Here's a listening exercise on the same topic as yesterday's reading lesson.
Answer the following questions:
1. When does the speaker say we will reach peak world population?
2. What number does he give for the current world population?
3. What does he say about organic farming?
4. What other solution does he suggest?
5. Which three cereal crops does he say are the most important?
1.2017
2.6.9B
3.more land
4.fertilizer
5.rice,mize
Posted by: Mehran | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 09:30
1.2070
2.7 bln
3. twice landing
4. fertilizer
5. rice, wheat
Posted by: Rufat | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 09:45
2070
6.9 billion
We will need a lot more land.
To triple yields in farming.
rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: James Z. | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 09:53
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion
3. Twice more land will be needed
4. More yielding a
5. Rice, wheat and maize
Listen to it 3 times
Posted by: TAREENA | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 10:08
2070
6.9 billion
Need 2 times of the land to produce the same amount of the food today
triple yields
Rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: Tracie | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 12:32
2070
6.9 billion
Approximately twice more land needed.(We will need approximately twice as much land to produce the same amount of food as we produce today )
Treble
Wheat,rice,maize
Posted by: Lucy | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 13:50
2070
6.9 billion
more land
fertilizer
rice,wheat,maize
Posted by: greeshma | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 14:26
1)2070
2)6.9 billion
3)Need more land
4)Treble yields
5)Rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: Ali | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 14:31
1. 2070
2. 6.9b
3. need more land (twice as much)
4. trimble yields
5. wheat, rice, maize
Posted by: kirsty | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 15:46
Treble yields
Posted by: Lucy | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 15:56
2070
6.9 billion
twice land
treble yield
rice wheat maize
Posted by: SA | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 17:23
Where can we find continue of this video?
Posted by: Huseyn | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 19:30
2070
6.9 billion people
need approximately twice as more land
treble yields in farming
... (couldnt catch)
Posted by: Merve | Tuesday, February 02, 2016 at 21:58
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion
3. not to do organic farming due to need of twice much land as we are farming on now
4. travel yields farming
5. rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: San | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 00:26
2050
6.9 B
twice more lands
treble yields
Rice, Wheat and Maize
Posted by: Anny | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 01:08
2070
Twice of more land
Triple yields
Rice wheat maize
Posted by: Jackie | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 01:29
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion
3. need a lot more land
4. triple yields
5. rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: Calvin Cho | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 04:15
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion
3. twice more land
4. triple yields
5. rice, wheat
Posted by: leopard | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 05:14
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion
3. more land and fertilizer
4. troubled yield
5. rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: Pallavi | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 08:01
4. terble yields
Posted by: Pallavi | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 08:07
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion people
3. need more land
4. treble yields
5. rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: Tinh | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 08:42
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion people
3. need more land
4. treble yields farming
5. rice, wheat and maize
Posted by: wiwik | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 10:00
It's a difficult one!
1. 2070
2. 6.9 billion people
3. It isn't a solution of the problem because we would need approximately twice as much land to produce the same amount of food as we produce today.
4. treble yields
5. rice, wheat and ?
Posted by: Dina Scherbakova | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 11:37
CORRECT ANSWERS FROM SIMON:
1. in about 2070
2. 6.9 billion
3. We would need approximately twice as much land as we use now
4. Treble (triple) yields from farms (meaning: produce 3 times as much food from crops using the same area of land)
5. Rice, wheat, maize
Posted by: Simon | Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at 15:56
Simon, I am confused.
Is the answer "2070" the same as the answer "in about 2070"?
Posted by: Dina Scherbakova | Thursday, February 04, 2016 at 02:00
Simon, can you post the script of this exercise?
Posted by: minh tam | Thursday, February 04, 2016 at 05:45
2070
6.9 BILLION
more land
triple yields
rice,wheat
Posted by: Somow | Thursday, February 04, 2016 at 10:13
1.Twenty-seventy (2070)
2. 6.9billion
3. Farming as we know it will take twice as much land to produce the same amount of food we produce today.
4.Trimble/travel yields (I couldnt understand what he says)
5. Rice, wheat and maize
I had to listen to it 4 times!!
Posted by: Juliana Díaz | Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 19:17
1. 2070
2. 6.9 Million
3. More land
4. Fertilizer
5. Rice, wheat and mize
Posted by: Ngoc Thao | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 05:36
1. 2070
2. 6.9billion
3. Need twice as much land to produce
4.triple yields
5.rice wheat maze
Checked Wikipedia and found wrong spelling ( maize not maze )
" Maize, wheat, and rice together accounted for 89% of all cereal production worldwide in 2012, and 43% of all food calories in 2009, while the production of oats and triticale have drastically fallen from their 1960s levels."
Posted by: Lala | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 09:31
1. 2070
2. 6.9 bil
3. Need more land for to feed cattle for manure
4. Triple yields
5. Rice, wheat, maze
Posted by: Nghia | Friday, February 26, 2016 at 03:08
Spelling mistake Maize not maze ( can't tell the difference between maize and corn )
Posted by: Lala | Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 11:59
1) 2050
2) 9 billion people
3) we need twice much land to produce the same amount of food we produce today
4) Triple yield
5) -----
Posted by: Mariam | Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 18:52
1.2070
2.60.9 billion
3.Organic farming needs fertilizers and more land, but we have no more land
4.Triple yield
5.Rice wheat maze
Posted by: Kelly | Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 04:41
2070
6.9 billion
requires double land, not a solution
Tremble yield
Rice,wheat and maize
Posted by: Charles | Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 11:18
2070
6.9 billion
need twice land to produce the same amount of foods that have right now
triple yield
rice, wheat, and maize
Posted by: N | Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 00:04
1.2070
2.6.9 billion
3. twice landing
4. fertilizer
5. rice, wheat
Posted by: Thuy Duong | Wednesday, June 06, 2018 at 09:04