UNIT 7
WORLD POPULATION
c . LISTENING
VOCABULARY
- Latin America: / `lætin ə`merikən/
- rank (v) / rank (n) / ræηk / :
- developing country / di`veləpiη `kʌntri/:
- generation (n) / ,dʒenə`rei∫n / :
Châu Mỹ Latinh
nước đang phát triển
xếp hạng, thứ hạng
thế hệ
Ex: Vietnam ranks thirteenth in population
- shortage (n) / `∫ɔ:tidʒ / :
sự thiếu
- punishment (n) /`pʌni∫mənt/ :
sự trừng phạt
- improvement (n) / im`pru:vmənt/ :
sự cải tiến, sự cải thiện
Listen and repeat:
Latin America
developing countries
improvement
particularly
punishment
shortage
inexpensive
rank
generation
Checking vocabulary:
MATCHING
1- Latin America
3- (to) rank / rank
2- developing country
4- generation
5- punishment
B- Châu Mỹ La tinh
E- nước đang phát triển
D - xếp hạng, thứ hạng
F- thế hệ
A- sự trừng phạt
Match the following words with their meaning in Vietnamese.
6- improvement
C- sự cải tiến, sự cải thiện
Task 2:
4
Answer The Questions:
3
2
1
5
6
7
8
Homework
- Summarize the main ideas of the listening passage.
- Learn the news words by heart.
- Prepare the section D: Writing
Thank you for listening. Goodbye !
 According to experts, by the year 2015, the population of the world will be over 7 billion
1. According to experts, what will the population of the world be by the year 2015 ?
2. What did the expert say about the population growth rates in some parts of the world ?
 He said that the population growth rates in some parts of the world are not the same. The population grows more quickly in some parts of the world than others.
3. According to experts, what is the reason for a fall in the death rates ?
According to experts, the reason for a fall in the death rates is the improvement living conditions and medical care.
4. According to experts, what problems does population explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing countries ?
The problems population explosion causes to the world, particularly to developing countries are:
shortage of food,
lack of hospitals and schools,
illiteracy,
poor living conditions.
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5. How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they ?
The expert offered 4 solutions.
They are:
1- to educate people and make them aware
of the danger of having more children.
2- to provide safe, inexpensive birth-control methods
3- to strictly implement a family planning policy
4- to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies.