Unit 07 world population listening

•As can be seen, the population of the world has been increasing quickly.. Brown, a world population expert, talk about the world population.. The expert says that there are...people in

• Look at the pictures below and answer the question.

explosion?

- Latin America: / 'lætin ə'merikə/

- rank (v,n) / ræηk / :

- educate (v) / 'edʒukeit/:

- method (n) / 'meθəd/

Châu Mỹ Latinh Giáo dục

xếp hạng, thứ hạng

Phương pháp

- shortage (n) / '∫ɔ:tidʒ / : sự thiếu hụt

- punishment (n) /'pʌni∫mənt/

:

sự trừng phạt

- improvement (n) / im'pru:vmənt/

:

sự cải tiến, sự cải thiện

- fall (v/n) / decrease (v/n) : giảm

Listen and repeat

 -Latin America(n)

 -developing countries(np)

 -improvement(n)

 -particularly(adv): riêng biệt, đặc biệt

 Punishment(n)

 Shortage(n)

 Inexpensive(adj): không đắt, rẻ

 Rank(n,v)

 Generation(n):sự phát sinh ra, đời

•As can be seen, the population of the world has

been increasing quickly.

You will hear Dr Brown, a world population expert, talk about the world population Listen to the interview and do the tasks that follow.

TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the following statements and questions:

1 The expert says that there are people in the world today.

C about 6.7 million

B 6.7 billion over 6.7 billion D 6.6 billion

2 According to the expert, the population of the world increases by

a year. A 66 million

B about 66 million C 76 billionabout 76 million

3 According to the expert, the area that has highest population growth rate

is

4 Scientists say that the main reason for population explosion is

B Asia

Latin America

D the Middle East

A Africa

a decrease in death rates

A death rates

B birth rates C an increase in death rates

5 Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?

B lack of hospitals and schools D poor living conditions

C shortage of food

A literacy

6 Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?

A providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods

B educating people

C advising people to use birth control methods

A.

D.

C.

D.

Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions by completing the sentences using a given word in the box

more

improvement 7

food educate

methods family exercise

According to experts the population of the world will be over (1) billion people by the year 2015

The population growth rates in some parts of the world are not the same It grows (2) quickly in some parts of the world than others

schools

year 2015?

parts of the world?

3 According to the expert, what is the reason for a fall in the death rates?

Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions by completing the sentences using a given word in the box

food educate

methods family exercise

The problems which population explosion causes to the world,

particularly to developing countries are shortage of.(4) , lack

of hospitals and.(5) , illiteracy and low living standards

The expert offers 4 solutions They are to.(6) people and make them aware of the danger of having more children; to provide safe , inexpensive birth control.(7) ; to strictly implement a .(8) planning policy; and to.(9) strict and fair

schools

cause to the world, particularly to developing countries?

5 How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they?

A B

1 The world population today

is over

2 A year the world population

increases by about

3 By the year 2015, the world

population will be over

4 The number of problems

which the expert mentions is

5 The number of solutions

which the expert offers is

Summarise the main ideas of the passage by matching the information in A with the information in B

a 7 billion

b 4.

c 6.7 billion

d 76 million

e 4

• Learn by heart new words

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