UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
-READING-
Class 11: Unit 7 – Reading
Designed by Lam Thi My Linh – TTNN DHSP TP.HCM CN2 – Le Qui Don
According to UNFP, world population now is 6.5 billion. In Vietnam, it is about 84 million.
What do you about population density
in Vietnam nowadays?
Let’s watch the news about population density in Vietnam!
Figure 1: The distribution of are and population in Vietnam
Let’s watch the news about population situation in Vietnam!
The situation of population In Vietnam
Unit 7: WORLD POPULATION
BEFORE YOU READ:
Work in pairs: Look at the picture given in your textbook and answer the following question.
1. BEFORE YOU READ:
Where can you find the scenes?
What does each of the pictures tell you?
Do you think that the larger in population a country is, the stronger it is? Why/ Why not?
2. WHILE YOU READ:
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.
You are going to read the passage about the world
population and then do the tasks that follow.
2. WHILE YOU READ:
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.
2. WHILE YOU READ:
Research has show 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 governments and international organizations did something to help them so that the world population growth can to decrease instead of continuing to increase.
? Task 1: Filling in the blanks
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.)
? Task 1: Filling in the blanks
_______ most journalists studied journalism in college, some older writers never attended a university.
Can you explain the _______ for changing salt water to fresh water?
The number of injuries from automobile accidents _______ every year.
Some countries are poor because they have very few natural _______ .
There are all _______:1, 75, 293.
There is a(n) _______ of 20 minutes for this short test. Students must turn in their papers at the end of the 20th minute.
The United Nations is a(n) __________ organization.
Some children behave badly and their parents can’t _______ them.
Although
method
increases
resources
figures
limit
international
control
? Task 2: True/ False statements
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F
F
T
T
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F
3. 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.


(China, India, the USA, Indonesia, and Brazil)
(China, Indonesia, India are in Asia. The USA and Brazil
are in America. The richest country is the USA. The poorest
country is Indonesia.)
3. AFTER YOU READ:
 China
1.3 b in 2008
 India
1.1 b in 2008
 The USA 305 m in 2008
 Indonesia
228 m 2008
 Brazil
188 m 2008
Distribution of population in world regions
MAP OF FIVE WORLD LARGEST COUNTRIES IN POPULATION
MAP OF CHINA
China is a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia.
MAP OF INDIA
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world.
MAP OF INDONESIA
The Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia

MAP OF USA
The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, the States or America) is situated mostly in central North America.
MAP OF BRAZIL
Brazil is the largest and most populous country in South America.[6]
It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world.[6][7]
HOMEWORK:
Learn by heart all new words and structures given
Do exercises in the exercise book
Prepare the next part
Designed by Lâm Thị Mỹ Linh