Unit 7. World population

What does this picture tell you?It describes a poor large family in the countryside... What does this picture tell you?It describes a poor slum in a small town... increase v: tăng ≠ decr

1 Where can you find these scenes?

In under-developed countries/ in the countryside

2.1 What does this picture tell you?

It describes a poor large family in the countryside

2.2 What does this picture tell you?

It describes a poor slum in a small town

3 Do you think that the larger in population

a country is, the stronger it is?

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UNIT 7

LESSON: READI NG

increase (v): tăng ≠ decrease (v): giảm

raise animals : chăn nuôi

family planning (n): kế hoạch hóa gia đình

400 200

double (v): gấp đôi

underdeveloped nations

Third World (n):

figure (n):

resource (n): nguồn tài nguyên

number

birth-control method (n): phương pháp hạn chế sinh sản limit (v/ n):

hạn chế/ giới hạn

The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill in

each blank with a suitable word

limit control

figures increases

method international

although resources

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 20th minute

7 The United Nations is a(n) _ organization

8 Some children behave badly and their parents can’t _them

Task 2 Question 1:

1 What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., 1750,

1850, 1950, 1985 and 2000 ?

10,000 B.C 10 million

1750 625 million

1850 1,300 million

1950 2,510 million

1985 4,760 million

2000 6,600 million

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 others 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:

- List 5 world largest countries in population.

- Which is the richest country ?

- Which is the poorest country?

China

India

The USA

Indonesia

Brazil

Post - reading

:The poorest country :The richest country

* HOMEWORK

1 Learn new words by heart.

2 Redo the tasks.

3 Prepare the next

lesson: Speaking