unit7

MONDAY NOVEMBER 24 th , 2008 UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Let’s listen VOCABULARY 1. Figure (n) /'figə/ a number representing a particular amount , especially one given in official information: Con số 2.Resources(Plural noun) /ri'sɔ:s/ :(số nhiều) tài nguyên 3.Support/sə'pɔ:t/ (n) sự ủng hộ, người ủng hộ, người nhờ cậy, nơi nương tựa, cột trụ (của gia đình .); nguồn sinh sống (v) nuôi nấng, cấp dưỡng 4. Limit (v) /'limit/ : to stop something from increasing beyond a particular amount or level= restrict : giới hạn, hạn chế Limitation/,limi'teiʃn/ (on sth) (n) = curb =restrain: sự hạn chế, sự hạn định, sự giới hạn Limited/'limitid/ (adj) có hạn, hạn chế, hạn định Limiting(adj) định ra giới hạn Limitless/'limitlis/(adj) =boundless, unlimited: vô hạn. 5. Birth-control /'bə:θkən,troul/ (n) the practice of controlling the number of children a person has , using various methods of contraception : phương pháp hạn chế sinh đẻ, sự sinh đẻ có kế hoạch 6. Available /ə'veiləbl/ (adj) sẵn có để dùng, sẵn sàng để dùng, có thể dùng được. 7. Decrease /'di:kri:s/ (n) sự giảm đi, sự giảm sút (v) giảm (opposite) Increase (n/v) Limit figures method although control increase international resources 1. _________ most journalists studied journalism in college , some older writers never attended a university. 2. Can you explain the _________ for changing salt water to fresh water? 3. The number of injuries from automobile accidents __________ every year. 4. Some countries are poor because they have very few natural _________ Although method increases resources 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 the 20 th minute. 7. The United Nations is a(n) ___________ organisation. 8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t ______ them. figures limit international control