八上M9Unit2

Could it be your town?
Skimming reading
Reading skills: Look through (浏览）the passage quickly to get the main idea of each paragraph, don’t read words or sentences one by one.
Read the passage quickly and match the parts with the main ideas.
PartⅠ (para1) PartⅡ (para2-3) Part Ⅲ (para4-5) a. The problems that big cities like Arnwick bring us. b. The past of Parkville. c. The changes of Parkville
Read Para4-5 and find out the answers to the questions :
hospitals. _______________________. better public services. 1.Arnwick needs and _______________________. its people. _______________________.
Homework:
Writing : Please write down the changes of your city and its problems, and give some suggestions to solve the problems. (If it’s difficult for you to complete it, you can use the information in exercise III. )
Read Para1 carefully and answer:
What was it like when Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville?
It was a quiet village.
Read Para2-3：plete the table:
2.Do you think money can help solve all these problems? Why?
I think money can help solve many problems, but money can’t help solve everything.
3. Do you think we need more big cities like this?
Read the passage quickly and answer: 1.How many people were there in Parkville? 200,000 2. When did the small local school in Parkville close down? Five years choose:
a.( B ) What was the population of Arnwick before Parkville became part of it? A. 200,000 Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with B. over 800,000 200,000 people. C. over one million Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick, and b.( C ) How long does it take Jo to get to school Arnwick became a city with over a million by bus? people. A. five years half an hour Over B. 1000,000 minus(减）200,000 is sixty minutes over C. 800,000.
c. more police to protect b. fresh air, clean water a. more schools, buses and
But to do all these things, it needs
more money ____________.
Think it over
Module 9 Population
Unit2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.
Mazhuang Middle School Wang Jinlian
countryside
beautiful
blue sky
noisy
green plants
clean
The government should provide more jobs for people in the countryside and build more flats in the cities. The government should build more schools and hospitals. The government should provide more buses and plant more trees, and people should try not to go out by car. People shouldn’t throw away rubbish everywhere. Don’t pour dirty water into the river, and we should save water.
Careful reading
Reading skills: Read the paragraph that the questions are in carefully, try to understand the meaning of it and find out the answers to the questions.
changes reasons People from Parkville The population of ________________ to Arnwick to Arnwick increases moved ________________ find jobs. _________ It was expensive to The government ________________ live in the city built flats outside ________________ centre. the centre ____ Parkville became Arnwick became ________________ part of Arnwick. bigger __________ small local school Jo has to go to a The ________________ Parkville closed school in Arnwick in ________________ down five years ago. now ______________ results It’s very ______ crowded, ______ and ______ rubbish ______ is also a ______ problem. ______
Scanning reading
Reading skills: Pay attention to（注意）the key words in the questions, look through the passage quickly to find out the information that you want.
dirty
fresh air clean water
The city of Zhucheng
beautiful parks
new flats
wide streets
modern schools
The big city
population problem rubbish pollution traffic problem air pollution
Problems of big cities
Think it over
Suggestions
1.More people move to the city to find jobs and need places to live . 2.There aren’t enough schools and hospitals in big cities. 3.Traffic problems create air pollution. 4.There is too much rubbish in the streets. 5. It’s difficult to find clean water.
I don’t think we need more big cities with many problems, we need healthy cities.
Read aloud
Read the whole passage and underline something that you ________________ don’t understand.