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Exercise 12. Before listening to the text discuss the questions:

1. What is the population of the Earth now? How is it projected to change? Why?

2. What are the main demographic trends currently observed? What potential consequences may they result in?

3. What factors determine the birth rate Р the number of children per woman? Choose from the list below. Can you add other factors to the list?

- education level

- household income

- religion

- geographic location and climate

- demographic situation in the country

- career aspirations

- number of marriages per woman

- cultural traditions

4. Since 1950 the number of children in the world has doubled to reach two billion. How will the number change over the next 100 years? Substantiate your answer:

a. it will decrease to one billion;

b. it will remain the same - two billion - by the end of the century;

c. it will keep increasing gradually up to three billion;

d. it will keep increasing at the same fast rate and reach four billion children.

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Exercise 13. Watch the talk given by Hans Rosling: Religions and babies (Video 2, listening for detail) to check your answers in Exercise 12. Prepare to answer the questions:

1. What classifications of religions did the research employ?

2. What factor Р beside predominant religion in the country Р was examined?

3. How did both factors change over the last 50 years?

4. What countries have the highest birth rate and why?

5. What factors have been demonstrated to impact Р positively or negatively - the number of children per woman?

6. What pairs of countries does the speaker compare to illustrate his points?

7. How is "the big fill-up" going to change the number of people in the world?

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