Change direct speech into reported speech. Begin with the clues:
1.“I hear you passed the exams. Congratulations!” Peter said to me.
Peter congratulated------on-----------

2. “I’ve always wanted to be rich,” John said.
John has always dreamed of----------------.
me
passing the exams
being rich
1. Is this a small or a big family ?
2. How many children have they got ?
3. Are they poor or rich ?
4. Do you think a country with population increasing faster and faster will be a rich or poor country ?
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
LESSON 1: READING
I. NEW WORDS :
to increase:
Gia tăng
≠
to decrease: giảm
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to raise animals:
nuôi động vật
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family planning:
kế hoạch hóa gia đình
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400
200
to double:
gấp đôi
Third World :
Thế Giới Thứ 3
B.C: Before Christ: tröôùc coâng nguyeân
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
Increase (v) : tăng
Decrease (v):
giảm
Double (v): gaáp ñoâi
raise animals (v phr):
nuôi động vật
Third World (n phr):
thế giới thứ ba
Family planning (n phr) :
kế hoạch hóa gia đình
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - LESSON 1: READING
Figure (n) : con số
Resource (n) : nguồn tài nguyên
Method (n) : biện pháp
B.C: Before Christ (n phr): tröôùc coâng nguyeân
Exercise: Work in groups. Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box. (Change the form of the word if necessary)
increase raise animals Third World
family planning double
1.The population of the world ------------------ every day.
2.The ----------------- consists of the poor countries in Africa and Asia.
3. Only 20 percent of the earth’s land can be used for
---- -------------.
4.Safe birth-control methods for ----------------------- help women have fewer children.
5.If you -------------number 5, you will get number 10.
increases
Third World
raising animals
family planning
double
Task 1: The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill each blank with a suitable word.( Change the form of the word and use the dictionary when necessary)
limit
control
figures
increases
method
international
although
resources
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.
4.Some countries are poor because they have very few natural_______
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 20th minute.
7. The United Nations is a(n)_______________ organisation.
8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t___________them.
Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
The population of the world
+ in 10,000 B.C.was 10 million
+ in 1750 was 625 million
+ in 1850 was 1,300 million
+ in 1950 was 2,510 million
+ in 1985 was 4,760 million
+ in 2000 was about 6.6 billion

1. What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C., 1750, 1850,1950, 1985, and 2000?
By 2015 it is expected to be over
7 billion.

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?
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?

They can’t limit the size of their families
because they know of no safe way to have
fewer children.

Consolidation
Work in groups. Which sentence below is not true
1. In 10,000 B.C, there were probably only 10 million people.
2. In 1985, there were 4,750 million people.
3. Some scientists say that there are enough resources to support 8 billion people.
4. According to the passage, only 15 percent of the earth’s land can be used for farming.
5. Millions of women know of safe way to have fewer children.


Look at the world map and tell five world largest countries
in population. Say where they are and which is the richest and which is the poorest country.
HOMEWORK :


Write five reasons why we shouldn’t have many children.