s population growth rate has decreased in the

past few years

a declined b gone downc fallen

3 There is a rapid increase in Shenshen’s population in

2007

a go up b decline c rise

1 China’s population is approximately 1.3 people.

a over b more than c almost exactly

2 China’s population growth rate has decreased in the

past few years

a declined b gone down c fallen

3 There is a rapid increase in Shenshen’s population in

2007

a go up b decline c rise

New words

(adv) Approximately = almost exactly

(a)Dense  density

(v) Implement= carry out / put into effect

She has 5 children and now she doesn’t want to give births again So she implement a birth control method

(v) Account for = be the explanation of sth

(n) Immigrant

(n) Record speed

Silent reading

a) Check (X) whether the following statements are true (T)

or false (F).

1 China's population is on the decrease because its population growth rate has declined

2 More people live in Shanghai than in the middle and

lower parts of the Yangtze River

3 China's population growth rate decreased by 0.58% from

1994 to 2005

4 Shenzhen SEZ was founded in 1979

5 After about 20 years, Shenzhen's population has

increased more than 200 times

6 The new immigrants in Shenzhen were responsible for its fast population growth

1 China’s and world population

(China’s population is approximately 1.3 billion, which is

almost 22% of the world population.)

2 China’s population growth rate

(The annual growth rate of China’s population fell from 25.83% (in 1970) down to 11.21% (in 1994) and to 0.58% (in 2005).

3 Population in the middle and lower

parts of the Yangtze River

(A quarter of the population of China is in the middle and lower parts of the Yangtze River.)

4 Population density

In Shanghai, population density reaches 2,118 people per

square kilometer.

in Yangtze River, population density reaches 663 people per

c Fill in the blanks with suitable words

China, the most (1) _ country in the word, accounts (2) nearly (3) of the world population The population (4) is extremely high in Shanghai which reaches over two thousand people per square kilometer

Thanks to the implementation of (5) methods, its population growth rate in China (6) considerably (7) _10.63% between 1994 and 2005

However, the (8) in Shenzhen is (9) _ the increase It has increased rapidly (more than 200 times after about 20 years.)

4 density 5 birth control 6 decreased

Work in groups

Discuss these questions.

1 What are some negative consequences of rapid population growth in Viet Nam?

2 What should be included in the population

education program in Vietnamese high schools?