初二英语Module 9.Population Unit 1.The population of China is about 1.37 billion.

等等，我要把这点也记下来！
Hang on 表示：“让某人等一下”；例如：
Sally’s on the other phone — would you like
to hang on?
萨利在接另一个电话，请您稍等一下可以吗？
H！ 我马上回来。
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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 wait for a short time / a long time.
Words and expressions
噪声;杂音 n. noise /nɔIz / 准备；预备 v. prepare /prI'peə / 笔记；随 笔 n.(pl.) notes /nəuts / 报告；汇报 n. /rI'pɔ:t / report /ɡrəu / (grew /ɡru:/)增长；增大 v. grow 巨大的；庞大的 adj. /hju:dʒ/ huge /kɔ:z / 造成；引起 v. cause
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/'prɔbləm /
麻烦；问题 n.
problem
/'Iŋkri:s / /bə:θ/
/'bIljən /
增大；增长 n. 增大；增长 v
出生 n.
increase
birth billion fifth
十亿 num.
第五；五分之一 num.
/fIfθ/
稍等
hang on
1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use
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1,370,000,000 one billion, three hundred and seventy
million
2,000,030,000 two billion and thirty thousand
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6. Check (√) the statements you agree with. 1 There are too many people in the world. √ 2 The increasing population is the biggest problem in the world. √ 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.
Pronunciation and speaking 5. Listen and repeat. 8,742
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eight thousand, seven hundred and forty-two.
2,463,128
two million, four hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight
3.Now complete the notes.
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Babies born every minute in the world:
Babies born every year in the world:
over 250
over 131.4 million Population of China: about 1.37 billion Population of the world: about 7 billion
the words in the box to help you. noise people space traffic
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There are is a too lot of many noise people, in the but city, not especially enough It ’ s not easy to find a parking space in big on IThere hate the noise of the traffic in big cities. The traffic is so heavy in modern cities. space. cities. the road.
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Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion.
a large population 1.北京是一个拥有众多人口的大城市。 so many people Beijing is a huge ____ city with _____ ____ ____. 2.噪音污染，拥堵的交通和大量的烟尘是严重的问题。 Noise pollution, traffic jams and ____ a ______ lot _____ _____, _______ ____ ,_____ of smoke _____ _____are serious problems. 3.在不远的将来，老年人的数量会急剧增加。 In _____ the near future number of elder people _____ ____ _____,the will increase greatly . Population increase 4.不断增长的人口是世界上最大的问题。 The growing population _____ _____ _____ is the biggest problem in the world. The room isn't big enough for all of us to live in (改为同义句) so small that only some of us can live in . The room is ____ ____ ____ The room is _____ live in for all of us. too _____ small ____ to
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Grammar points
(一)数词 Numeral
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数词是用来表示事物的数目和顺序的词。 数词的分类：
1.基数词
2.序数词 3.分数词
今天我们先来学习一下基数词。
6, 500 , 431, 729
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所以这个的数字读成 six billion,five hundred hundred million,four hunred and thousand thirty-one thousand,seven million hundred and twenty-nine. billion
数形式.
这儿大约有五分之三的人口是农民。
About three fifths of the population
here are farmers.
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3) 表示某一范围内有多少人口时,用 has a
population of + 数词.
中国有13亿人口。
China has a population of 1.3 billion.
4) 问某地有多少人口时, 用
What is/was the population of + 地名?
中国有多少人口?
What’s the population of China?
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(5) 表示人口的多少时,用large或small 修饰,而 不能用many, more或few等. 中国是世界上人口最多的国家。
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5 Making notes means writing a long passage / a few words. 6 A problem is something easy / difficult. 7 A report is a long piece of writing / a few words. 8 A billion is a hundred / a thousand million.
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1. Beijing is a huge city with a large population. That causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.
北京是一个人口众多的大城市。那会引起
众多问题，比如交通拥挤，噪音污染等。
China has the largest population of the world.
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(2) too much
too much 太多(+名词/放在行为动词后 起限制作用)
too many +可数名词,是”非常” 的 意思 much too =quite+形容词/副词,是 非常/ 十分
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2. Hang on a minute! I will write that down too!
a) About 28 million
√
c) About 20 million
√
b) About 33 million
c) About 36 million
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Now read the dialogue by yourself . Now listen to tape and check your mistakes.
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2. Listen and check the correct answer:
1 What is the population of Beijing?