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Unit 12: An overcrowded word Exercise 1: Listen and complete the text (Track 24) OVERPOPULATION Overpopulation is a real problem It could (1) .the Earth Very soon, there will be too many people and not enough (2) There won’t be enough (3) .to grow food for everyone We’ll eat all of the (4) .in the sea And our pollution will cause more (5) I think we are in a very (6) .situation I don’t know what the answer is Our (7) .don’t seem too worried They never see the bigger picture The world’s population is exploding, and (8) .cause great damage More and more people are living longer and longer We have better (9) Our scientists have found cures too many (10) There are many reasons What we really need to is thinking about how overpopulation is damaging the Earth Exercise 2: Listen and decide if each statement is true or false or not given (Track 25) No Statements T F NG There are more and more people on the earth The author thinks that it is totally bad for the population to continue to increase When the world’s population increases too much, there will be food wars but water wars It is expected that by 2050, the population will be 20 billion Natural disaster is one of the factors controlling population Although we are rich, we cannot control the length of time we live In Japan, there are more old people than young people Japan government is importing foreign laborers Exercise 3: Listen to the recording and tick the correct pictures - Track 21 A B A B Listening B A A B A B Exercise 4: Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks - Track 22 Known as the “Maple Leaf Flag,” the Canadian flag (1) two colors - red, derived from St George’s cross, and (2) , derived from the French royal emblem An 11 -point maple leaf is (3) at the center of the white stripe It was included after a prolonged campaign led by Prime Minister Lester B Pearson, (4) noticed that many Canadian battalions included a maple leaf in their symbol during World War I The (5) in its current form was adopted on Feb 15th, 1965 Exercise 5: Listen to the recording and circle the correct answers - Track 23 Australia Australia is an city / island continent in the Southern Hemisphere It is a huge country and is near / far from everywhere It is also called ‘Oz’ and its people like to call themselves ‘Aussies’ Australia is a multicultural society, with people from all over the world It is a peaceful and wealthy country Modem Australia is a pleasant place to visit It offers a lot both in the way of cultural and natural / man-made attractions There are world-class performances in the Sydney Opera House, but if you are more interested in the local flora and fauna, then you should go bushwalking in one of the many national zoos / parks Eucalyptus tree forests have a peculiar atmosphere These trees are special because they shed their bark, not their leaves Some eucalyptus tree varieties are called gum trees If you are in for some more adventure, then the outback is probably the place for you Almost everything is orange / red in this part of Australia: the soil, the rocks, and even the kangaroos! Amazing, isn’t it? Listening Exercise 6: Listen to the recording and decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F) - Track 24 Sentences True (T) False (F) English is the most spoken language in the world (if Chinese is divided into variants) English is the second-most spoken native language, after Spanish English is the most widely learned second language More people have learned English as a second language than there are native speakers As of 2005, it was estimated that there were over million speakers of English Listening