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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
WORLD POPULATION
Unit 7
C. LISTENING
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
Vocabulary
: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 million
C. 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 America
D. the Middle East
A. Africa
a decrease in death rates
A. death rates
B. birth rates
C. 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 conditions
C. shortage of food
A. literacy
6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?
A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods
B. educating people
C. advising people to use birth control methods
D. 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
food
school
educate
methods
family
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
HOMEWORK
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LATIN AMERICA
improved
improved
improved
improved
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 million
C. 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 America
D. the Middle East
A. Africa
a decrease in death rates
A. death rates
B. birth rates
C. 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 conditions
C. shortage of food
A. literacy
6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?
A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods
B. educating people
C. advising people to use birth control methods
D. strictly implementing a family planning policy
A.
D.
C.
D.