Unit 6: Competitions

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POPULATION
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Look at the pictures below and answer
the questions.
1. Do you think that our world is
over populated?
ASIA
EUROPE
AFRICA
AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
2. What continent has the largest
population?
ASIA
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Latin America (n)
: châu Mỹ la tinh
developing countries (n.phr) : quốc gia đang phát triển
improvement (n)
: sự cải tiến
particularly (adv)
: riêng biệt, đặc biệt
punishment (n)
: sự trừng phạt
shortage (n)
: sự thiếu hụt
Generation (n)
: thế hệ, đời
 Checking vocabulary
Latin America
developing countries
improvement
particularly
punishment
shortage
Generation
:châu Mỹ la tinh
:quốc gia đang phát triển
: sự cải tiến
: riêng biệt, đặc biệt
: sự trừng phạt
: sự thiếu hụt
: thế hệ, đời
•As can be seen, the population of the world has been
increasing quickly.
You will hear Dr. Brown, a world population expert, talk about the
world population. Listen to the interview and do the tasks that follow.
TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the
following statements and questions:
1. The expert says that there are....................................people in the world today.
C. about 6.7 million
A. over 6.7 billion
B. 6.7 billion
D. 6.6 billion
2. According to the expert, the population of the world increases by........................
a year.
A. 66 million
C. 76 billion
B. about 66 million
D. about 76 million
3. According to the expert, the area that has highest population growth rate is.........
C. Latin America
A. Africa
B. Asia
D. the Middle East
4. Scientists say that the main reason for population explosion is........................
A. death rates
C. an increase in death rates
B. birth rates
D. a decrease in death rates
5. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?
A. literacy
C. shortage of food
B. lack of hospitals and schools D. poor living conditions
6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?
A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods
B. educating people
C. advising people to use birth control methods
D. strictly implementing a family planning policy
TASK 2 Listen again and answer the questions by
completing the sentences using a given word in the box
11.
According to experts, what will the population of the world be by the
year 2015?
seven
According to experts the population of the world will be over ………...........
billion people by the year 2015.
2 What did the expert say about the population growth rates in some
2.
parts of the world?
the same
The population growth rates in some parts of the world are not
...........................
quickly
It grows more..........................
in some parts of the world than others.
33. According to the expert, what is the reason for a fall in the death rates?
According to the experts, the reason for a fall in the death rates is
improvement
the…...........................of
the living conditions and medical care.
44. According to the expert, what problems does population explosion
cause to the world, particularly to developing countries?
The problems which population explosion causes to the world,
food
particularly to developing countries are shortage of……...............,
school illiteracy and low living standards.
lack of hospitals and..................,
5 How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they?
5.
educate
The expert offers 4 solutions. They are to.......................people
and
make them aware of the danger of having more children; to provide
methods to strictly implement a
safe, inexpensive birth control.…..................;
family
.......................planning
policy; and to exercise strict and fair reward
punishment policies.
and …………………
TASK 3: Summarise the main ideas of the passage by filling
the information in the box in the sentences below:
a. 7 billion
d. 76 million
b. 4
c. 6.7 billion
e. 4
1. The world population today is over ..............
2. A year the world population increases by
about ..............
3. By the year 2015, the world population will be
over ..............
4. The number of problems which the expert mentions
is ..............
5. The number of solutions which the expert offers
is............
• Learn by heart the new words
Prepare for the next lesson: Writing
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENDING
LATIN AMERICA
improved
improved
improved
improved
IMPROVEMENT
PUNISHMENT
2 GENERATION
1 GENERATION
3 GENERATION
TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for the
following statements and questions:
1. The expert says that there are....................................people in the world today.
C. about 6.7 million
A. over 6.7 billion
B. 6.7 billion
D. 6.6 billion
2. According to the expert, the population of the world increases by........................
a year.
A. 66 million
C. 76 billion
B. about 66 million
D. about 76 million
3. According to the expert, the area that has highest population growth rate is.........
C. Latin America
A. Africa
B. Asia
D. the Middle East
4. Scientists say that the main reason for population explosion is........................
A. death rates
C. an increase in death rates
B. birth rates
D. a decrease in death rates
5. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?
A. literacy
C. shortage of food
B. lack of hospitals and schools D. poor living conditions
6. Which of the following solutions is NOT mentioned by the speaker ?
A. providing safe, inexpensive birth control methods
B. educating people
C. advising people to use birth control methods
D. strictly implementing a family planning policy
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