Look at the picture and answer the questions.

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 ?

A big familyThey have got 6 children

They are poor

I think a country with population increasing faster and faster will be a poor country

Teacher: Do Thi Phuong

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- Population[,pɔpju'lei∫n] (n): Dân số

- Population explosion [pɔpju'lei∫n iks'plouʒn] (exp)

- Overpopulation ['ouvə,pɔpju'lei∫n](n)

sự đông dân quá mức

- Overpopulated [,ouvə'pɔpjuleitid](a)

Đông dân quá mức

Sự bùng nổ dân số

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- to increase['inkri:s](v): Gia tăng

≠ to decrease ['di:kri:s]: giảm

- reach [ri:t∫] (v)

đạt được, vươn tới

Ex: It took 1,750 years for the world population to reach 625 million.

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- B.C (abbr.): Before Christ Trước công nguyên

- A.D (abbr.): Anno Domini sau công nguyên

- Support [sə'pɔ:t](v) = provide (v):

- Resource [ri'sɔ:s ; ri'zɔ:s] (n):

E.g: Does the Earth have enough resources to support 8 billion people?

Cung cấp

Nguồn tài nguyên

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-figure ['figə] ( n) :

-limit ['limit] (v, n): = cannot be more than that

= number

giới hạn, hạn chế

double ['dʌbl] (v)

tăng gấp đôi, tăng 2 lần

- to raise animals [reiz 'æniməl] (v) :

nuôi động vật

Con số

- Population [pɔpju'lei∫n] (n)- Population explosion [pɔpju'lei∫n iks'plouʒn] (exp)- Overpopulation ['ouvə,pɔpju'lei∫n] (n)- Overpopulated [ouvə'pɔpjuleitid] (a)- to increase['inkri:s](v) ≠ to decrease ['di:kri:s]- reach [ri:t∫] (v)- B.C (abbr): Before Christ [bi'fɔ: [kraist]]- A.D (abbr): Anno Domini- Support [sə'pɔ:t] (v)- Resource [ri'sɔ:s ; ri'zɔ:s] (n)-figure ['figə] ( n) = number (n)-limit ['limit] (v, n) double ['dʌbl] (v)- to raise animals [reiz 'æniməl] (v)

I. PRE-READING:

increases raising animals overpopulation

resources double figure decrease

1.The population of the world ------------------ every day.

2. …………………..is one of the country's most pressing social problems.

3. Only 20 percent of the earth’s land can be used for

---- -------------.

4. Britain's mineral…………….include oil, coal and gas deposits.

5.If you -------------number 5, you will get number 10.

increases

Overpopulation

Raising animals

resources double

Work in pairs. Fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.

II. WHILE-READING:

Listen to the tape and read aloud the passage. Then do the task that follow.

II. WHILE-READING:1. Task 1: Read the first passage and decide whether statements are true (T) or false (F)

1. In 10,000 B.C, there were probably only 10 million people.

2. It took 1,570 years for the world population to reach

625 million.

3. In 1985, Only 35 years later, there were 4,760 million

years.

4. The world’s population was about 6.6 billion in 2000

5. By 2015 the world population is expected to be

over 6 million.

T F

II. WHILE-READING:1. Task 1: Read the first passage and decide whether statements are true (T) or false (F)

1. In 10,000 B.C, there were probably only 10 million people.

2. It took 1,570 years for the world population to reach

625 million.

3. In 1985, Only 35 years later, there were 4,760 million

people.

4. The world’s population was about 6.6 billion in 2000

5. By 2015 the world population is expected to be

over 6 million.

T

F

T

T

F

T F

Line 1

1, 5701, 750 (Line 3)

Line 6

Line 8

6 billion 7 billion (Line 8)

Mouse

Dog

FrogWhale

Rabbit Lion

2. Task 2:

Choose the lucky animals and answer the questions:

Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?

Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t (line 2-4, paragraph 2).

10p

Home

123456789HÕt

giê10s

10 points

Why must we limit population growth?

Because our resources are limited (line 4, P2)

10p

Home

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giê10s

10p

How many people do scientists say that there are enough resources to support?

8 billion people (line 3, P2)

Home

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giê10s

10p

What can only 10 percent of the earth’s land be used for?

Only 10 percent of the earth’s land be used for farming (line 6, P2)

Home

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giê10s

10 points

III. POST-READING:

Read the second paragraph and find out 4 reasons why people think we should control growth of world population

GROUP WORK:

1. …………………………………………………………………

2. …………………………………………………………………

3. …………………………………………………………………

4. …………………………………………………………………

III. POST-READING:

• 1.......................................................

• 2. .....................................................

• 3.........................................................

• 4.........................................................

Our resources are limited

There is a limit to the earth’s land used forThere is a limit to the earth’s land used for farming and raising animals farming and raising animals

There is a limit to the water we can use

There are limits to the amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold and other metals

* SUMMARY:

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

Statistics of the figures ofpopulation growth

Resources andpopulation growth

WORLD POPULATION

IV. HomeworkIV. Homework1. Learn by heart new words.

2. Translate the passage into Vietnamese.

3. Do the tasks again in handouts.

4. Prepare the next lesson:

Unit7: Lesson 1. Reading 2.

Tran Phu High school