Look at these pictures and guess the topic

Look at these pictures and guess the topic of the lesson today?

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

1. How many children have they got ? 2. Are they poor or rich ?

6, 674, 666, 417 people

(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 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 2000, the world’s 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 resource are limited. Only 10 percent of the earth’s land can be used for farming and another 20 percent for raising animals. There is a limit to the water we can use. There also 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 tho do not think they have too many children, hafl 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.

Task 1. Fill each blank with a suitable word: Limit Figures Control Increase Resources Method International Although 1. _____most journalists studied journalism in college, some older writers never attended a university. method 2. Can you explain the _____ for changing salt water to fresh water? increases 3. The number of injuries from automobile accidents _____ ever year. resources 4. Some countries are poor because they very few natural _____.

Task 1. Fill each blank with a suitable word: Limit Figures Control Increase Resources Method International Although figures 5. There all _____ : 1, 75, 293. limit 6. There is a(n) _____ of 20 minutes for this short test. Students must turn in there papers at the end of the 20 th minute. international 7. The United Nations is a(n) _______ organization. control 8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t _____ them.

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage 1. What was the population of the world in 10, 000 B. C. , 1750, 1850, 1985 and 2000? 2. How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015? 3. Can the Earth have enough resources to the support its population? 4. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children? 5. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their of families?

1. What was the population of the world in 10, 000 B. C. , 1750, 1850, 1985, and 2000? The population of the world + in 10, 000 B. C. was 10 million + in 1750 was 625 million + in 1850 was 1, 300 million + in 1950 was 2, 510 million + in 1985 was 4, 760 million + in 2000 was about 6. 6 billion

2. How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015? By 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion. n 3. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population? Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t.

4. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children? No, they don’t. 5. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families? They can’t limit the size of their families because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.

After you read Look at the world map and tell five world largest countries in population. Say where they are and which is the richest and which is the poorest country.

Five world the largest countries in the population • China, India, Indonesia, The United States and Brazil. • China, Indonesia and India are in Asia. The United States and Brazil are in America. • The United States is the richest and the poorest country may be India.