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READ
World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global population problems. The event started in 1989 in response to the world’s population reaching five billion two years earlier. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since set up campaigns to warn us of the dangers of overpopulation. These problems include water shortages, food shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars over scare resources. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world run educational campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people aware of what we need to do so the world can survive with billions more people.
World Population Day focuses on sustainability and how to improve the lives of all people while protecting the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation refers to the point when the Earth does not have enough resources to feed everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where very few people live if there aren’t enough resources to sustain them. These resources include clean water, food, shelter, and clean air. There are many reasons why the Earth is becoming overpopulated today. Perhaps the biggest one is advances in medical science. Greater numbers of people have access to better health care and more cures have been found for killer diseases. We need to think more about how we use the Earth’s resources.
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PHRASE MATCH
Match the following phrases from the article.
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Its aim is to
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we need to do
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The event
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raise awareness
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campaigns to warn us
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started in 1989
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pollution, poverty and wars over
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billions more people
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It makes people aware of what
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scare resources
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the world can survive with
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of the dangers
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World Population Day focuses
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have enough resources
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the point when the Earth does not
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to better health care
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there aren’t enough resources
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the Earth’s resources
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advances in
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to sustain them
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people have access
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on sustainability
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how we use
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medical science
LISTENING GAP FILL
World Population Day is _____________________ July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global population problems. The event started in 1989 in response to the world’s population _____________________ years earlier. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since set up campaigns _____________________ dangers of overpopulation. These problems include water shortages, food shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars _____________________. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world run educational campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people aware of what _____________________ the world can survive with billions more people.
World Population Day focuses on sustainability _____________________ lives of all people while protecting the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation _____________________ when the Earth does not have enough resources to feed everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where _____________________ there aren’t enough resources to sustain them. These resources include clean water, food, shelter, and clean air. There are many reasons why the Earth is becoming overpopulated today. Perhaps the biggest _____________________ medical science. Greater numbers of people have access to better health care and more cures have been found for killer diseases. We need to think more _____________________ Earth’s resources.
WHILE READING / LISTENING GAP FILL
Put the words into the gaps in the text.
World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Its aim is to __________ awareness of global population problems. The event started in 1989 in __________ to the world’s population reaching five billion two years earlier. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since __________ up campaigns to warn us of the dangers of overpopulation. These problems include water __________, food shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars over scare __________. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world __________ educational campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people __________ of what we need to do so the world can survive with __________ more people.
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World Population Day focuses on sustainability and how to __________ the lives of all people while protecting the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation __________ to the point when the Earth does not have enough resources to __________ everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where very few people live if there aren’t __________ resources to sustain them. These resources include clean water, food, __________, and clean air. There are many reasons why the Earth is becoming overpopulated today. Perhaps the biggest one is __________ in medical science. Greater numbers of people have __________ to better health care and more cures have been found for __________ diseases. We need to think more about how we use the Earth’s resources.
Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs of italics.
World Population Day is observing / observed annually on July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global / globally population problems. The event started in 1989 in response to the world’s population reaching five billion two years earlier / earliest. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since set in / up campaigns to warn us of the dangers of overpopulation. These problems include water shortages, food / feeding shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars under / over scare resources. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world run educational campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people awareness / aware of what we need to do so the world can survive with billions more / many people.
World Population Day focuses on sustainability and how to improving / improve the lives of all people while protecting the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation refers to the pointing / point when the Earth does not have enough resources to feed / food everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where very few people live if there aren’t enough resources to sustain they / them. These resources include clean water, food, shelter, and clean air. There are many reasons why the Earth is becoming overpopulated yesterday / today. Perhaps the biggest one is advances in medical scientific / science. Greater numbers of people have access to better health care and more cares / cures have been found for killer diseases. We need to think more about how we use the Earth’s resources / resource.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
World Population Day is observed (1) ____ on July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global population problems. The event started in 1989 in response (2) ____ the world’s population reaching five billion two years earlier. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since set (3) ____ campaigns to warn us of the dangers of overpopulation. These problems include water shortages, food shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars (4) ____ scare resources. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world (5) ____ educational campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people aware of what we need to do so the world can (6) ____ with billions more people.
World Population Day focuses on sustainability and how to (7) ____ the lives of all people while protecting the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation refers to the point when the Earth does not have enough resources to (8) ____ everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where very few people live if there aren’t enough resources to sustain them. These resources (9) ____ clean water, food, shelter, and clean air. There are many reasons why the Earth is becoming overpopulated (10) ____. Perhaps the biggest one is advances in medical science. Greater numbers of people have access to better health care and more cures have been found for (11) ____ diseases. We need to think more about how we (12) ____ the Earth’s resources.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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annual
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annually
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year
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years
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at
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up
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upon
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across
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walk
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stroll
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run
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survive
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improvement
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food
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inclusive
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death
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killer
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SPELLING
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER
Number these lines in the correct order.
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in medical science. Greater numbers of people have access to better health care and more cures have been
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resources to feed everybody. Overpopulation can exist even in deserts where very few people live if there aren’t
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of overpopulation. These problems include water shortages, food shortages, increased pollution, poverty and wars
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enough resources to sustain them. These resources include clean water, food, shelter, and clean
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found for killer diseases. We need to think more about how we use the Earth’s resources.
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campaigns in schools and local communities. It makes people aware of what we need
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earlier. The United Nations Development Programme created the day and has since set up campaigns to warn us of the dangers
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problems. The event started in 1989 in response to the world’s population reaching five billion two years
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the Earth’s resources. Overpopulation refers to the point when the Earth does not have enough
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air. There are many reasons why the earth is becoming overpopulated today. Perhaps the biggest one is advances
( )
over scare resources. On World Population Day, the UN and governments around the world run educational
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World Population Day focuses on sustainability and how to improve the lives of all people while protecting
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to do so the world can survive with billions more people.
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World Population Day is observed annually on July 11. Its aim is to raise awareness of global population
SCRAMBLED SENTENCES
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about World Population Day. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about World Population Day. Write about what happens around the world. Include two imaginary interviews with people who did something on this day.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. POSTER: Make your own poster about World Population Day. Write about what will happen on this day around the world.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
ANSWERS
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