unit 7 the world population - reading

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATIONLESSON 1: READING... 200 to double: gấp đơi Third World : Thế Giới Thứ 3 B.C: Before Christ: trước công nguyên... Change the form of the word if necessary incre

Change direct speech into reported speech Begin with the clues:

1.“I hear you passed the exams Congratulations!”

Peter said to me.

Peter

congratulated -on -2 “I’ve always wanted to be rich,” John said.

John has always dreamed of -.

me passing the exams

being rich

1 Is this a small or a big family ?

2 How many children have they got ?

3 Are they poor or rich ?

4 Do you think a country with population increasing faster and faster will be a rich or poor country ?

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION

LESSON 1: READING

I NEW WORDS :

to increase: Gia tăng ≠ to decrease : giảm

to raise animals: nuôi động vật

family planning:

kế hoạch hóa gia đình

200

to double: gấp đơi

Third World : Thế Giới Thứ 3

B.C: Before Christ: trước công nguyên

Increase (v) : tăng

Decrease (v): giảm

Double (v): gấp đôi raise animals (v phr):

nuơi động vật

Third World (n phr): thế giới thứ ba

Family planning (n phr) : kế hoạch hĩa gia đình

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - LESSON 1: READING

Figure (n) : con số

Resource (n) : nguồn tài nguyên

Method (n) : biện pháp

B.C: Before Christ (n phr) : trước công nguyên

 Exercise: Work in groups Fill in each blank with a

suitable word from the box (Change the form of the word

if necessary)

increase raise animals Third World

family planning double

1.The population of the world - every day.

2.The - consists of the poor countries in Africa and Asia.

3 Only 20 percent of the earth’s land can be used for

-

4.Safe birth-control methods for - help

women have fewer children.

5.If you -number 5, you will get number 10.

increases Third World

raising animals

family planning

double

Task 1: 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 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) _ organisation

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

Task 2 Answer the questions on the passage

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION

The population of the world

+ in 10,000 B.C.was 10 million

+ in 1750 was 625 million

+ in 1850 was 1,300 million

+ in 1950 was 2,510 million

+ in 1985 was 4,760 million

+ in 2000 was about 6.6 billion

in 10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850,1950, 1985, and 2000?

By 2015 it is expected to be over

7 billion.

2 How many people is the world

expected to have by the year 2015?

3 Can the Earth have enough

resources to support its population?

Some scientists say it can, but others say

it can’t.

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

No, they don’t.

5 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.

not true

1 In 10,000 B.C, there were probably only 10

million people.

2 In 1985, there were 4,750 million people.

3 Some scientists say that there are enough

resources to support 8 billion people.

4 According to the passage, only 15 percent of the earth’s land can be used for farming.

5 Millions of women know of safe way to have

fewer children.

Look at the world map and tell five world largest countries

in population Say where they are and which is the richest and which is the poorest country.

HOMEWORK : Write five reasons why we shouldn’t have many children.