Unit 7. World population

Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?. They can’t limit the size of their families because they know of no safe way to have fewer children... Among the women wh

Warm – up

Population

Let‘s watch a video about the world ‘s population

situation

Unit 7: WORLD

POPULATION I BEFORE YOU READ:

Look at the pictures and answer the questions:

I BEFORE YOU READ:

A poor family in the country Having too many children Poor living conditions

A slum in the town/ city.

Poor living conditions Poverty and no jobs

Population explosion → poverty

Population explosion→unemployment

I BEFORE YOU READ:

Listen to the reading passage and try to understand the general ideas

I BEFORE YOU READ:

family planning / 'fæmili 'plæniɳ /(n): kế hoạch hóa gia đình

birth – control method /'b3:rθ kən'troul 'meθəd/ :

Phương pháp hạn chế sinh đẻ

con số

gấp đôi giới hạn, hạn chế

20, 350, 400

Resources / ri'sↄ:siz/: nguồn tài nguyên

II WHILE YOU READ:

Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow

 Task 1: Filling

in the blanks

The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill each blank with a suitable word (Change the form

of the word and use the dictionary when necessary.)

limit figures method although control increase international resources

 Task 1: Filling

in the blanks

1 most journalists studied journalism in

college, some older writers never attended a university.

2 Can you explain the _ for changing salt water to fresh water?

3 The number of injuries from automobile accidents

 Task 1: Filling

in the blanks

5 There 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 the 20th

international control

Question 2: 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 over 7 billion.

Question 3 Can the Earth

have enough resources to support its population?

Some scientists say it can, but other say it

can’t

Do most Third World women want

to have a lot

of children?

No, they don’t.

Question 4:

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

families?

They can’t limit the size of their families because they know

of no safe way to have fewer children.

Question

5:

III AFTER YOU READ : True/ False

statements

1 In 1750 the world population was 625 million.

2 All scientists agree that the earth has enough resources

to support all of the people.

3 The water we can use is unlimited.

4 We can use 20 percent of the earth’s land to raise

III AFTER YOU READ:

• Discuss with a partner and find out five world largest

countries in population

 China 1.3 billion in 2014

 India 1.2 billion in 2014

Which is the richest country ? Which is the poorest country? And where are they?

(In Latin America)

: In Asia

(In Asia) : In Asia

: In South America

Question 1: How many people are there in

the song? How many children?

Question 2: Is this family happy?

Question 3: What is the message of the

song?

The chart shows the population growth

rate in Viet Nam from 1954 - 2003

Carrying out family planning

Learn by heart all new words.

Tell something about the world population.

Prepare the next part: Unit 7 – Speaking

What are the problems of the population explosion? + Poverty / unemployment / pollution ….

Find the solutions to this problem?

+ Use birth control methods….

Carrying out family planning

programmes

The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster In 10,000 BC., there were probably only 10 million people In A.D 1, there were 300 million It took 1,750 years for the world population to reach 625 million In

1850, only 100 years later, the population reach 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 population was about 6,6 billion, and by 2015 it is expected to be over

7 billion.

The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster In 10,000 BC., there were probably only 10 million people In A.D 1, there were 300 million It took 1,750 years for the world population to reach 625 million In

1850, only 100 years later, the population reach 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 population was about 6,6 billion, and by 2015 it is expected to be over

7 billion.

Does the earth have enough resources to support this many people? Different scientists give different answers to this question Some say that there are enough resources to support 8 billion people Other say that we must limit population 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 show that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants Among the women who do not think they have too many children, half of them do not want any more However, although millions

of women 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 time governments and international organizations did something to help them so that the world population growth can to decrease instead of continuing to increase.

Research has show that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants Among the women who do not think they have too many children, half of them do not want any more However, although millions

of women 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 time governments and international organizations did something to help them so that the world population growth can to decrease instead of continuing to increase.