I. PRE READING:
1. Ask and answer the following questions:
Where can you find these scenes?
In under-developed countries
What does this picture tell you?
It describes a poor large family in the countryside.
What does this picture tell you?
It describes a poor slum in a small town.
2. vocabulary:
B.C. :
Before Christ
A.D. :
figure (n):
resource (n)
(to) support :
= provide
(to) limit:
Ex: In 2000 B.C.
Ex: In A.D. 2000
(to) double
birth-control method (n)
Anno Domini
trước Công nguyên
sau Công nguyên
con số
gấp đôi
nguồn tài nguyên
cung cấp
hạn chế
phương pháp hạn chế sinh sản
II. WHILE READING:
* Listen the passage:
Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage.
1. What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C.,1750, 1850, 1950, 1985,
and 2000?

2. How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015?

3. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?

4. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?

5. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?


The population of the world in 10,000 B.C was 10 million, in 1975 it was 625 million , in 1850 it was 1,300 million, in 1950 it was 2,510 million, in 1985 it was 4,760 million, in 2000 it was 6.6 million.

By the year 2015, the population of the world is expected to be over 7 million.

Some scientists say it can, but others say no.

No, they don’t.

Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.


III. POST READING: Playing a game
Can you name five world largest countries in population?
Which is the richest and which is the poorest country?
1,320 million
1,130 million
302 million
225 million
190 million