八年级英语上册Module9PopulationUnit3Languageinuse

Module task
Making a graph
Work in groups. Choose a topic for your graph.
Choose a country or town which interests you. It could be your home town.
Decide the time you want to look at — for example, now, 10 years ago and 10 years from now.
Do you think car clubs would be popular in China? Why / Why not?
world population and water
Read and answer.
What a problem are there in many places with water?
in many places. ( F )2. Water use is growing as fast as the world’s population. ( T )3. Many areas people have to walk a long
way to get clean water.
( F )4. More than 3.4 billion people die from drinking and washing with dirty water each year.
Research the population of your place in those years. Write your notes carefu
Listen and check your answers.
Write a, an or the where necessary.
Mina is _a_n__ eighteen-year-old girl. She’s got _a__ brother and _a__sister. Mina is __t_h_e oldest child in _t_h_e family. She lives in ___a__ very big city. _T__h_e_ population is more than 10 million. She has __a__ job in __a___ hotel. She hopes that one day she will have __a__ chance to go to __/__school.
more and more people are growing fast more and more water is used … is become a problem in many places More than 3.4 million people die from drinking and washing with dirty water each year. stop the pollution, save water
Getting good, clean water is becoming a problem in many places.
True (T) or false (F) according to Population and water。 ( T )1. Clean water is becoming a problems
3.People in car clubs sometimes / never talk a bus or ride a bike.
4.People in car clubs probably are / are not healthier.
Work in pairs and discuss this question.
Unit 3 Language in use
Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.
1. China
a) 4,437,000
2.the US
b) 22,956,000
3. Australia
c) 314,791,000
4.New Zealand
the city.
Listen again and choose the correct answer.
1.Joining a car club is cheaper / more expensive than having a personal car.
2.People in car clubs pay for / do not pay for a car when they drive.
Listen and choose the best summary.
d a) It’s cheaper to share a car than to have a
personal car. b) People in a car club do not often take
buses, trains or the underground. c) There are no car clubs in the US. d) Joining car clubs is good for you and for
( )5. In fact, world population and T pollution are problems that cause the shortage of good clean water.
Read again and retell the passage using the following expressions.