1、外研外研八年级上册八年级上册 Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Module 9 Population New words noise prepare notes report grow huge n. 噪声；杂音噪声；杂音 v. 准备；预备准备；预备 n. (pl.)笔记；随笔笔记；随笔 n. 报告；汇报报告；汇报 v. 增长；增大增长；增大 adj.巨大的；庞大的巨大的；庞大的 cause problem increase birth billon fifth hang on v. 造成；引起造成；引起 n. 麻烦；
2、问题麻烦；问题 n. & v. 增大；增长增大；增长 n. 出生出生 num. 十亿十亿 num. 第五；五分之一第五；五分之一 稍等稍等 Free talk Talk about the pictures and try to describe them. Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use the words in the box to help you. 1 noise people space traffic Listen and choose the correct answer. 2 1 Whats t
3、he population of Beijing? a) About 11 million. b) About 13 million. c) About 20 million. 2 What is the population of Chongqing? a) About 28 million. b) More than 33 million. c) About 36 million. Betty: I went shopping in the city centre with my family last week. Tony: Did you have a good time? Betty
4、: Yes, I did, but there was a lot of traffic on the way there. Then there were too many people and not enough space. It was impossible to move. And there was a lot of noise. Tapescript 玩得高兴玩得高兴 许多许多 Tony: Well, Beijing is a big city. Betty: Yes, it is. It has a population of about twenty million. To
5、ny: Twenty million! Does Beijing have the largest population in China? 百万百万 Betty: No, it doesnt. Chongqing has the largest population in China. More than thirty-three million people live there. Tony: Really? Thats a lot of people! Betty: Yes, and theres a lot more pollution in the air. Listen and r
6、ead. 3 Betty: What are you doing? Tony: Im preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population”. 准备；预备准备；预备 Lingling: Well, were in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a large population. That causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. 一个巨大
7、的城市一个巨大的城市 人口众多人口众多 例如例如 Betty: Its 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? 人口增长人口增长 出生出生 Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a year. Lingling: I cant believ
8、e it! Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. Thats almost one fifth of the worlds population, that is, about 7 billion. 五分之一五分之一 Tony: Hang on a minute! Ill write that down too! Betty: But in the future, Chinas population wont grow so fast, because families are getting smaller. 让某人等一下
9、让某人等一下 写下；记下写下；记下 在未来在未来 Lingling: How do you know all this? Betty: I wrote my report yesterday! Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report! 太好了！太棒了！太好了！太棒了！ I cant believe it! Hang on a minute! Great! Read and answer. 1. What is Betty doing? She is preparing some notes for a report called “Our
10、growing population”. 2. What problem will population increase cause? Population increase causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. Now complete the notes. Babies born every minute in the world: _ Babies born every year in the world: _ Population of China: _ Population of the worl
11、d: _ over 250 over 131.4 million about 1.37 billion about 7 billion 4 Choose the correct answer. 1 Birth happens at the start / at the end of life. 2 Huge means large / small. 3 An increase in population means more / fewer people. 4 Hang on a minute means waiting for a short time / a long time. 5 Ma
12、king notes means writing a long passage / a few words. 6 A problem is something easy / dificult. 7 A report is a long piece of writing / a few words. 8 A billion is a hundred / a thousand million. Language points 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion. 中国的人口大约为中国的人口大约为13.7亿。亿。 billion 意为“意为
13、“十亿十亿”，英语常用的数字单位与”，英语常用的数字单位与 中文有所不同，为：中文有所不同，为：hundred (百百)、thousand (千千)、million (百万百万)、billion (十亿十亿)。 2 Hang on a minute! I will write that down too! 等等，我要把这点也记下来！等等，我要把这点也记下来！ hang on 这个动词短语常用来表示“让某人这个动词短语常用来表示“让某人 等一下。”等一下。” 稍等！我马上就回来。稍等！我马上就回来。 Hang on! Ill be back in a minute. 5 Listen and r
14、epeat. 8,742 eight thousand, seven hundred and forty-two 2,463,128 two million, four hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight 1,370,000,000 one billion, three hundred and seventy million 2,000,030,000 two billion and thirty thousand Check () the statements you agree with. 1 The
15、re are too many people in the world. 2 The increasing population is the biggest problem in the world. 6 3 People should not have too many babies. 4 A city should not hold more than one million people. Now work in groups and discuss your answers. I .根据句意及首字母提示完成单词并注意使根据句意及首字母提示完成单词并注意使 用其适当形式。用其适当形式。
16、 1. A b_ is a hundred million. 2. The i_ population is the biggest problem in the world. Exercise illion ncreasing 3. The women gave b_ to a baby girl last night. 4. Dont make much n_. Your father is sleeping. 5. Before Christmas Day, people often p_ for it. irth oise repare II.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. Lydia always makes _ (note) carefully in class. 2. He wants to be a _ (report) when he grows up. notes reporter
