Pronunciation Challenge Does saving more lives lead to overpopulation?

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Is your country facing any population issues?

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In this year's Annual Letter, Melinda and I take the toughest questions we get asked and give our answers. One that's come up for a long time is: as we make the world healthier, is the population going to get so big that feeding everybody and maintaining the environment is going to be impossible?

Key Vocabulary

1. tough

tough

[tʌf] (adj.)

rough

[rʌf] (adj.)

trying

[ˈtraɪɪŋ] (adj.)

2. come up

come up

(phr.)

bring up

(phr.)

crop up

(phr.)

3. population

population

[ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən] (n.)

overpopulation

[ˌoʊvərˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən] (n.)

overcrowding

[ˈoʊvərˌkraʊdɪŋ] (n.)

4. maintain

maintain

[meɪnˈteɪn] (v.)

preserve

[prəˈzɜrv] (v.)