Vocabulary
Population
Increase
Double (v)
Limit (v)
Decrease (v)
Control (v)
Figure (n)
Resource (n)
Dân số
Tăng lên
Tăng gấp đôi
Giới hạn
Làm giảm
Kiểm soát
Con số
Tài nguyên

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Match the words and their meaning
Population
Increase
Double
Limit
Decrease
Control
Figure
Resource
Tăng gấp đôi
Tài nguyên
Làm giảm
Dân số
Kiểm soát
Con số
Giới hạn
Tăng lên

Where can you find these pictures?
What does each of the pictures tell you?
Do you think that the large in population a country is, the stronger it is? Why/ why not?
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TASK 1: The worlds in the box all appear in the passage. Fill in each blank with a suitable word.

1. _________ most journalists studied journalism in college, some older writes never attended a university.
2. Can you explain the __________for changing salt water to fresh water?
3. The number of injuries from motorbike accidents __________every year.
4. Some countries are poor because they have very few natural _________
5. There are all _________ :1,75,293.
6. There are 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.

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Task 2: Answer the questions on the passage.
1. What was the population of the world in 1,000 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?

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1. What was the population of the world in 1,000 B.C,1750, 1850, 1950, 1985, and 2000?
The population of the world in 10000 B.C was 10 million, in 1975 it was 625 million , in 1850 it was 1300 million, in 1950 it was 2510 million, in 1985 it was 4760 million, in 2000 it was 6.6 million.

2. How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015?
By the year 2015, the population of the world is expected to be 7 million.

3. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?
Some scientists say it can, but others say no.

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.



After you read

Work in pairs. Discuss with a partner and find out five world largest countries in population. Say where they are and which is the richest and which is the poorest country.
Write the answers in task 2 on your notebook.
Prepare lesson speaking.