Warm up
What is it?
Great Wall
2. Where is it?
In China
3. Is China one of the five largest countries in population in the world?
Unit 7: World population
Lesson 1: Reading
Before you read
Where can you find these scenes?
What does each of the pictures tell you?
Do you think that the larger in population a country is, the stronger it is? Why/ Why not?


New words
Figure = a number
To be expected: likely to happen
Resources: iron, silver, gold, water, land…
Petroleum: mineral oil that forms underground
Available: can be used or obtained
Birth-control method: way to have fewer children
Decrease ≠ Increase: ↑ ≠ ↓

Task 1: Fill in the blanks
limit figures method although
control increase international resources

____ most journalists studied journalism in college, some older writers never attended a university
Can you explain the _______ for changing salt water to fresh water
The number of injuries from automobile accidents________ every year.
Some countries are poor because they have very few natural ______
Task 1: Fill in the blanks
limit figures method although
control increase international resources

5. These are all __________:1,75,293
6. There is a(n) _________ of 20 minutes for this short test. Students must turn in their papers at the end of the 20th minute.
7. The United Nations is a(n) _____ organization
8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t ________them



Task 2: Answer the questions on the passage
What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850, 1950, 1985 and 2000?
10, 000 B.C: 10 million
1750: 625 million
1850: 1,300 million
1950: 2,510 million
1985: 4,760 million
2000: 6.6 billion
How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015?
Over 7 billion

Task 2: Answer the questions on the passage
Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?
Some scientists say that it can, others say it can’t
Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?
No, they don’t. They have more children than they want.
Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?
Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children

After you read
Work in pairs
Discuss with a partner and find out 5 world largest countries in population. Say where they are and which is the richest and which is the poorest country.
Homework
Learn by heart new words
Practise the tasks again
Prepare speaking lesson
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