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Period:40 Unit 7: World Population Part B: Speaking
Friday, Nov 26th , 2010
1. (n)
-> explosive (adj)
I/ Vocabulary:
-> explode (adj)
explosion /ɪk`spləʊʒn/
/ɪk`spləʊsɪv/ /ɪk`spləʊzɪv /
/ɪk`spləʊd/
overpopulation
->over`populated (adj)
-> over`populate (v)
-> population growth (n)
2 . ………………..(n) = population explosion
Eg: The child crossed the street because he wasn’t …………. of the danger at that time.
3. ……….….. (adj)aware of
-> of (n)
/ə`weə(r)/
/ə`weənəs/ awareness
Religion
CatholicBuddhist
4. (n) rɪ`lɪdʒən
5. (n)insurance /ɪn`ʃʊərəns /
6. (v) = carry out / exercise implement /`ɪmplɪment/ /`kæri/ /`eksəsaɪz /
7. (n)cause
8. policy (n)
/kɔːz /
/`pɒləsi /
1. explosion(n)-> explosive (adj) -> explode (v)
3. aware (adj) -> awareness of (n)
5. insurance (n)
7. cause (n) 6. implement (v) = carry our/ exercise
4. religion (n)
2.overpopulation (n) -> overpopulated
-> overpopulate (v)
8. policy (n)
+ Is Vietnam’s population + Is Vietnam’s population increasing or decreasing?increasing or decreasing?
What are the What are the causescauses of overpopulation? of overpopulation?
-> Third world women know of no safe way -> Third world women know of no safe way to have fewer children/ don’t know safe to have fewer children/ don’t know safe way to have fewer childrenway to have fewer children
II/ Speaking: II/ Speaking: 1)1) Task 1 Task 1: Causes of overpopulation:: Causes of overpopulation:
Below are some of the causes of population Below are some of the causes of population explosion. Put them in explosion. Put them in order of importanceorder of importance and explain why.and explain why.
• 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?
Useful language:
2) Task 2: List the problems facing poor and overpopulated countries.
- Poor living conditions/ Low living standards- Not enough food
- Lack/shortage of school/hospital/teacher/doctor/nurse/ education/ clothes…
- Poor
- Unequal rights: men & women, boys and girls
- Low income, unemployment, overworking, children have to work…
Which solutions can you find for those problems?
3) Task 3: Solutions to the problems of overpopulation.
- Raise the people’s living standards.
- Exercise/ implement reward and punishment policies.
- Eradicate illiteracy
- Use birth control methods.
- Exercise family planning programs.
- Carry out population education programs
- Raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation.
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:After you learn:Talk about the Talk about the problemsproblems of overpopulation and offer of overpopulation and offer
solutionssolutions, using the results of task 2 and 3., using the results of task 2 and 3.
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..
Solutions:- Raise an awareness of the problems of overpopulation.
- Raise the people’s living standards.
- Exercise/ implement reward and punishment policy.
- Carry out population education programs/family planning programs.-Use birth control methods. - Eradicate illiteracy
Useful language
+the first one /firstly, secondly, the next one….
+On the other hand…
+Besides, moreover, in addition…
+The first problem is that….
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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Which causes are more important in these statement?
And Why?
Checking vocabulary
Carry out
Shortage of/lack of
overpopulation
raise