How many children are there in the picture ?
WARM - UP
 They tell us that we are facing overpopulation
What do the pictures tell you?
Housing
Water pollution
Traffic jam
Water shortage
Where can you find these scenes?


2. What does each of the pictures tell you ?


3. Do you think that the larger in population a country is, the stronger it is? Why/ why not?
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - READING
I. BEFORE YOU READ
Where can you find these scenes?
We can find these scenes in the rural, remote or mountainous areas.

2. What does each of the pictures tell you ?
The first picture is about a poor crowded family and the second one is about a street market in a countryside.
3. Do you think that the larger in population a country is, the stronger it is? Why/ why not?
No, I don’t think so. I think the economy and the policy in a country decide how strong it is
I. BEFORE YOU READ
Work in pairs: Ask and answer the following questions:
II. WHILE YOU READ
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
PART A: READING
increase:
tăng
≠
(to) decrease:
giảm
raise animals :
nuôi động vật
family planning (n):
kế hoạch hóa gia đình
400
200
double :
gấp đôi
Third World (n):
Thế Giới Thứ 3
figure (n):
resource (n):
con số
nguồn tài nguyên
number
birth-control method (n):
phương pháp hạn chế sinh sản
limit :
hạn chế/ giới hạn
(v)/(n)
control :
(v)/(n)
điều khiển, kiểm soát/ sự kiểm soát
Vocabulary:
2. Increase (v) /in’kri:s/ : tăng
3. decrease (v) /di’kri:s/ : giảm
5. double (v) / `dɅbl/ : gấp đôi
4. raise animals (v) /reiz `æniməlz /:
nuôi động vật
6. Third World (n) /Ɵɜ:d wɜ:ld/
: thế giới thứ ba
7. family planning (n) /`fæmɜli `plæniŋ/ :
kế hoạch hóa gia đình
8. figure (n) /`figə(r)/ : con số
9. resource (n) /ri`sɔ:s/ : nguồn tài nguyên
10.Limit (v) /`limit/ : giới hạn
1. Birth- control method / bɜ: Ɵ kən’trəul ’meƟəd/ (n)
: phương pháp hạn chế sinh sản
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)
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - READING
II. WHILE YOU READ
limit
control
figures
increase
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 the 20th minute.
7. The United Nations is a(n)_____________ organisation.
8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t_____them.
TASK 1
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?
Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage.
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - READING
II. WHILE YOU READ
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?
Task 2: Question1and 2
7b
The population of the world in 10,000 B.C was 10 million
-Task 2: Ask and answer questions
Question 3
A: Can the Earth have enough resources to support this population ?
B: Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t.
-Task 2: Ask and answer questions
Question 4
A: Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?
B: No, they don’t
-Task 2: Ask and answer questions
Question 5
A: Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?
B: Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.
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III. AFTER YOU READ. TRUE/ FALSE STATEMENT
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7
10
20
limited
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.
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION - READING
III. AFTER YOU READ
1,338,612,968 people
1,166,079,217 people
307,212,123 people
198,739,269 people
240,271,522 people
The five world largest countries in population are:
China
India
the United States of America
Indonesia
Brazil
Homework
Learn new words by heart.
Translate the text into Vietnamese.
Prepare for the new lesson.
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