Unit A Reading

VOCABULARY : UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Paragragh 1 Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow. 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 people. In 1958, 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. 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 + in 2015 will be about over 7 billion VOCABULARY : UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Paragragh 2,3 Research has shown that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants .Among the women who do not think they have too many children ,half 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 Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow. 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. family planning: k hoch húa gia ỡnh UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Birth control method: Phửụng phaựp haùn cheỏ sinh saỷn   figure ( n) : limit (v& n): cannot be more than that 625 , 2510, 35 UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION 200 400 to double (v): gấp đôi increase (v) t ng ă # decrease (v) resource (v): nguồn tài nguyên Matching Paragraph: • Paragraph 1 A. • Paragraph 2 • Paragraph 3 UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION population growth through years population Main ideas: The reason for B.The figures of population C.Resources and growth growth Task 1: Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box: . 1. Can you explain the _______ for changing salt water to fresh water? 2. The number of injuries from automobile accidents _________ every year. 3. Some countries are poor because they have very few natural ________ 4. These are all _________: 1, 75, 293. 5. There is a(n) ___________ of 20 minutes for this short test. Students must turn in their papers at the end of the 20 th minutes. 6. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t ________ them. limit control methodfigures increases resources Order Year The figures/ numbers of the World Population 1. 10,000 B.C. 2. 3. 1750 4. 1,300 million 5. 1950 6. 1985 7. 2000 8. 2015 Task 2: Fill in the table with the years and the figures/ numbers. 10 million A.D.1 300 million 625 million 1850 2,510 million 4,760 million 6,6 billion expected to be over 7 billion Task 3: Answer the questions on the passage 1. How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015? 2. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population? 3. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children? 4. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families? [...]... have more have more children than children than they want they want Paragraph 3 Line 1,2 4 Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families? They can’t limit the size of their families They can’t limit the size of their families because they know of no safe way to have because they know of no safe way to have fewer children fewer children Paragraph 3 Line 4,5 Homework: - Read the passage... many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015? By 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion By 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion Paragraph 1 Line 8 2 Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population? Some scientists say it Some scientists say it can, but others say can, but others say it can’t it can’t Paragraph 2 Line 2,3,4 3 Do most Third World women want to have a. .. the size of their families because they know of no safe way to have because they know of no safe way to have fewer children fewer children Paragraph 3 Line 4,5 Homework: - Read the passage carefully - Learn by heart the new words . VOCABULARY : UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Paragragh 1 Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow. The population of the world has been increasing faster. 2000 was about 6.6 billion + in 2015 will be about over 7 billion VOCABULARY : UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION Paragragh 2,3 Research has shown that the average