11cb unit7 World Population A.reading

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Kim’s game
Population Water Land Resources
Fast Silver Metal
Million The largest The poorest Support
Billion Woman Average
The richest Farming
Earth Iron

What do you think of this
picture ?




Work in pairs. Ask and answer
1. Where can you find these scenes?
2. What does each of the pictures tell you?
3. Do you think that the larger in population a
country is, the stronger it is? Why/Why not?
A B
The population is larger and larger

Unit 7 WORLD
POPULATION
A. Reading

The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster. In 10,000
B.C., there were probably only 10 million people. In A.D. 1, there were 300
million. It took 1,750 years for the world population to reach 625 million. In
1850, only one hundred years later, the population reached the figure of 1,300
million. In 1950, the figure had more than doubled to reach 2,510 million. In
1985, only 35 years later, there were 4,760 million people. In 2000, the world
population was about 6.6 billion, and by 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion.
Does the Earth have enough resources to support this many people ?
Different scientists give different answers to this question. Some say that there
are enough resources to support 8 billion people. Others say that we must limit
population growth because our resources are limited. Only 10 percent of the
earth’s land can be used for farming and other 20 percent for raising animals.
There is a limit to the water we can use. There are so limits to the amounts of
petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals.
Research has shown that the average Third World woman has more children
than she wants. Among the women who do not think they have too many
children, half of them do not want any more. However, although millions of
women want to limit the size of their families, they know of no safe way to
have fewer children. Safe birth-control methods for family planning are not
available to them. It is time governments and international organisations did
something to help them so that the world population growth can start to

decrease instead of continuing to increase.
You are going to read a passage about the
population of the world.
- The years and population ?
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Opinions ( ideas) of the scientists ?
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Women want to have more children ?
Unit 7 WORLD
POPULATION

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 figures although
control increase international
method
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. Some countries are poor because they have a few natural …………………… .
4. There is a(n) ………………………………. of 20 minutes for this short test.
5. The United Nations is a(n) ………………………………………… organisation.
6. The number of injuries from automobile accidents
………………………. every year.
7. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t ………………………… them.
8. There are all ………………………… : 1, 75, 293.
Although

method
increase
resources
figures
limit
international
control

limit
figures
method
control
increase
resources
(n) sự giới hạn, (v) giới hạn
(n) con số , số liệu
(n) phương pháp, cách thức
(v) điều khiển
(v) tăng  decrease : giảm
(n) các tài nguyên

Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage.
* What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., 1750,
1850, 1950,1985 and 2000 ?
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* How many people is the world expected to have by the year
2015?
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* Can the Earth have enough resources to support its
population ?

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* Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?
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* Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their
families?

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Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage.
1. What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850, 1950,
1985 and 2000 ?
The population of the world in 10,000 B.C. was 10 million, in 1750 it was
625 million, in 1850 it was 1,300 million, in 1950 it was 2,510 million, in
1985 it was 4,760 million , in 2000 it was 6.6 billion
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2 How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015?
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By the end of 2015, the population of the world is expected to be 7
billion.
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3. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population ?
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Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t.
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4. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?
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No, they don’t.
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5. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?
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Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.

Work in pairs.
Discuss wit a partner and find out
five world largest countries in population. Say where they are
and which is the richest and poorest country

What do you think about this picture ?


In the future, how many children do you want to have? /why ?

If the world population is larger and larger, what
problems can be happened ?

HOMEWORK
Reread the passage
Write the answers in your notebook
Prepare B. SPEAKING
GOOD BYE !

1 . How many people is the world

expected to have by the year 2015?
By the end of 2015, the population of
the world is expected to be 7 billion.

2. What was the population of the world in
10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850, 1950,1985 and
2000 ?
The population of the world in 10,000
B.C. was 10 million, in 1750 it was 625
million, in 1850 it was 1,300 million, in
1950 it was 2,510 million, in 1985 it was
4,760 million people, in 2000 it was 6.6
billion

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