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    Pre-Reading Ideas: WORD SEARCH: Look in Your Dictionaries / Computer To Find Collocates, Other Meanings

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    The United Nations report on world population trends provides interesting issues to consider about the future demographics of the planet. The world's population is currently 6.5 billion and is projected to increase to around 9 billion. Population explosions will occur in Africa and Asia, but growth will be slower in developed countries due to increased contraceptive use leading to lower fertility rates. Half of the global population will be living in urban areas by 2007, a significant rise from 30% in 1993. While only Tokyo and New York had over 10 million residents in 1950, there will be 22 cities of that size by 2050. The diversity in reproduction, mortality, migration, and aging will shape new population patterns presenting both opportunities and challenges for societies in the 21

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    The United Nations report on world population trends provides interesting issues to consider about the future demographics of the planet. The world's population is currently 6.5 billion and is projected to increase to around 9 billion. Population explosions will occur in Africa and Asia, but growth will be slower in developed countries due to increased contraceptive use leading to lower fertility rates. Half of the global population will be living in urban areas by 2007, a significant rise from 30% in 1993. While only Tokyo and New York had over 10 million residents in 1950, there will be 22 cities of that size by 2050. The diversity in reproduction, mortality, migration, and aging will shape new population patterns presenting both opportunities and challenges for societies in the 21

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    The United Nations report on world population trends provides interesting issues to consider about the future demographics of the planet. The world's population is currently 6.5 billion and is projected to increase to around 9 billion. Population explosions will occur in Africa and Asia, but growth will be slower in developed countries due to increased contraceptive use leading to lower fertility rates. Half of the global population will be living in urban areas by 2007, a significant rise from 30% in 1993. While only Tokyo and New York had over 10 million residents in 1950, there will be 22 cities of that size by 2050. The diversity in reproduction, mortality, migration, and aging will shape new population patterns presenting both opportunities and challenges for societies in the 21

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    The United Nations report on world population trends provides interesting issues to consider about the future demographics of the planet. The world's population is currently 6.5 billion and is projected to increase to around 9 billion. Population explosions will occur in Africa and Asia, but growth will be slower in developed countries due to increased contraceptive use leading to lower fertility rates. Half of the global population will be living in urban areas by 2007, a significant rise from 30% in 1993. While only Tokyo and New York had over 10 million residents in 1950, there will be 22 cities of that size by 2050. The diversity in reproduction, mortality, migration, and aging will shape new population patterns presenting both opportunities and challenges for societies in the 21

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    PRE-READING IDEAS

    WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings,
    information, synonyms … of the words ‘world’ and ‘population’.

    TRUE / FALSE: Predict whether the following statements about the article are true or false:
    a. A United Nations report on world population trends talks about interesting food. T / F
    b. The world’s population is currently 6.5 billion. T / F
    c. The report says population explosions will occur in Europe and Japan. T / F
    d. The population levels in developed countries will fall because of increased
    contraceptive use. T / F
    e. Half of the world’s population will be city dwellers by 2007. T / F
    f. Bombay is currently the world’s most populated city. T / F
    g. In 1950 only two cities had a population of over 10 million. By 2050 that number will
    increase to twenty-two. T / F
    h. Population trends will present opportunities as well as challenges for all societies in
    the twenty-first century. T / F

    Breaking News English Daily (www.breakingnewsenglish.com) 2005


    PRE READING EXERCISES

    SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:


    (a) report happen
    (b) food for thought in contrast
    (c) occur outcomes
    (d) diversity statistics
    (e) conversely birth control
    (f) contraceptive vigorous
    (g) dwellers leap
    (h) jump variety
    (i) dynamic document
    (j) consequences inhabitants

    PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases based on the article


    (a) world population off to about 9 billion people
    (b) interesting food of that size
    (c) set to increase and level jump from the figure of 30%
    (d) The report says population concludes
    (e) will increase greatly in as challenges for all societies
    (f) That is a huge explosions will occur in Africa and Asia
    (g) By 2050 there will be 22 cities trends
    (h) The report for thought
    (i) reflected in new and the coming decades
    (j) present opportunities as well diverse patterns

    Breaking News English Daily (www.breakingnewsenglish.com) 2005


    DEFINITIONS: Students match the following words with the most likely definitions
    (Please think about the headline!) Choose the correct definition according to the text.

    (a) trends (n)


    (i) general directions that fashion, business, society, the world etc moves towards
    (ii) the name for people who move from the country into the city

    (b) food for thought (n)


    (i) interesting issues that you need to think seriously about
    (ii) nutrition-rich food that increases your intellectual power

    (c) demographics (n)


    (i) posters and banners used to highlight the world’s problems by activists at G8 and other
    international governmental meetings
    (ii) looking at the patterns of different groups of people, on a global level or within societies

    (d) diversity (n)


    (i) when there are roadwork’s which mean you have to take a detour
    (ii) the way many things are different from other things

    (e) decades (n)


    (i) when bacteria have rotted your teeth and you need to go to the dentist
    (ii) periods of ten years

    (f) fertility (n)


    (i) the condition of being able to produce children
    (ii) a cruel method of removing animal skins to make coats for the fashion industry

    (g) contraceptive (n)


    (i) a method of birth control to prevent pregnancy, such as condoms
    (ii) when a person says (s)he will one thing, but does another totally different thing

    (h) dwellers (n)


    (i) people who have very pessimistic thoughts on the future of our planet.
    (ii) people who live somewhere

    (i) mortality (n)


    (i) being able to live forever and ever and ever
    (ii) the condition that one day we will die

    (j) migration (n)


    (i) a really bad headache
    (ii) people moving from one country to another

    Breaking News English Daily (www.breakingnewsenglish.com) 2005


    GAP FILL
    Complete the text with the following words:

    diversity contraceptive trends reflected challenges level decades populated

    Half the world in cities (Fri 18 Feb)


    BNE: A United Nations report on world population ___________ has provided some
    interesting food for thought on the future demographics of our planet. The world’s
    population is currently 6.5 billion and is set to increase and ___________ off to about 9
    billion people. The report says population explosions will occur in Africa and Asia, but not in
    the rest of the world, “Considerable ___________ exists in the expected population growth
    of countries. The population of many countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, will increase
    greatly in
    the coming ___________.” Conversely, population levels in developed countries are
    expected to fall, because of decreased fertility rates caused by increased ___________ use.
    The report also indicates half of the world’s population will be city dwellers by 2007. That is
    a huge jump from the figure of 30% urbanization in 1993. The five most ___________ cities
    today are Tokyo (35 million people), Mexico City (19 million), New York (18.5 million),
    Bombay (18.3 million) and Sao Paulo (18.3 million). In 1950 only Tokyo and New York had
    populations of more then 10 million people. By 2050 there will be 22 cities of that size. The
    report concludes, “the current population picture is one of dynamic population change,
    ___________ in new and diverse patterns of childbearing, mortality, migration, urbanization
    and ageing. The continuation and consequences of these population trends present
    opportunities as well as ___________ for all societies in the twenty-first century.”

    Breaking News English Daily (www.breakingnewsenglish.com) 2005

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