Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Course: 5-1
Aim in relation to the syllabus: Understand general and specific information in video
material about world facts.
Instructions
Note: the charts must be filled out using the second conditional forms as in the next
example.
The world is a big place - really big. In fact, it's so big that it becomes hard to
make sense of some of the big figures that go with it. For most of us, numbers
like 18,000,000 or 180,000,000 have little meaning. We know they are large, but
we can't imagine them the way we can with 6 apples, 2 tins etc.
This makes an understanding of world population statistics very difficult for most
of us. An excellent way to solve the problem is to use smaller numbers that we
can imagine or mentally visualize.
Your task is to read the charts below and then to fill in the blanks with either
numbers or %’s. Don’t guess wildly; think about it. Remember, the total in cannot
go over 100. You will be surprised by some of the answers. At the end of the
worksheet are some statements, read them, think about them which, if any have
shocked you?
In 1990, Donella H. Meadows published the 'State of the Village Report'. It took
the latest world statistics and reproduced them, as they would appear in a village
of just 100 people. The village of 100 people reflects all the variations of the real
world, but in numbers we can understand. If the world was a village of 100 people,
it would look like this…
Aim: To talk about real facts taking place in the world right now.
Language function: Giving opinion
Grammatical forms: first and second conditional to press unreal situations and their results and to give advice
Instructions: Here you have some true facts to read, discuss and think about.
In Pairs, record what you discuss and upload the audio file to your virtual classroom in Edmodo.
If you woke up this morning healthy ... remember that you are much better off
than the millions who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the fear and loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture,
or the pain of starvation ... you are better off than 500 million people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a
place to sleep ... you are more comfortable than 75% of the people in this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, spare change in a drawer, a pocket or
somewhere ...you are among the top 8% of the world's most wealthy people.
If you can read this, remember that there are over two billion people in the world
who cannot read at all.
If you have your own PC at home, you own something that costs more than an
average person earns in an entire year in Somalia or Sierra Leone.