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POPULATION

Look at the pictures below and answer the questions.

1. Do you think that our world is over populated?

AMERICA

2. What continent has the largest population?

AUSTRALIA

ASIA

AFRICA

EUROPE

ASIA

Latin America (n) : châu Mỹ la tinh developing countries (n.phr) : quốc gia đang phát triển improvement (n) : sự cải tiến particularly (adv) : riêng biệt, đặc biệt punishment (n) : sự trừng phạt shortage (n) : sự thiếu hụt Generation (n) : thế hệ, đời

:châu Mỹ la tinh

:quốc gia đang phát triển

: sự cải tiến

: riêng biệt, đặc biệt

: sự trừng phạt

: sự thiếu hụt

: thế hệ, đời

Checking vocabulary

Generation

punishment

particularly

Latin America

developing countries

improvement

shortage

•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 D. 6.6 billion over 6.7 billion

2. According to the expert, the population of the world increases by........................ a year.A. 66 million

B. about 66 million about 76 millionC. 76 billion

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 AmericaD. the Middle East

A. Africa

a decrease in death ratesA. death rates

B. birth ratesC. 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 conditionsC. shortage of foodA. literacy

6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ? A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methodsB. educating peopleC. advising people to use birth control methodsD. strictly implementing a family planning policy

A.

D.

C.

D.

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

According to experts the population of the world will be over ………........... billion people by the year 2015.

The population growth rates in some parts of the world are ........................... It grows more.......................... in some parts of the world than others.

According to the experts, the reason for a fall in the death rates is the…...........................of the living conditions and medical care.

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

1

2

3

seven

not the same

quickly

improvement

The problems which population explosion causes to the world, particularly to developing countries are shortage of……..............., lack of hospitals and.................., illiteracy and low living standards.

The expert offers 4 solutions. They are to.......................people and make them aware of the danger of having more children; to provide safe, inexpensive birth control.…..................; to strictly implement a .......................planning policy; and to exercise strict and fair reward and ………………… policies.

4. According to the expert, 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?

4

5

foodschool

educate

methodsfamily

punishment

TASK 3: Summarise the main ideas of the passage by filling the information in the box in the sentences below:

7 billion 4 6.7 billion

76 million 4

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............

c.b.a.

e.d.

• Learn by heart the new words

Prepare for the next lesson: Writing

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LATIN AMERICA

improved improved

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IMPROVEMENT

PUNISHMENT

1 GENERATION

2 GENERATION

3 GENERATION

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 D. 6.6 billion over 6.7 billion

2. According to the expert, the population of the world increases by........................ a year.A. 66 million

B. about 66 million about 76 millionC. 76 billion

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 AmericaD. the Middle East

A. Africa

a decrease in death ratesA. death rates

B. birth ratesC. 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 conditionsC. shortage of foodA. literacy

6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ? A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methodsB. educating peopleC. advising people to use birth control methodsD. strictly implementing a family planning policy

A.

D.

C.

D.