Unit 7: Listening (Lớp 11-good) - 123doc

According to the expert, the population of the world increases by ________ a year.. According to experts, what will the population of the world be by the year 2015?. What did the expert

Work in groups Put the following countries

in order based on the number of people

they have

Answer the question: What continent do you think has

the largest population? It’s Asia

1 China (about 1,400 million people)

2 India (about 1,100 million people)

people)

4 Japan (about 128 million people)

WORLD POPULATION

1 Listen to an interview about world population and do the 2 following tasks.

+ Task 1: Multiple choice.

+ Task 2: Question answering.

2 Summarize the interview.

3 Talk about more problems of population.

Part C LISTENING

Illiteracy Shortage

of Resource

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Poor living condition

Povert

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WORK IN PAIRS

What does this diagram

of pictures tell you?

It tells us that large size families lead to overpopulation

that causes problems such as Illiteracy, Shortage of

Resources, Poor living conditions and Poverty

Part C LISTENING

1 Rank (v) /ræŋk/ = take or have a position relative to others

2 Punishment (n) /pΛ ni∫m(ə)nt/ = penalty/ the act of punishing

3 Particularly (adv) /pətikjuləli/ = specially/ in particular

4 Generation (n) / dзenərei∫n/ = all the people living at the same

time or of approximately the same age

5 Explosion (n) /ikspləuzn/ = a sudden great increase

LISTEN AND REPEAT

You will hear Dr Brown, a world population expert, talks about

the world population Listen to the interview and do the tasks that follow.

Part C LISTENING

Task 1

Choose the best answer

A, B, C, or D for the following statements and questions.

Task 1 Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for the following statements and questions.

1 The expert says that there are _ people in the world today.

A over 6.7 billion

B 6.7 million

C about 6.7 billion

D 6.6 billion

Part C LISTENING

2 According to the expert, the population of the world increases by a year.

A 66 million B about 66 million

C 76 billion D about 76 million

3 According to the expert, the area that has the

highest population growth rate is _.

A Africa B Asia

C Latin America D the Middle East

4 Scientists say that the main reason for population explosion is _.

A death rates C an increase in death rates

B birth rates D a decrease in death rates

5 Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned

C advising people to use birth control methods

D strictly implementing a family planning policy

1 According to experts, what will the population of the world

be by the year 2015?

2 What did the expert say about the population growth rates

in some parts of the world?

3 According to the expert, what is the reason for a fall in the death rates?

4 According to the expert, what problems does population

explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing

countries?

5 How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they?

Task 2 Listen again and answer the following questions.

Part C LISTENING

Task 2 Listen again and answer the following questions.

1 According to experts, what will the population of the world be by the year 2015?

3 According to the expert, what is the reason for a fall

in the death rates?

- the improvement of the living conditions and

medical care.

4 According to the expert, what problems does

population explosion cause to the world, particularly

to developing countries?

- shortage of food, lack of hospitals and schools,

illiteracy and low living standards.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Part C LISTENING

5 How many solutions did the expert offer and what are they?

- 4 solutions.

a to educate people and make them aware of the

danger of having more children.

b to provide safe, inexpensive birth-control methods.

c to strictly implement a family planning policy.

d to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS

Work in groups of eight to summarize

the content of the listening.

Part C LISTENING

Gap filling

- In the program Dr Brown, an expert, is talking about the world…1…

- World population today:…2….million people.

- Rate of population growth: 3 million people a year but…4…in all parts of the

world.

- Expected world population by 2015:…5…people.

- Main cause of population explosion:…6 death rates due to the…7…in

living conditions and medical care.

- …8 problems mentioned by Dr Brown.

a shortage of food b lack of hospitals and schools

c illiteracy d low living standards

- Also, he suggested four…9…to those problems.

a educate and make people aware of the danger of having more children.

b provide birth-control methods

c implement family planning policies

d exercise strict and fair reward and…10…policies

A draft writing

- In the program Dr Brown, an expert, is talking about the world population.

- World population today: over 6,700 million people.

- Rate of population growth: 76 million a year but not the same in all parts.

- Expected world population by 2015: over 7 billion.

- Main cause of population explosion: a fall in death rates due to the improvement

in living conditions and medical care.

- Four problems mentioned by Dr Brown.

a shortage of food b lack of hospitals and schools

c illiteracy d low living standards

- Also, he suggested four solutions to these problems.

a educate & make people aware of the danger of having more children

b provide safe, inexpensive birth-control methods

c strictly implement a family planning policy

d exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies.

Part C LISTENING

According to the latest survey in population, there is an unequality in the birth rates in Vietnam today (the number

of males is much bigger than that of females) Also, it is said that for a certain time to come “Vietnamese Adams” will not be able to find their “own Evas”

Being a Vietnamese citizen, what do you

Real-life connection

At home:

- Learn the new words.

- Rewrite the main ideas of the listening task.