Unit 7. World population

The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster... • The Earth doesn’t have enough natural resources to support many people. lack of water, food…  limit to the amount

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What does this video tell you?

The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster

• The Earth doesn’t have enough natural resources to support many people.

 lack of water, food…

 limit to the amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals.

People are cutng down forests, huntng wildlife,   causing polluton  

Increase /ɪnˈkriːs/ (v)

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Decrease/dɪˈkriːs/ (v)

Figure /ˈfɪɡə(r)/ (n): number

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2345

Limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ (n,v)

International organization

/ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/ /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃn/

Natural resource /ˈnætʃrəl/ /rɪˈsɔːs/ 

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The populaton of the world has been increasing

faster and faster In 10,000 B.C., there were

probably only 10 million people In A.D 1, there

were 300 million It took 1,750 years for the world populaton to reach 625 million In 1850, only one hundred years later, the populaton reached the

figure of 1,300 million In 1950, the figure had more than doubled to reach 2,510 million In 1985, only

35 years later, there were 4,760 million people In

2000, the world’s populaton was about 6.6 billion, and by 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion

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Does the Earth have enough resources to support

this many people? Different scientsts give different answers to this queston Some say that there are enough resources to support 8 billion people Others say that we must limit populaton growth because our resources are limited Only 10 percent of the

Earth’s land can be used for farming and another 20 percent for raising animals There is a limit to the

water we can use There are also limits to the

amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals

Research has shown that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants Among the woman who do not think they have too many

children, half of them do not want any more

However, although millions of woman want to limit the size of their families, they know of no safe way

to have fewer children Safe birth-control methods for family planning are not available to them It is

tme governments and internatonal organisatons did something to help them so that the world

populaton growth can start to decrease instead of contnuing to increase.

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It’s time for me to ask all of you for this question.

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GAP-FILLING (PAIR WORK)

(TASK 1 page 82)

1 - most of journalists studied journalism

in college, some older writers never attended a

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 in their papers at the end of 20th minute.

7 The United Natons is a(n) -

organisaton.

8 Some children behave badly and their parents can’t - them.

resourcesfigureslimit

international

control

Order Year The figures/ numbers of the World Population

2.Fill in the table with the years and

the figures/ numbers

10 million

A.D.1 300 million

625 million 1850

Answer the questions.

1 What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C?

 It was 10 million.

2 What was the population of the world in 1750?

 It was 625 million.

3 What was the population of the world in 1850?

 It was 1300 million.

4 What was the population of the world in 1950?

 It was 2510 million.

5 What was the population of the world in 1985?

 It was 4760 million.

6 What was the population of the world in 2000?

 It was 6,6 billion.

7.How many people is the world

expected to have by the year

2015?

By the year 2015, the population

of the world is expected to be 7

billion

8 Can the Earth have enough resources to support its

population?

 Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t

9 Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?

No, they don’t.

10 Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?

 Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.

11 How much percent of the Earth’s land can be used for farming?

 Only 10 percent.

12 Are safe birth-control

methods for family planning available for them?

 No, they aren’t

PAIR WORK - DISCUSSION

Find out five world largest countries in population.

Say where they are and which is the

richest and which is the poorest country.

Location of these countries:

 China, India, Indonesia are in Asia.

 Russia is in Europe.

 The U.S.A is in Latin America.

 The richest country is The U.S.A

 The poorest country may be India.

1,317,431,495

GDP: $ 7,600

China

1,129,667,528 GDP: $ 3,700

India

301,967,681

GDP: $ 43,500

USA

224,481,720

GDP: $ 3,800

Indonesia

186,771,161

GDP: $ 8,600

Brazil

85,262,356

GDP: about $ 825

1 Find the countries that

belong to the Third World.

2 Find solutions to control the world over population.

3 Prepare next lesson

(Speaking- page 83)