Unit 7. World population

According to the experts, what will the population of the world be by the year 2015?. What did the expert say about the population growth rates in some parts of the world2. According t

The World Population From 1750 to 2000

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Particularly

/pə'tikjuləli/ (adv)

• đặc biệt, cá biệt, riêng biệt

• It is particularly good

Punishment /'pʌniʃmənt/ (n)

• sự phạt, sự trừng phạt, sự trừng trị

• Have your parents given you any punishment?

Shortage /'ʃɔ:tiʤ/ (n)

• sự thiếu; số lượng thiếu

• There is shortage of food in this area

Generation /,ʤenə'reiʃn/ (n)

• thế hệ, đời

• Younger generation

• Các nước đang phát triển

Vietnam is one of the developing countries

Task 1 Choose the best answer

Task 2 Listen again and answer

the following questions

1 According to the experts, what will the

population of the world be by the year 2015?

2 What did the expert say about the population

growth rates in some parts of the world?

3 According to the experts, what is the reason

for a fall in the death rates?

4 According to the experts, what problems does

population explosion cause to the world,

particularly to developing countries?

5 How many solutions did the expert offer and

what are they?

1 According to the experts, what

will the population of the world

be by the year 2015?

• It will be over 7 billion.

2 What did the expert say about the

population growth rates in some

parts of the world?

• He said that the population growth

rates in some parts of the world

are not the same It grows more

quickly in some parts than others

3 According to the experts, what

is the reason for a fall in the

death rates?

• It is the improvement of public

health services and medical

care

4 According to the experts, what

problems does population explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing countries?

• It causes shortage of food, lack of

hospitals and schools, illiteracy, and poor living conditions.

5 How many solutions did the expert offer

and what are they?

• The expert offered 4 solutions They

are:

 To educate people and make them

aware of the danger of having more

Find the right place for each number

Find the right place for each part of

the world in growing population

• Summarise the main ideas of the interview

• Prepare writing lesson (describing the chart.)

You are unlucky!

: 2

You’ve just lost half of your points!

WHICH COUNTRY IS THE BIGGEST

WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION IN

THE WORLD?

× 3

Lucky

number!