Unit 7. World population

ENGLISH 11 ~ UNIT 7
READING COMPREHENSION

WORLD
POPULATION


BEFORE READING


How do you say these figures in English?

1,000,000
one million

1,000,000,000
one billion

1,000,000,000,000
one trillion


NEW WORDS


 Listen carefully and repeat
the pronunciation of these words..
A. D. (Anno Domini)
figure
reach
double

resources

trước Công nguyên
con số, chữ số
đạt đến
gấp đôi
tài nguyên

limited

bị hạn chế

raise animals

nuôi gia súc

petroleum
research
average
available
birth-control
family planning

dầu mỏ
việc nghiên cứu
mức bình quân
có sẵn, dễ tìm
kiểm soát sinh đẻ
kế hoạch hóa gia đình

LISTEN AND READ



PRACTICE


limit
control

figures
increase

method
international

although
resources

Although

method
increases
resources
figures
limit

international
control

In 10,000 B.C.: 10 million; in 1750: 625 ; in 1850: 1,300 million;
in 1950: 2,510 million; in 1985:4,760 million; in 2,000: 6.6 billion.

Over 7 billion.
Some say yes, but others say no because our resources are limited.

No, they don’t. They have more children than they want.

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


AFTER READING


A: Could you tell me five most populous countries in the world?

B: Well, I think they’re China, India, Russia, Indonesia and the USA .

A: Where are those countries located?

B: China, India and Indonesia are in Asia, Russia is in Europe and the USA is in North America.

A: Which of them is the richest, and which is the poorest?

B: The richest is the USA and the poorest may be India.


HOMEWORK

double


RESOURCES


Raise animals


PETROLEUM


Birth-control