UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
ACTIVITY 1:
Watch the video and answer the following questions
What was the world population in 1800?
What is the world population today?
What is it expected to be in 2050?
For you, is overpopulation a big problem?
What are the five countries which has the largest population in the world?
 1 billion
1. What was the world population in 1800?
2. What is the world population today?
 About 7 billion
3. What is it expected to be in 2050?
 About 11 billion
5. What are the five countries which has the largest population in the world?
4. For you, is overpopulation a big problem?
Five world largest countries in population
1,400 million
1,200 million
302 million
245 million
189 million
The richest country is USA,the poorest one may be India
VOCABULARY :
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
The number of babies is increasing.
to increase:
Gia tăng
# to decrease:
[in’kri:s]
[di:’kri:s]
giảm
family planning:
kế hoạch hóa gia đình
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
Birth –control method:
Phương pháp hạn chế sinh sản
[`fæmili]
[`plæniη]
[bə:θ
kən`troul
`meθəd]

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figure ( n) :
limit (v& n):
We have to limit the population growth.
625 , 2510, 35
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
Gi?i h?n, s? gi?i h?n
Resource (n)
nguồn tài nguyên
[ri`sɔ:s ; ri`zɔ:s]
1.Increase (v) :
2. Decrease (v):
giảm
4.Family planning :
kế hoạch hóa gia đình
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - LESSON 1: READING
6.Figure (n) : con số
7. Resource (n) : nguồn tài nguyên
3. Birth-control method :
Phương pháp hạn chế sinh sản
5.Limit : (v& n):
tăng
giới hạn
2. Decrease (v):
ACTIVITY 2:.Matching
Paragraph:
Paragraph 1 A.

Paragraph 2


Paragraph 3
population growth
population growth
through years
population growth
Main ideas:
The reason for
B.The figures of
C.Resources and
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ACTIVITY 3. Fill in the table with the years and
the figures/ numbers.
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10 million
A.D.1
300 million
625 million
1850
1950
2,510 million
1985
4,760 million
6,6 billion
over 7 billion

ACTIVITY 4. Answer the questions on the passage
1. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?

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

3. Why can`t women in the world limit the size of their families?
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1. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?
Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t
Paragraph 2 Line 2,3,4
No, they don’t. Most of them have more children than they want.
2. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?
Paragraph 3 Line 1,2
They can’t limit the size of their families because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.
3. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?
Paragraph 3 Line 4,5

Watch a video.
Talk about the consequences of overpopulation.
Offer some solutions to this problem.
ACTIVITY 6:
Homework:
Do Task 1 page 82 at home.
Learn by heart the new words.
Does the earth have enough resources to support this many people? Different scientists give different answers to this question. Some say that there are enough resources to support 8 billion people. Other say that we must limit population growth because our resources are limited. Only 10 percent of the earth’s land can be used for farming and another 20 percent for raising animals. There is a limit to the water we can use. There are also limits to the amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals.
The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster. In 10,000 BC., there were probably only 10 million people. In A.D. 1, there were 300 million. It took 1,750 years for the world population to reach 625 million. In 1850, only 100 years later, the population reach the figure of 1,300 million. In 1950, the figure had more than doubled to reach 2,510 million. In 1985, only 35 years later, there were 4,760 million people. In 2000, the world’s population was about 6,6 billion, and by 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion.
Researcher has shown that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants. Among the women who do not think they have too many children, half of them do not want any more. However, although millions of women want to limit the size of their families, they know of no safe way to have fewer children. Safe birth-control methods for family planning are not available to them. It is time government and international organizations did something to help them so that the world population growth can start to decrease instead of continuing to increase.