Task 2. Listen again and answers the following questions. (Nghe lại và trả lời các câu hỏi sau.)

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

(Theo các chuyên gia, đến năm 2015 dân số thế giới là bao nhiêu?)

2. What did the expert say about the population growth rates in some parts of the world?

(Chuyên gia nói gì về tỉ lệ phát triển dân số ở một số nơi trên thế giới?)

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

(Theo chuyên gia, vì sao tỉ lệ tử vong giảm?)

4. According to the expert, what problems does population explosion cause to the world, particularly to developing countries?

(Theo chuyên gia, sự bùng nổ dân số gây ra vấn đề gì cho thế giới, đặc biệt là các nưởc đang phát triển?)

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

(Chuyên gia đã đưa ra bao nhiêu giải pháp và những giải pháp đó là gì?)

Answer

1. According to ihe experts, by the year 2015, the population of the world will be over 7 billion.

2. He said that the population growth rates in some parts of the world are not the same. The population grows more quickly in some parts of the world than others.

3. According to the expert, the reason for a fall in the death rates is the improvement of public health services and medical care.

4. The problems population explosion causes to the world, particularly to developing countries are shortage of foods, lack of hospitals and schools, illiteracy, and poor living conditions.

5. The expert offered 4 solutions. They are (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 stricth implement a family planning policy, and (d) to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies.