1'By adding population numbers from all its countries, I've worked out that the total population of the European Union is about 500 million people,' said Penny.
2'There are 27 countries in the EU,' said Tom. 'So, 500 million ÷ 27 = 18.5 million. That's the average population of each country.'
3Between 2005 and 2010, France's population went up by over three million people.
4Between 2005 and 2010, Germany's population went down by just under 150,000 people.
5A hundred years ago, over 25% of the world's population lived in Europe. Today, the number is down to about 12.5%.
VinsightNouns with two meanings
- MOVE
- country
- present
- way
- end
- second
1aIn Europe, people prefer living in the to the city because houses are cheaper.
bIn my , Nigeria, we've got a population of over 167 million people – it's the highest in Africa.
2aWendy's is the -biggest burger chain in the USA, after McDonald's.
bEvery , McDonald's sells 75 burgers. That's 27,000 an hour!
3aFrance gave the Statue of Liberty to the city of New York as a in the 1880s.
bAt , the population of the USA is over 312 million.
4aIn 1899, at the of the nineteenth century, the population of Australia was under four million. Now, it's over 22 million.
bTo what do people start wars? I don't understand the reason.
5aEvery ten years, the UK government counts the number of people in the country. This is called a census. It's a of finding out how many people live in the UK.
bIf you travel all the from Beijing in the north of China to Shanghai in the south, you'll find the world's fastest growing city.
- MOVE
- geography
- population
- currency
- climate
- culture
- religion
- area
- ethnic groups
- time zone
- history
FOCUS ON CANADA
•1 : about 35 million people
•2 : almost 10,000,000 km2
•3 : Canadian dollar
•4 : when it's 1 p.m. on the Pacific west coast, it's 5 p.m. on the Atlantic east coast
•5 : in 1867, Canada became a confederation of four regions: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
•6 : large forests and over 30,000 lakes
•7 : 25 to 30°C on the coast in summer, but –40°C inland in winter
•8 : 77% Christian; 17% no religion; 2% Muslim
•9 : important artists include Tom Thomson and Emily Carr
•10 : minorities include South Asian (4%) and Chinese (3.9%).
The population of Australia
In 1787, Britain started sending large numbers of prisoners to the new colonies in Australia. The British government didn't want these criminals in their country, so it was a good
1
of solving the problem. This happened at a
2
in history when European governments didn't worry about the rights of people who were already living in the places that they colonized. Experts have
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that, in the late eighteenth century, there were about 800,000 native Australians (or Aborigines) on the continent. However, in the next 150 years, this
4
went down rapidly. The number of Aborigines
5
to about 150,000 by 1950, mostly because of disease. Before the 1970s, most immigrants in Australia were from Europe. Since then, many people of other
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have become Australian citizens. In fact, the number of Asian Australians has
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in recent years from 6% to about 12% of the total population. By the
8
of the twentieth century, Australia was truly a multicultural country.
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