1、New words flat rubbish quiet local close down n. 套房；公寓套房；公寓 n. 垃圾；废弃物垃圾；废弃物 adj. 寂静的；安静的寂静的；安静的 adj. 当地的；本地的当地的；本地的 （永久）关闭，关停（永久）关闭，关停 pupil pollution public service solve n.学生；（尤指）小学生学生；（尤指）小学生 n.污染污染 adj.公共的；公众的公共的；公众的 n.公共服务；服务公共服务；服务 v.解决问题解决问题 Look and think city countryside What is a countrysi
2、de like? Its quiet. It has fresh air. Its/has What is a big city like? too many cars too many people Where do you like to live? Why do people move to cities? find jobs public services The population of cities increased. What are the problems of big cities? too many people too expensive to live a lot
3、 of traffic air pollution noise pollution water pollution rubbish 外研外研八年级上册八年级上册 Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people. Module 9 Population Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you. 1 Why do people move to cities? 2 What are the problems of big cities
4、? 1 countryside field flat hospital job office rubbish village Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1. 2 Could it be your town? Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville. When Jos grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. 1 安静的安静的 They had a small house, close to fields
5、 and hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people. People from Parkville moved to Arnwick to find jobs, and they needed places to live. However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats outside the centre. 2 Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick, a
6、nd Arnwick became a city with over a million people. Jos family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem. 家；家庭家；家庭 The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. It takes an hour to g
7、et there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. 3 当地的；本地的当地的；本地的 污染污染 关闭关闭 It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air, clean water and better public services. It also needs more police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs mor
8、e money. 4 公共服务；公共设施公共服务；公共设施 However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities like this? In fact, this is just a story. But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day? 5 事实上事实上 Ask and answer the questions. countryside field flat ho
9、spital job office rubbish village 1 Why do people move to cities? 2 What are the problems of big cities? Because they want to find jobs in cities. The increasing population. And this increases the traffic and pollution. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Read and match B. the old Parkville E. t
10、he changes in Parkville D. the new needs A. the new problems C. the lesson we learnt from the story Careful reading 1. Why did people from Parkville move to Arnwick? 2. Why did the government build flats outside the centre? 3. What are the problems of the flat Joes family lives in? Para. 2 the chang
11、es in Parkville 1. Why did people from Parkville move to Arnwick? 2. Why did the government build flats outside the centre? They moved to find jobs. Because it was expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick. 3. What are the problems of the flat Joes family lives in? It is very crowded, and rubbish i
12、s also a problem. True or false. 1. The small local school opened. 2. The new school is near Jos home. 3. The longer journey has a lot of traffic and pollution. Para. 3 the new problems F F T far from Jos home. closed down. Para. 4 the new needs Fill in the blanks. Arnwick needs _, _ and _. needs _,
13、 _ and _. needs _ to protect its people. more schools buses hospitals fresh air clean water better public services more police money Para. 5 the lesson we learnt from the story Discuss Can money solve all these problems? If not, what else should we do? plant trees pick up rubbish No-car Day sort the
14、 waste reuse and recycle Lets work harder to protect our world! Time in the past now Parkvile Arnwicks population Jos home Jos school a quiet village became part of Arnwick 200,000 with over a million a small house one of those new flats the small local school a school with 2,000 pupils in Arnwick R
15、ead again, then fill in the blanks. 1 Parkville was a quiet village. 2 Arnwick was a city with 20,000 people. 3 Arnwick now has a population of more than one million. Check () the true sentences. 3 4 The local school in Parkville has 2,000 pupils. 5 Big cities need more money for public services. Co
16、mplete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. 4 flat local pollution rubbish service thousand Many towns and cities have the same problems as Arnwick. People need places to live, so the (1) _ government has to build more (2) _. People need better bus, and train (3) _. flat local
17、pollution rubbish service thousand local flats services They also produce more (4) _, so the government has to make more efforts to protect the city against (5) _. As we say, a hundred people make a (6) _ problems! flat local pollution rubbish service thousand rubbish thousand pollution The small lo
18、cal school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. 帕科威尔当地的小学校在五年前关闭了，帕科威尔当地的小学校在五年前关闭了， 所以乔现在得去阿恩威克的一个有所以乔现在得去阿恩威克的一个有2,000名名 学生的学校上学。学生的学校上学。 Language points close down 的意思是“关闭，（永久性地）的意思是“关闭，（永久性地） 停工”。停工”。 那家公司去年关闭了其海外的办事处。那家公司去年关闭了其海外
19、的办事处。 The company closed down its overseas office last year. Read and check () the problems that exist in your home town. ( ) Many young people want to leave the countryside because they want to find jobs in the city. ( ) There are not enough schools and hospitals. 5 ( ) Too much traffic brings air
20、pollution. ( ) There is too much rubbish in the streets. ( ) There are not enough police in the city. ( ) It is difficult to get enough clean water. Write down your suggestions to solve the problems in your home town. Homework 6 Possible answer 1 Problems: Many young people want to leave the country
21、side because they want to find jobs in the city. Opinions and reasons: This is a big problem for the countryside and city. More and more young people crowd into cities, so there are few people working in the countryside. But meanwhile, there are so many people in the cities that somebody may not fin
22、d a job. Solutions: It may be better to build more universities and create more jobs in smaller towns in the countryside, so young people will find it more interesting to stay. Possible answer 2 Problems: Too much traffic brings air pollution. Opinions and reasons: This is a national as well as an i
23、nternational problem. Goverments in every country do not do enough to control the traffic pollution. Solutions: The governments should develop public transport so that people do not use their cars so much in the big cities. 1. It takes us half an hour _ English in the morning. A. read B. to read C.
24、reads D. reading 2. There was a big garden _ a lot of trees and flowers. A. have B. with C. has D. having I . 单项选择。单项选择。 Exercise 3. There are too many students in Mr Wangs class. But only 35 percent of the students _ boys. A. are B. is C. be D. isnt 4. It is difficult _ for young people now. A. to
25、find job B. find work C. to find jobs D. to find works 5. Now we need clean water and better public services. It also needs more people. _, to do all these things, it needs more money. A. But B. However C. So D. And II.根据句意选择方框中的短语填空，并注意其根据句意选择方框中的短语填空，并注意其 形式变化。形式变化。 in public all over the world 1. Im sorry to say you cant smoke _. 2. Mo Yans works now are popular _. close down in public bus service in the future all over the world
