2013新版外研版英语八年级上册M9 U1

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

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