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The Population

The Population. Pre-listening. Warm-up Questions What’s your idea of the makeup of the U.S. population? If you were a photographer, how would you reflect the racial diversity of the country accurately?. Pre-listening. Warm-up Questions

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The Population

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  1. The Population

  2. Pre-listening Warm-up Questions • What’s your idea of the makeup of the U.S. population? • If you were a photographer, how would you reflect the racial diversity of the country accurately?

  3. Pre-listening Warm-up Questions • Do you think there are more old people or young people in the population of U.S.? Why? What about the case in China? • Do you think more people live in the East or in the West of the country? Why? How about the case in China?

  4. Pre-listening Vocabulary and Key Concepts Read through the sentences and figure out what words would fit in the blanks. Then check your answers by listening to a dictation of the full sentences.

  5. Pre-listening Vocabulary and Key Concepts • Most countries take a census every ten years or so in order to count the people and know where they are living. • A country with a growing population is a country that is becoming more populous. • A person’s race is partly determined by skin color and type of hair as well as other physical characteristics. • The majority of the U.S. population is of European origin.

  6. Pre-listening Vocabulary and Key Concepts • The geographical distribution of a country’s population gives information about where the people are living. • The total population of the United States is made up of many different kinds of people. • In other words, the population comprises people of different races and ages. • The average age of the U.S. population, which is a relatively large one, has been getting progressively higher recently.

  7. Pre-listening Vocabulary and Key Concepts • Metropolitan areas are more densely populated than rural areas. That is, they have more people per square mile. • The use of antibiotics has greatly decreased the death rate through out much of the world. • A country whose birth rate is higher than its death rate will have an increasing population. • On the average, women have a higher life expectancy than men do.

  8. Pre-listening Predictions. Using the pictures in your textbook and the vocabulary exercises as a starting point, write 3 questions that you think you can get answers in the lecture.

  9. Pre-listening • Note-taking Preparation Number Notation • whole number (37 mill.) • percentage (28%) • fraction (3/4) • ratio (1:6)

  10. Pre-listening • Note-taking Preparation • Rhetorical Cues • A rhetorical cue is a word or even a sentence that lets us know that some important information is coming or that a new subtopic or point is being introduced. Order the following rhetorical cues. Decide in which order you will hear them in today’s lecture.

  11. Pre-listening Note-taking Preparation Rhetorical Cues First of all, let’s take a look … Another way of looking at the population… Today we’re going to talk about population… Before we finish today… Now, to finish up… (2-3-1-5-4)

  12. Listening First Listening Listen for general ideas: After a brief introduction, the lecturer lists his 3 subtopics. He then goes on to discuss each one individually. As you listen, write down the 3 major subtopics. ST1: population by race and origin ST2: population by geographical distribution ST3: population in terms of age and sex

  13. Listening • Further Listening • Write down necessary relevant details below the main subtopics to which they belong. Remember to use proper number notation to save time.

  14. Listening • Post-listening • Listen to the lecture once more. Then you will hear 10 questions. Write short answer to these questions. • Which two countries have a larger population than the United States? • (People’s Republic of China, India) • What was the population of the United States in the latest census? • (281 mill.) • Which group is bigger, blacks or Hispanics? • (Hispanics, 12.5%)

  15. Listening Post-listening • Which state is more populous, Florida or Texas? • (Texas) • In what two regions of the country do most Americans live? • (the South and the West) • What percentage of the population lives in rural areas? • (20%) • How many more women than men are there in the U.S. population? • (by more than 5 mill.)

  16. Listening Post-listening • About how many years longer do women live than men in the United States? • (about 6 years) • What was the increase in the average age from 1990 to 2000? • (2.2 years) • What two factors account for the increase of the average age? • (a decreasing birth rate and an increase life expectancy)

  17. Oral Activities • Rehearsal of the Lecture • With the help of the above questions and your notes, retell the contents of the lecture to your classmate who might miss the lecture.

  18. Oral Activities • Group Discussion • Discuss with your classmates the following questions and decide what information to include. Write the answers in complete sentences in paragraph form in about 125 words. • What’s the purpose of census? • Why are there women than men in the United States? • Why is there a progressive higher death rate for males as they get older? (life expectancy; dangerous work; more pressure; bad habits; wars) • Is it a good thing or a bad thing for much more people living in urban areas than in rural areas? • What do you think will be the questionnaire in a community survey?

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