Watch this fascinating presentation about world population changes. It's full of good 'IELTS language'. I recommend watching with the subtitles on.
PS. The presenter is not a native English speaker, but his grammar is perfect. The only mistakes are in his pronunciation of 'digital' and 'nuclear'.
Hi Simon,
Is it correct to say: increase the burden on taxpayers or a burden on taxpayers?
Thanks
Posted by: Felora | July 13, 2010 at 17:11
Hi, Simon.
I watched this video today,and I think the presenter put forward a new concept which is to increase child survival. I figure that what he is trying to say is that we can have a smaller population size when the whole world can join forces to increase child survival. How is this possible? With traditional values(having boys equals more wealth and happiness) being so prevalent, how will the practice of increasing child survival reduce the size of the world's population? What is your take on this?
Posted by: adverb | July 14, 2010 at 11:59
Hi Felora,
We say "increase THE burden on..." and we say "something is A burden on..."
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Hi Adverb,
Good question. I think he means that when more children survive, parents don't need to have so many children. As I understand it, he's saying that in some of the poorest countries, couples have many children because there is a high probability that some of them will die. The higher the child survival rate, the fewer children people tend to have.
As you say, it's an interesting concept.
Posted by: SImon | July 14, 2010 at 12:28
wonderful presentation sir. The aids he used were simple but effective. This will really help me teach my students with simple teaching aid with accurate and correct information.
Posted by: Vaishu | August 07, 2011 at 12:11
This video is very lucerative
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Posted by: Gulsen | March 30, 2013 at 08:20
Hi, Simon.
Thank you for your recommendation.
I like the way his presents the topics. He used both technologic and classic way. That was efficient.
Thank you for creating this blog.
Posted by: Atalay | August 29, 2013 at 12:10
the industrialized world,
In the developing world,
in the new world
emerging economies,
a big gap/ an enormous gap
the economic level
But in contrast to this,
be saving to be able to buy a pair of shoes.
grow the economy
on a very remote destination
relatively well-educated
severe climate change and energy
by converting back to
the next generation
Posted by: Mary | May 13, 2016 at 11:46