Answer the question:
What does this video tell you?
The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster.

The Earth doesn’t have enough natural resources to support many people.
lack of water, food…
limit to the amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals.
People are cutting down forests, hunting wildlife, causing pollution.
UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
Reading
VOCABULARY
Population /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/ (n):
Population growth:
/ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn ɡrəʊθ/
Population explosion:
/ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn ɪkˈspləʊʒn/
Increase /ɪnˈkriːs/ (v)
VOCABULARY
Figure /ˈfɪɡə(r)/ (n): number
15798
2345
Limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ (n,v)
International organization
/ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/ /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃn/
Natural resource /ˈnætʃrəl/ /rɪˈsɔːs/ 

Family planning:
Birth –control method:
[`fæmili]
[`plæniη]
[bə:θ
kən`troul
`meθəd]
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Population /ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/ (n)
Population growth/ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn ɡrəʊθ/
Population explosion/ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn ɪkˈspləʊʒn/
Increase /ɪnˈkriːs/ (v)
Decrease/dɪˈkriːs/ (v)
Figure /ˈfɪɡə(r)/ (n)
Limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ (n,v)
International organization/ˌɪntəˈnæʃnəl/ /ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃn/
resource /rɪˈsɔːs/ (n)
Natural resource /ˈnætʃrəl/ /rɪˈsɔːs/
Family planning [`fæmili] [`plæniη]
Method [`meθəd] (n)
 Birth –control method [bə:θkən`troul `meθəd]

Listen to the reading
The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster. In 10,000 B.C., 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 one hundred years later, the population reached 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

E.g: It takes me 5 minutes to get to school
It took 2 hours to repair the house.
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. Others 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
Research has shown that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants. Among the woman who do not think they have too many children, half of them do not want any more. However, although millions of woman 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 organisations did something to help them so that the world population growth can start to decrease instead of continuing to increase.

GAP-FILLING (PAIR WORK)
(TASK 1. page 82)
1. ---------------- most of 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.
Although
method
increases
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.
resources
figures
limit
international
control
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2.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
expected to be over 7 billion
Answer the questions.
1. What was the population of the world in 10,000 B.C?
 It was 10 million.
2. What was the population of the world in 1750?
 It was 625 million.
3. What was the population of the world in 1850?
 It was 1300 million.
4. What was the population of the world in 1950?
 It was 2510 million.
5. What was the population of the world in 1985?
 It was 4760 million.
6. What was the population of the world in 2000?
 It was 6,6 billion.
7.How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015?
By the year 2015, the population of the world is expected to be 7 billion
8. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?
 Some scientists say it can, but others say it can’t
9. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?
No, they don’t.
10. Why can’t women in the world limit the size of their families?
 Because they know of no safe way to have fewer children.
11. How much percent of the Earth’s land can be used for farming?
 Only 10 percent.
12. Are safe birth-control methods for family planning available for them?
 No, they aren’t
PAIR WORK - DISCUSSION
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
Latin America
Asia
Russia
Europe
Location of these countries:
China, India, Indonesia are in Asia.
Russia is in Europe.
The U.S.A is in Latin America.
The richest country is The U.S.A
The poorest country may be India.
1,317,431,495
GDP: $ 7,600
1,129,667,528
GDP: $ 3,700
301,967,681
GDP: $ 43,500
224,481,720
GDP: $ 3,800
186,771,161
GDP: $ 8,600
85,262,356
GDP: about $ 825
Homework.
1. Find the countries that belong to the Third World.
2. Find solutions to control the world over population.
3. Prepare next lesson (Speaking- page 83)