Giáo án điện tử tiếng anh lớp 11 Unit 7 reading

What do these pictures tell you?They tell us that we are facing overpopulation The earth Trái đất Nguồn tài nguyên...  The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster.

WARM UP

 Look at this picture and answer questions

1 Is this a small or a big family ?

What do these pictures tell you?

They tell us that we are facing overpopulation

The earth (Trái đất)

Nguồn tài nguyên

increase (v) tăng ≠ (to) decrease: giảm

raise animals (v) : nuôi động vật

family planning (n): kế hoạch hóa gia đình

400 200

 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 1985, only 35 years later, there were 4,760 million people 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 resources to

support 8 billion people Others say that we must limit

population growth because our resources 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 are also limits to the amounts of

petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals

The words in the box all appear in the passage Fill in

each blank with a suitable word

resources

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

LET’S PLAY A GAME

Dog

Frog Whale

Team A Team B

20 points

2 How many people is the world expected

to have by the year 2015?

By the year 2015, the population of the

world is expected to be over 7 billion

( line 8)

10p

3 Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?

Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t

(line 10,11,12).

10p

1.a What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., and in1750,

The population of the world

+ in 10,000 B.C.was 10 million + in 1750 was 625 million

( line 2,3,4)

10p

1.b What was the population of the world

in 1850, and in 1950 ?

The population of the world

+ in 1850 was 1,300 million + in 1950 was 2,510 million

( line 4,5,6)

20p

1.c What was the population of the world

in 1985, and 2000?

The population of the world

+ in 1985 was 4,760 million + in 2000 was about 6.6 billion ( line 6,7,8)

10p

2 In 1985, there were 4,750 million people.

3 Some scientists say that there are enough resources to support 8 billion people.

1,338,612,968 people 1,166,079,217 people

307,212,123 people

198,739,269 people 240,271,522 people

The five world largest countries in population are:

If you want to know more about the world population,

Find out 5 world largest countries in population

HOMEWORK :

Write five reasons why we shouldn’t have many children.