Welcome to Class
Friday, Nov 26th , 2010
Period:40
Unit 7: World Population
Part B:
Speaking
I/ Vocabulary:
1. explosion
(n)
-> explosive (adj)
-> explode (adj)
/ɪk`spləʊʒn/
/ɪk`spləʊsɪv/ /ɪk`spləʊzɪv /
/ɪk`spləʊd/
overpopulation
2 . ………………..(n) = population
explosion
->over`populated
(adj)
-> over`populate (v)
-> population growth (n)
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of
3. aware
……….…..
(adj) /ə`weə(r)/
-> awareness of (n)/ə`weənəs/
Eg: The child crossed the street because he
wasn’t …………. of the danger at that time.
4.
Religion
rɪ`lɪdʒən
(n)
Buddhist
Catholic
5.
insurance
/ɪn`ʃʊərəns /
(n)
6.
(v) = carry out /
implement
exercise
/`ɪmplɪment/
/`kæri/
/`eksəsaɪz /
7. cause
/kɔːz /
8. policy (n)
/`pɒləsi /
(n)
1. explosion(n)-> explosive (adj) -> explode (v)
2.overpopulation (n) -> overpopulated
-> overpopulate (v)
3. aware
(adj) -> awareness of (n)
4. religion (n)
5. insurance (n)
6. implement (v) = carry our/ exercise
7. cause (n)
8. policy (n)
+ Is Vietnam’s population
increasing or decreasing?
 What are the causes of overpopulation?
-> Third world women know of no safe way
to have fewer children/ don’t know safe
way to have fewer children
II/ Speaking:
1) Task 1: Causes of overpopulation:
Below are some of the causes of population
explosion. Put them in order of importance and
explain why.
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Fewer children die at birth.
People are not aware of the problem of overpopulation.
People are not properly educated.
People believe that having many children means happiness.
Religion doesn’t encourage people to have fewer children.
Many people believe that having a large family is a form of
insurance.
=>What problems are caused by overpopulation?
2) Task 2:
List the problems facing
poor and overpopulated
countries.
Useful language:
- Poor
- Poor living conditions/ Low living
- Not enough food standards
- Lack/shortage of school/hospital/teacher/doctor/nurse/
education/ clothes…
- Unequal rights: men & women, boys and girls
- Low income, unemployment, overworking, children hav
to work…
Which solutions can you
find for those problems?
3) Task 3:
Solutions to the problems of
overpopulation.
- Raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation.
- Raise the people’s living standards.
- Exercise/ implement reward and punishment policies.
- Carry out population education programs
- Exercise family planning programs.
- Use birth control methods.
- Eradicate illiteracy
Summary
I.
Task 1: talking about the causes
II.
Task 2: talking about the problems
III. Task 3: talking about the solutions
IV. Task 4: completing the presentation
After you learn:
problems of overpopulation and offer
solutions, using the results of task 2 and 3.
Talk about the
Problems:
*Poor living conditions.
* Low living standards.
* Shortage/ lack of
school/hospital/teacher
/doctor/nurses/ food/
clothes/ education...
* Illiteracy.
* Unemployment/
overworking, low
income, unequal rights,
children have to work..
Useful language
- Raise an awareness of the +the first one
problems of overpopulation. /firstly, secondly,
the next one….
- Raise the people’s living
+On the other
standards.
hand…
- Exercise/ implement
+Besides,
reward and punishment
moreover, in
policy.
addition…
- Carry out population
education programs/family +The first
problem is that….
planning programs.
-Use birth control methods.
- Eradicate illiteracy
Solutions:
Nowadays, there are many causes of population explosion. This
leads to lots of serious problems. The first one is the shortage of
food as well as low living standards. The next one is poor living
conditions. Besides, it also causes many other problems such as
shortage or lack of school, hospital, teacher, doctor, nurse,
clothes, education... and the state of illiteracy,
unemployment, overworking, low
income, unequal rights, children have to work…
We realize the danger of problem, so we ought to find out
the solutions to solve them as quickly as possible. We should
eradicate illiteracy and carry out population education programs.
We should also implement family planning programs, exercise
reward and punishment policies. Moreover, we should advise
people
to use birth control methods.
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Learn by heart voc.
Review the Tasks carefully
Prepare for listening
Which causes are
more important in
these statement?
And Why?
Checking vocabulary
Carry out
overpopulation
Shortage of/lack of
raise