Unit 12: An overcrowded world
Lesson 4: Communication
Extra vocabulary

densely populated : dân cư đông đúc

density (n) : mật độ

physician (n) : bác sĩ chuyên điều trị

slavery (n) : cảnh nô lệ
1. Look at the pictures and discuss.
What places they are.








How they are different.









Places:.
Picture 1:This is a modern city.
Picture 2:This is a village in the desert.
Picture 1:- Modern city is beautiful with many cars and buildings. There are also some bridges. The population is so dense.
Picture 2:desert is poor. There are few people and vehicles.
2. Match the words below with the places in 1.
poor healthcare good education
high living standards crime
clean water malnutrition
densely populated hunger
Place 1: high living standards, clean water, densely populated, good education.
Place 2: poor healthcare, crime, malnutrition, hunger
3. Read the information about the two places.
Mauritania, the desert nation in Africa
Area: 1,030,700 km2
Population: over three million
Density: three/km2
Economy: mainly agriculture
Healthcare: poor, high infant death rate
Problems: three quarters desert, slavery, child labour, hunger
Unusual fact: obese women are considered beautiful
Hong Kong
Area: 1,104 km2
Population: over seven million
Density: over six thousand/km2
Economy: mainly service industry and tourism
Healthcare: one of the best healthcare systems in the world
Problems: overcrowded, crime
Unusual fact: most skyscrapers in the world
4. Work in pairs. Use the information in 3 to talk about the differences between the two places.
Example:
- The population of Mauritania is very small, only over three million people. Hong Kong is much larger. It has more than seven million people.
- The area of Mauritania is very large. It`s 1,037,000 km2. Hong Kong is much smaller. It`s 1,104 km2 large.

- The population density of Mauritania is very low, only three people per square kilometre. Hong Kong is much higher. It has six thousand people per square kilometre.

- The economy of Hong Kong is mainly based on service industry and tourism while that of Mauritania is mainly based on agriculture.

- The healthcare of Mauritania is very poor while Hong Kong’s healthcare is very good. Hong Kong has to face overpopulation and crime while Mauritania has to face slavery, child labour and hunger.
Thanks for your attention
GOODBYE
And
SEE YOU AGAIN
Homework :
- Learn by heart all the vocabulary.
- Prepare the new lesson: Unit 12: Lesson 5: Skills 1