WORLD POPULATION
UNIT 7 READING
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Overpopulation
Overpopulation
Large size of family
How many children have this couple got ?
Traffic jam
Traffic jam
Traffic jam
Shortage of resources
Shortage of water
Poverty
 Shortage of houses and flats
 Low living conditions
Seriously polluted water
Bad sanitary conditions
population
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resource
petroleum
iron
silver
birth-control
government
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Listen to the passage
Task 1
(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.
Although
method
increase
Task 1
(4) Some countries are poor because they have very few natural ____________
(5) There are all _____________ : 1,765,293.
(6) There is a(n) _____________ of twenty minutes for this short test.
resources
figures
limit
Task 1
(7) The United Nations is a(n) _______________ organisation.
(8) Some children behave badly and their parents can’t _____________ them.
international
control
Task 2
(1) What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850, 1950, and 2000 ?
300
625
1,300
2,510
4,760
6,600
7,000
(2) How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015 ?
7 billion.
(3) Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population ?
Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t.
(4) Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children ?
No, they don’t.
(5) Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families ?
Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.
 China
 India
 Russia
 The USA
 Indonesia
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1.1 b 2007
1.3 b 2007
300 m 2006
235 m 2007
143 m 2006
After you read
China
India
USA
Indonesia
Russia
1.3 billion
1.1 billion
300 million
235 million
143 million
Do you think the larger in population a country is, the stronger it is ?
Goodbye, see you later.