Unit 7. World population

• The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster.. Others say that we must limit population growth because our resources are limited.. Among the women who do not thi

2 Is this a small or a big family?

3 Are they poor or rich?

1 How many children have they got?

UNIT 7:WORLD POPULATION

PART A: READING

• The population 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 population

to reach 650 million In 1850, only one

hundred years later the population reach the figure had more than double to reach 2,510 million 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 has 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

Others 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,

• Research has shown 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 to have any

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

organizations did some thing to help them

so that the world population growth can

start to decrease instead of continuing to

increase

-reach (v)

e.g: The man is reaching the carrot.

với tới, đạt tới

-natural resources (n)

e.g

Forest,water, coal,gold are natural resources

tài nguyên thiên nhiên

-Support (v)

e.g-We should support people

giúp đỡ, cung cấp

- Limit (v/n)

• E.g: -Our natural resources are limited

• E.g:-There is a limit to the water we can use

Giới hạn

Government (n)

E.g:- They work for Vietnamese

Government.

Chính phủ

+ Population: (n)

/ pɔpju’leiʃn /

dân số

+ double (a) / ‘dʌbl / : gấp đôi

+ increase (v) : / ɪn’kri:s / tăng lên

≠ + decrease (v) : /

+ raise animals / reiz ‘ӕnɪməlz /:

nuôi động vật

‘family ‘planning:

kế hoạch hóa

gia đình

['fæmili] ['plæniη]

Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill in

each blank with a suitable word

limit

control

figures increases

method international

resources

although

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 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 in their papers at the end of 20 th minute.

7 The United Nations is a(n) _ organization.

although

method

increases

resources figures

limit

international

Task 2 Decide whether the statements are true or false

1 The population of the world has been rising faster and

faster

2 In 1850, the world population reached the figure 0f 1,300 billion.

3 All the scientists agree that the Earth has enough resources

to support the world population.

4.All the Third World women want to have a lot of children.

5 Governments and international organizations should do something to help decrease the population growth.

Lucky Stars

1 The population of the world has been rising faster and faster.

T

Line 1 , Paragraph 1 ( rise = increase)

4 All the Third World women want

to have a lot of children

F

-> They have more children than they want

Line 1,2 ; paragraph 3

5 Governments and international

organizations should do something to help decrease the population growth

T

It is time governments and international

organizations did something

to help decrease the population growth

( line 7,8 ; paragraph 3)

2 In 1850, the world population reached

F Billion -> million (line 5, paragraph 1)

3 All the scientists agree that the

Earth has enough resources to

support the world population.

F

Different scientists have different ideas ( line 1,2; Paragraph 2)

Indones China

The USA

PAKISTAN

Task 3: Complete the chart

1,300m

2,510m

people

year

Do you think the world population will increase

What problems do you think we are facing?

Housing

Water pollution

Water shortage

Traffic jam

Poverty

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Lack of schools

Unemployment

Earn living

After you read: (group work)

What should we do to limit the growth of

population?

Remember to learn vocabulary by heart

 Do task 1 in your textbook

Read the text again

Prepare for the new lesson

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