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= **[|How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?]** BBC =

In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwBgNF_4g7Q&feature=related

Finish watching the video and post 5 interesting/alarming facts highlighted on this page
Achref - ** Population growth ** increased from 2 billion to 7 billion in a lifetime and the human population of the world will increase to reach 9 billion in 2050. - A ploicy to reduce Population growth. For example, In 1979: China introduced the "one child' policy to control birth rate - Water covers 70.9% of the Earth 's surface,and is vital for all known forms of life . However only 1% of this water is available for human use.  - Energy consumption will increase by 30% over 2020. __ Alternative energy paths. __ - Nowadays we use over 85 millions oil barrels a day.

__**ROSHCHUPKINA Iryna**__

- Earth have 2 million of different species, but only one species dominates everything - human beings - There are no more land with which we can expand our production - Today the oil in Texas is harder to find than in the earlier 1980's - Energy demand is predicted to increase by 40% over the next 2 decades - The solution of water shortages is rain. We have to reestablish the hydrological cycle.

__**Philippe AMOUGOU ESSOMBA**__

- The food production can't increase as fast as Human reproduction, demand will over take supply - The limits of the planet ressources would determine how many people it can supported. -The water use that home is only a fraction of the water that we consume because, we use a lot of water in industry and in agriculture: impact on the surrounding natural ressources. - The impact of human demand on fresh water can be seen from space ( a river is directed for coton industry) - no more land to expand to. So we need to doubled productivity to be able to previded the food for everyone. - We need one and half earth to sustain our consumption.

__ Caroline PETIT __ :

increasing of population is consequence of death control, people live older because of medecine progres, people take care of them the earth population will reach at 7 billion, by how much population could continue to grow? only 1% of water is avalable for human, the 99% remainder are not drinkable for the future water is going to miss, because we cosume to much water instead of conserved it. someone pretend that we have to miss water before missed oil. food production can't increas as the same as the human reproduction, can't be suficient. we have to doble quantity as soon as possible.


 * __Louis Beauté__**

- More of a billion of people already lack acess of safe drink water. In the next 20 years more than a half of the world population will live in area water stressed -A cup of coffe requires 120 liters of water, a can of beer 150 liters and a hamburger 8000 liters. -We need to double the production of food as soon as possible -In 1994 the two majors tribes in Rwanda the Outouz and the Toutsi launch in a mutual slaughters that left almost a million of death in just 3 months.


 * __Nathalie FABBRI__**

- In 2050, there will be 10 million people more in UK and 100 million more in USA. Population of Nigeria will be multiplied by three - 70% of the planet is covered with water but only 1% is drinkable - From space, we can see, since the last twenty years, some lake has been reduced of 80% like Tchad's lake. - Over the next two decades, energy demand will increase by 40%. - In rain forest, 70% of all plants are currently endangered species. - Whithout the one child policy, there would be 400 million people more in China, it is more than the whole population in USA.

- The desalination of seawater by using current technology consumes enormous amounts of energy and its byproducts will damage our seas - Increasing the productivity will be the only way that we can double the amounts of food to meet the demand since there is no more land can be exploited - Fossil fuel which is consumed at a rate of 85 millions barrels per day becomes more and more hard to be finded - People who live in the industrialized countries shoud give up their actual way of living and become more economical - The mexican city relies on the forest which is located on the top of mountain to cacth the rain water and thus forms a hydrological cycle
 * __Lin YU__**

__**Clothilde Duval**__ Food production can't increase so rapidly as human reproduction: we need to control the births voluntarily because the capacity of production of the earth is physically limited The number of persons relying on the emergency service of transport of water is growing daily Agriculture cover between 30 and 40% of surface. The future will be very difficult for some countries concerning the limited supply of land: in Rwanda the population will probably raise 20 million but if the population is growing, the land is not If the economy can’t increase and the population no decrease, there will be a competition for resources Human have a capacity the animals don’t: to think rationally. The future is a personal decision.

__**TURLIER Bastien**__ - The consumption of oxygene, food and water for one human per day is huge (8.20g of oxygene, four or five thousand of food calories and 3.5L of water). - The experence of human life have doubles in two hundred years. - The aral sea lost 50% of water in fourty years. - Agriculture use 30 or 40% of world land. - In India there were a drastic government about the number of children in each family, and there were a lot of sterilisation in the end of twentieth century.

__**Alice Latombe**__ -The human population is increasing by more than 2 people every second -Food production can't increase so rapidly as human reproduction -It needs 120L of water to produce one cup of coffee, 8,000L for an hamburger -We need to double the amont of food as soon as possible -The more we damage the environnement, the more we threaten our one survival -The women who have education often choose to have small families in India

- Impact of our industrialization upon the world: 70%of our plants, 1/3 of amphibians, 1/5 of mammals are under threat restriction - humanity needs to reduce its impact on earth by 3 ways : Stop consumming so many resources, change our technology and reduce the growth of population - Energy demand will increase by 40% over the next 2 decades - How we treat our environnement determines how many people the world can sustain (the planet can only sustain 2 and a half billion people if we consider the great britain lifestyle wheareas if we consider USA lifestyle that decreases to 1 and a half billion).
 * Julie Etheve:**
 * -** There is no more water on the planet than there was when life 1st appeared on Earth (same amount of water but the distribution is different)


 * Alex CHOU**

-In 1800: 1 billion people, today: 7 billion people and in 2050: 9 billion people. -The water: about 70% of the planet is covered by water but only 2 and a half is fresh water and only 1 % is available for human use. -The future is going to be very challenging for some countries in Africa concerning the limited supply of land: in Rwanda, 20 million people in 26 years but no more space to cultivate. -How many people can the earth sustain? 15 billion people (India), 2.5 billion people (Britain), 1.5 billion people (USA). -Humanity needs to reduce its impact on the earth urgently. 3 ways to achieve this: stop consuming so many resources, change our technologies and reduce the growth of our population.


 * Benjamin PAYAN**

-We need to double the amount of food that we have as soon as possible -30%-40% of landscape are used for agriculture -Energy demand is predicted to increase by 40% over the next two decades -Because of Industrialization : a third of amphibians, a fifth of mammals and 70% of plants are counted under threat restriction -If we consume like Indians, the Earth can sustain 15 billion people. If we consume like Americans, the Earth can sustain 1.5 billion people

- //water//: we use colossal quantities in industries and agriculture - //food//: countries find it more and more difficult to produce enough food to feed their population - //oil//: today we use 85 million barrels a day - //energy//: energy demand is predicted to increase by 40% over the next 2 decades - //nature//: a 70% of our plants are under threat of extinction
 * Thomas BENOUDIBA--CAMPANINI**

- The world population increase because the death rate has been reduced - We use colosal quantities of water in agriculture and industries. A beer uses 150 litres of water - We use 85 millon of barrels of oil per day, and it's getting more difficult to find oil - In 1979 China began with the policy of 1 child per family. Without that policy, the population of China would be of 400 millions more persons, the same population of the united states. - The world population is growing by two persons per second __**Gabriel Fuselli**__ More than a billion people in the planet already lack access of safe drinking water and the things are going to be more difficult if the population continuous to grow. Our planet is covered by 70% of water, but only a 1% is drinkable. The most part correspond to ocean, seas, river and subterranean water which not always are available for the consumption. Nowadays there is not a technology to obtain drinkable water which is economical and clean for the environment. Science has increased the life expectancy. That is one of the facts the population has grown exponentially. Mexico City is the eighth richest city of the world but her water system is badly and every day one million people is infected by the wastes
 * __Lisandro Bonari__**

__**Tiercelin Céline**__ - There are 2 million of different species on planet Earth, human being dominates everything. - Food production can not increase as rapidly as human reproduction, demand is greater than supply. We need to double the production of food. - About 70% of the planet is covered by water. Most of that is sea, just 2.5% is fresh water. Only 1% is available for human. - 70% of our plants are under threat of extinction.
 * -** Today, we are 7 billion people on planet and in 2050, we will be 9 billion people.

__**ZHAO Li**__ - The human population is increased by more than 2 people per second, and each additional life need the food. energy, water and so on, we should wonder about if our planet can receive all the life. - There is already more than billions peoples who lack of the drink water, so we know that thing will more difficult with the populations continue growth. - The other seriously problem is the food, the food maybe is the initiation of the crime if someone is too poor to solve the problem of eating. and that will former the cycle negative to intimidate the society. -In china, the government takes the rule of family planning until now to control the population growth, so each family just can have one child. -In Mexico, the government has builder the system to collect the rain water, they used the rock with so many core which can help to catch the rain.

=3.02.2012=
 * Description, tips and practice for the speaking paper **





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 * Watch two candidates doing their FCE speaking paper**:

=13.02.2012=

Today in class we talked to people we didn't know very well or hadn't talked to before. Some of the conversations were based on FCE topics. We also worked with collocations with the verb TO PASS, and looked at the subjects covered in FCE. Please see those 3 documents below:

HOMEWORK FOR 5/03/2012:

 * **choose a date and a topic for your presentations and put them on the table below**
 * **post an article, video or audio on this page, related to your chosen topic, together with 5 words or expressions and English definitions, not translations, per person, on this page**


 * Achref, don't forget your 3 minute presentation on Tunisia and the cake!**

Sign up sheet for presentations

 * || **Name/s** || **Topic** ||
 * **5 MARCH 2012** || Iryna ROSHCHUPKINA || Food and drink, eating out or at home, cooking ||
 * **12 MARCH 2012** || Clothilde Duval / Alice Latombe || Dance ||
 * **19 MARCH 2012** || MASTROT Matthieu / TURLIER Bastien ||< Sport => Volley ball ||
 * **26 MARCH 2012** || Gabriel Fuselli || Space, science and technology, computers, the internet" ||
 * **2 APRIL 2012** || Lisandro Bonari || Nature, the environment, natural disasters and pollution ||=  ||
 * **9 APRIL 2012** || VACANCES PRIMPTEMPS ||  ||
 * **16 APRIL 2012** || Alex CHOU / Benjamin PAYAN || The media, Radio, TV, the internet ||
 * **23 APRIL 2012** || Louis Beauté/Julie Etheve/Nathalie Fabbri || Lifestyles ||
 * || Amougou Essomba Philippe || the legalization of cannabis is it fight against the traffic? ||
 * **30 APRIL 2012** || PONT DU 1 MAI ||  ||
 * **7 MAY 2012** || Li ZHAO/ Lin YU || The body, health and fitness ||
 * || Caroline PETIT/Céline THIERCELIN || NEW YORK ||
 * **14 MAY 2012** || BENOUDIBA--CAMPANINI Thomas/CHARFEDDINE Achref || Revolution in the Arab world ||
 * **23 APRIL 2012** || Louis Beauté/Julie Etheve/Nathalie Fabbri || Lifestyles ||
 * || Amougou Essomba Philippe || the legalization of cannabis is it fight against the traffic? ||
 * **30 APRIL 2012** || PONT DU 1 MAI ||  ||
 * **7 MAY 2012** || Li ZHAO/ Lin YU || The body, health and fitness ||
 * || Caroline PETIT/Céline THIERCELIN || NEW YORK ||
 * **14 MAY 2012** || BENOUDIBA--CAMPANINI Thomas/CHARFEDDINE Achref || Revolution in the Arab world ||
 * || Caroline PETIT/Céline THIERCELIN || NEW YORK ||
 * **14 MAY 2012** || BENOUDIBA--CAMPANINI Thomas/CHARFEDDINE Achref || Revolution in the Arab world ||


 * POST YOUR VIDEOS, LINKS** **AND VOCABULARY** **BELOW**

__**ROSHCHUPKINA Iryna's video and vocabulary**__ http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html

//Western diet:// A diet loosely defined as one high in saturated fats, red meats, 'empty' carbohydrates or junk food (food with little nutritional value), and low in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, seafoods, poultry. // USDA: // United States Department of Agriculture, organisation of US wich provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural ressources and related issues on public policy. //Locavore, noun:// (Amer.) A person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food //Down the tubes:// Eliminated or discarded as no longer useful Nuke, verb: (Amer.) Cook or heat up (food) in a microwave oven

Link to the article: @http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2000/nov/11/dumb2?INTCMP=SRCH
 * __Clothilde Duval and Alice Latombe's article and vocabulary about dance__**


 * Raw** (adj): crude in quality or character, not tempered or refined by art or taste


 * Shift** (noun): a change or transfer from one place, position, direction, person, etc... to another


 * Widening** (noun): an increase in width


 * Chart** (verb): to record


 * Dextrous** (adj): a variant spelling of dexterous: adroit, skillful, handy, refers to a manual or physical ability but can also refer to mental or socialagility


 * Free up** (verb): to disentangle


 * Stamina** (noun): strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation


 * Allegedly** (adv): reportedly; supposedly


 * Aesthetics** (adj): pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics


 * Chorus** (noun): a compagny of dancers or singers


 * At odds**: in disagreement


 * Witty** (adj): amusingly clever inperception and expression


 * Squeal** (verb): to utter or emit a squeal or squealing soung

__**Bonari Lisandro's article and vocabulary: Nature, the environment, natural disasters and pollution**__ []

Replenished (verb): to make full or complete againby supplying what has been used up.

Havoc(noun): destruction, devastation, ruin, chaos.

Wanton(adj): dissolute, licentious or inmoral.

Flood(noun): the inundation of a land that is normally dry.

Neglected: unappreciated, underestimated, undervalued.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-tunisia-act-of-one-fruit-vendor-sparks-wave-of-revolution-through-arab-world/2011/03/16/AFjfsueB_story_1.html
 * __BENOUDIBA--CAMPANINI Thomas and CHARFEDDINE Achref's article and vocabulary about the Revolution in the Arab world__**

anything that activates or stimulates; inspiration or catalyst.
 * spark** (noun): an ignited or fiery particle such as is thrown off by burning wood or produced by one hard body striking against another. In this article "spark" means:


 * cops**(noun): a police officer.


 * clerk**(noun): a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.


 * to sprout** (verb): to begin to grow quickly.


 * thug** (noun): a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.

__**Fuselli Gabriel's video and vocabulary. Space, science and technology, computers, the internet **__

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 * Blanket (noun):** a thick covering or area of something.


 * Striking (adjective):** unusual or interesting enough to be easily noticed.


 * Carve (verb):**to make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone.


 * Noachian period:** Martian time periods based on geologic mapping of surface units from spacecraft images . The absolute age of the Noachian period is uncertain but probably corresponds to periods of 4100 to 3700 million years ago, during the interval known as the Late Heavy Bombardment.


 * Shallow (adjective):** measuring only a short distance from the top to the bottom.


 * Encompasses (verb):** to completely cover or surround something.

Louis, Nathalie and Julie's video and vocabulary

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Root (n): the source or origin of a thing Struggle (n):A struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something such as freedom or political rights Gender (n):A person's gender is the fact that they are male or female. Comradeship (n): Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers Invective (n): Invective is rude and unpleasant things that people shout at people they hate or are angry with A stand out (n): One that is conspicuous by virtue of excellence or superiority , Realm (n): (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a royal domain; kingdom Cogency (n): the power to convince Shrill (adj): marked by great intensity To take amiss (v): to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand Prominent (adj): Widely known; eminent Obituary (n): a notice (eg in a newspaper) of a person's death, often with an account of his life and work Proceedings (n): A sequence of events occurring at a particular place or occasion To be involved: If you are involved in a situation or activity, you are taking part in it or have a strong connection with it. To sling about ?

__ Céline et Caroline's video, article and vocabulary : __ [] http://wikitravel.org/en/New_York_%28city%29#b

Big Apple, Gotham : is a nickname for New York City Skyscraper : is a tall, continuously habitable building of many storeys, usually designed for office and commercial use Counties : is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations Borough : mainly that is a synonym of city but for NY that mean district Landmarks : that's the typical monument, which are inescapable to host: action to welcome providing continue : market are open all the time to rank: that mean something are in a classification Headquarter : is the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; "many companies have their headquarters in New York". International Diplomacy : is the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics, culture, environment and human rights. New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

__**The body, health and fitness**__ [] yin：Yin represents the cold, slow, or passive principle

Acupuncture points:Certain points that connect with these meridians
__** MASTROT Matthieu and TURLIER Bastien's article and vocabulary : **__

http://www.london2012.com/beach-volleyball http://www.ehow.com/facts_5007480_rules-volleyball-game.html

1.) __Serve__ : to start the game for each point. 2.) __Court__ : the field where you play volley ball or beach volley. 3.) __Spike__ : the fact to hit the ball when you want to win the point.. 4.) __Jargon buster__ : Technical terms to practise volley ball. 5.) __Sun-soacked__: time where the weather is only sunn 6.) __Underneath__: below the surface or level of 7.) __Coed__: a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university 8.) __Award__: to give as due or merited 9.) __Clockwise__: in the direction of the rotation of the hands of a clock as viewed from the front or above

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__**PHILIPPE AMOUGOU ESSOMBA's article and vocabulary**__ [] leased: lend domething to someone for a period determined in time herb: common name commonly given to cannabis
 * cooperative:** producers and distributors joins forces to market the good in common

__**CHOU Alex and PAYAN Benjamin's article and vocabulary :**__ [] Wellness (noun): The condition of good physical and mental health, especially when maintained by proper diet, exercise, and habits. To flourish (verb): To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence Dean (noun): An administrative officer in charge of a college, faculty, or division in a university. To enhance (verb): To make greater, as in value, beauty, or effectiveness; augment To oversee (verb): To watch over and direct; supervise. To range (verb): To arrange or dispose in a particular order Nearby (adj): Located a short distance away; close at hand Freelance (noun): A person who sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them Hashtag (noun): A tag embedded in a message posted on the Twitter microblogging service, consisting of a word within the message prefixed with a hash sign. Fellow (adj): Being of the same kind, group, occupation, society, or locality; having in common certain characteristics or interests: fellow workers


 * __PAST SIMPLE vs PRESENT PERFECT ANSWER KEY__**