Unit 7 Lop 11

According to experts, what problems does population explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing countries.. How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they ?..[r]

Wednesday, Novemb er

Watch two short videos and answer the question:

What is it about ?

UNIT 7

- Latin America : / 'lætin ə'merikə/

- rank (v) / rank (n) / ræηkk / :

- developing country / di'veləpiηk 'kʌntri/:

- generation (n) / ,dʒenə'rei∫n / :

Châu Mỹ Latinh nước đang phát triển xếp hạng, thứ hạng thế hệ

Ex: Vietnam ranks thirteenth in population

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

- punishment (n) /'pʌni∫mənt/ : sự trừng phạt

- improvement (n) / im'pru:vmənt/ : sự cải tiến, sự cải thiện

Listen and repeat:

Latin America developing countries improvement

particularly punishment shortage inexpensive rank

generation

Checking vocabulary : MATCHING

1- Latin America

3- (to) rank / rank

2- developing country

4- generation 5- punishment

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.

A about 6.7 million

B 6.7 billion C 6.6 billionover 6.7 billion

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

about 76 million D 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

C Asia

A the Middle East

a decrease in death rates

A an increase in death rates

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

A lack of hospitals and schools

B poor living conditions

C shortage of food literacy

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

C providing safe, inexpensive birth control methodsB educating people

A advising people to use birth control methods

D strictly implementing a family planning policy

Task 2 Listen to the interview again and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F)

1 All parts of the world have the same rate of population growth

3 There is a fall in death rates because of the improvement of public health services and medical care

2 According to experts, Asia’s population is growing more quickly than Latin America and Africa

4 The explosion of population has caused many problems for developing countries

5 Mr Brown suggested three solutions to the problem of overpopulation

Task 3: Listen again and answer the following questions

1 According to experts, what will the population of the world be

by the year 2015 ?

2 What did the expert say about the population growth rates in

some parts of the world ?

3 According to experts, what is the reason for a fall in the death

rates ?

4 According to experts, what problems does population explosion

cause to the world, particularly to developing countries ?

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

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Answer The Questions:

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Watch the videos again and retell, using the outline given

Watch the videos again and retell, using the outline below:

poverty

crime traffic

Advice don’t have many children

give your family the quality of life don’t overpopulate our planet

South Asia 32%

East Asia 26%

Europe 15%

Africa 11%

Latin America 8%

Northern America 6%

2%

Oceania

Distribution of world population

- Rewrite a short paragraph (no more than 120 words) about overpopulation ( use the outline given)

- Learn the news words by heart.

- Prepare the section D: Writing

• Thank you for listening Goodbye !

Ex: Viet Nam is a developing country

Latin America

1950 1980 1985 2000 0

5 10

 According to experts, by the year 2015, the

population of the world will be over 7 billion

1 According to experts, what will the population of the world be by the year 2015 ?

2 What did the expert say about the population growth

rates in some parts of the world ?

 He said that the population growth rates in some parts

of the world are not the same The population grows more quickly in some parts of the world than others.

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

According to experts, the reason for a fall in the death

rates is the improvement living conditions and

medical care.

4 According to experts, what problems does population explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing countries ?

 The problems population explosion causes to the world, particularly to developing countries are:

5 How many solutions did the expert offer and what are

they ?

The expert offered 4 solutions

They are:

1- to educate people and make them aware

of the danger of having more children.

2- to provide safe, inexpensive birth-control methods

3- to strictly implement a family planning policy

4- to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies.

Look at these pictures carefully

Population Date %  Source

— World 6,737,600,000 November 18, 2008 100% International Programs Center

-1 People's Republic

of China [2] 1,327,300,000 November 18 , 2008 19.7% Chinese Population clock

2 India 1,140,720,000 November 18 , 2008 16.93% Indian Population clock

3 United States 305,682,000 November 18 , 2008 4.54% Official USA Population clock

4 Indonesia 228,780,000 November 15 , 2008 3.39% Indonesian Population Clock

5 Brazil 188,118,000 November 18 , 2008 2.79% Official Brazilian Population