BÀI GIẢNG TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 UNIT 7 READING

Please look at the
following pictures
and guess the topic
of our lesson
today!




1. Is this a small or a big family ?
-It is a big family.
2. How many children have they got ?
- 6 ones.


1. Where is this?
- In a small town.
2. Are the people in this place
rich or poor?
- They are poor.


What do these pictures tell you ?
- They tell us that we are facing overpopulation.



(to) increase: tăng ≠ (to) decrease: giảm
(to) raise animals :
nuôi động vật

family planning (n): kế hoạch hóa gia đình
(to) double
: 200
400 gấp đôi
Thế Giới Thứ 3
Third World (n):
figure
(n): number con số
resource
(n): nguồn tài nguyên
birth-control method (n): phương pháp hạn chế
sinh sản
(v)/(n) : hạn chế/ giới hạn
limit
(v)/(n) : điều khiển, kiểm soát/
control
sự kiểm soát



The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill in
each blank with a suitable word.
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)_______________ organization.
8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t___________them.


Read the first paragraph and fill
in the table :
Order

Year

The figures/ numbers of the
World Population

1.

10,000 B.C.

10 million

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

A.D.1
1750
1850
1950
1985
2000
By 2015

300 million
625 million
1,300 million
2,510 million
4,760 million
6,6 billion
over 7 billion


Read the passage and answer the
questions :
1. How many people is the world
expected to have by the year 2015?

2. Can the earth have enough resources
to support its population?
3. Do most Third World women want to
have a lot of children?
4. Why can’t women in the world limit
the size of their families?



There are 4 golden bells on the
screen. You will raise your hand
to choose one by one bell. When
a bell is rung, one question will
appear. If you give one correct
answer, you will get
a small gift.


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1. How many people is the world expected to have
by the year 2015?
 Over 7 billion.
2. Can the earth have enough resources to support its
population?
 There are different answers. Some scientists say it
can, but others say it can’t.
3. Do most Third World women want to have a
lot of children?
 No, they don’t.
4. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of
their families?

 Because they know of no safe way to have fewer
children.

Please work in groups of 8.
Look at the graph and talk about
The World Population Trend
based on the questions.


1. What does the graph show?
2. What is the general trend of the world population?
3. How did the world population increase from 1959 to 1999?
4. Does the world population continue growing in 21st century?
5. How is the world population expected to grow in 2042?


Homework:

Write a paragraph (about 120
words) about the topic:
Why do people think we should control
the growth of world population?

Find five world largest countries
in population. Say where they
are and which is the richest and
which is the poorest country?




• Please sit into 2 groups.
• One group is “noughts” (O), and the

other is “crosses” (X).
• One group starts . This group chooses
any number and makes a sentence with
the word or word phrase in the square.
If the sentence is correct , a mark ( O or
X ) will be put in that square ; if the
sentence is incorrect , the other group
can make. The group to get three in a
row ( across , down , or diagonally )
wins .


1

O
1
x

O
2
x

O
3
x

x1 O1

although
increase average x2 O2

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

4
x

O
5

x

O
control

resource

limit

figure

O
7

x

O
8

x

x 3 O3

O
6

x 4 O4

O
9

x7 O7

x

international

x

method

x5 O5
x6 O6
x 8 O8
x9 O9

Please look at the
world map and tell five
world largest countries
in population.