9Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion.
Do you know how many people there are in the world now?What the population is
7 billion
One day, the world will be like this. There are too many people.
Maybe we won’t have a place to stand then.
总有一天,地球将不能承载那么多的人。 One day, the earth will not be able to carry so many people.
How about China?
It’s about 1.37 billion.point
China's Population - Overview
Teaching aims1.Grasp the key words and key structure:noise, prepare, notes, report, grow, problem, birth, billion, fifth; Beijing is a huge city with a large population. That makes over 131.4 million births a year.
2. Reading aim:To be able to read and understand large numbers.
3. Affection:We should care more about the population problems of our country.
Words and expressions噪声;杂音 n. /n Iz / 准备;预备 v. /prI'pe / 笔记;随 笔 n.(pl.) /n uts / 报告;汇报 n. /rI'p :t / /ɡr u / (grew /ɡru:)增长;增大 v. 巨大的;庞大的 adj. /hju:d / /k :z / 造成;引起 v.
noise prepare notes report grow huge cause
/'pr bl m / /'I kri:s / /b :θ/ /'bIlj n / /fIfθ/ hang on
麻烦;问题 n. 增大;增长 n. 增大;增长 v出生 n.
problem increasebirth billion fifth
十亿 num.第五;五分之一 num.
稍等
1. Please don’t make any n______. The boy is sleeping now. 2. --- What are you doing now? --- I am ________(准备) for my coming test. 3. You should write down some important _____(笔记) while listening to the teacher. 4. Can you write a _________(报告) about the population of China? 5. Drinking dirty water will c_____ illnesses. 6. Population is the biggest p_______ in the world now. 7. --- is Tony here now? --- _____ ___ (稍等). He is busy doing his homework now.
1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use the words in the box to help you.noise people
space
traffic
2 Listen and check the correct answer:1 What is the population of Beijing?a) About 11 million
b) About 13 millionc) √ About 20 million
2 What is the population of Chongqing?a) About 28 million
b) √ More than 33 millionc) About 36 million
Everyday English
I can’t believe it! Hang on a minute! Great!
Then listen and read.Betty: What are you doing?Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report
called “Our growing population”.Lingling: Well, we’re in the right place to talk
about that! Beijing is a huge city with a largepopulation. That causes a lot of problems, such
as too much traffic and noise.Betty: It’s not only Beijing. Population
increase is a big problem in many countries. Do you know how many babies are born every minute in the world? Tony: No. Can you tell me? Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a year. Lingling: I can’t believe it! 真不敢相信! Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population, that is, ab
out 7 billion. Tony: Hang on a minute! I will write that down 等等! too!
Betty: But in the future, China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families are getting smaller. Lingling: How do you know all this? Betty: I wrote my report yesterday! Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!
Read and choose.1. They are talking about . A. the population B. the pollution 2. They are preparing the notes for ________. A. a meeting B. a report
3. Tony is preparing a report called “__________”. A. Our great country B. Our growing population C. Our growing country 4. Beijing is a huge city with . A. long history B. many old people C. a large population
5. Population increase is a big problem . A. in China B. in many other countries C. Both A and B 6. China has of the world’s population. A. one fifth B. a quarter C. one third
Now complete the notes.Babies born every minute in the world: over 250 Babies born every year in the world: over 131.4 million Population of China: about 1.37 billion Population of the world: about 7 billion