广东省佛山市中大附中三水实验中学八年级英语上册《Module 9 Unit 3 Language

4. That makes over 131.4 million births
a year.
Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations. 1. China 2. the US 3. Australia 4. New Zealand
When you see a table or a chart, look
carefully at the labels and graphs to
make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude?
increase
Problems of Arnwick People move from _______________ the countryside People arrive in _________ the city
Problems: Population __________ increases
Complete the passage. countryside pollution population space traffic Our world is facing many problems. Two of the biggest are the increasing population and pollution. population of the world is The (1) __________ increasing quickly. Why is this happening? Because more babies are born every year and people also live longer.
Work in pairs and discuss this question.
Do you think car clubs would be
popular in China? Why / Why not?
World population and water
With more and more people in the
Read the chart and answer the questions.
Population
40
35 30 25
2000
2025
20
15 10 5 (million) Kolkata Mumbai
New York
Mexico City
Tokyo
1. Which city had the largest population in 2000? Tokyo had the largest population in 2000. 2. Which city’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025? Mumbai’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. few good much small
1. We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we’re working to make
Many people are leaving the (2)
__________ countryside to work in the cities, but there is not enough (3) _____ space for so many people. Another huge problem for the world is (4) ________. pollution There’s so much (5) ______ traffic on the roads that in some cities the air is heavily polluted. We should work harder to protect our world.
world, more and more water is used. In
fact, water use is growing more than
twice as fast as the world’s population!
As a result, getting good, clean water is
3. The supermarket ___________ closed down when a bigger one opened in the town. 4. Usually _________ it takes an hour to get there
by bus.
5. The town had a lot of pollution in the
Environmental Health problems problems Examples: Example: air pollution _______________ ___________ not enough water pollution hospitals _______________ ___________ _______________ too much traffic rubbish (crowed flats) _______________ Problems for the government Examples: need more schools __________________ and buses; need __________________ better public services; __________________ need more police to __________________ protect people __________________
past but it’s _____ not a problem
_________. any more
Listen and choose the best summary.
a) It’s cheaper to share a car than to
have a personal car.
b) People in a car club don’t often take
them even _______. better
2. Their flat is too large for two people.
They want to find a _______ smaller one.
3. Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen ________. more 4. There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are ______ fewer parks in a lot
of other cities.
Complete the diagram showing population problems. Use the words in the box to help you. air hospital service city countryside public water traffic
a) 4,437,000 b) 22,956,000
c) 314,791,000 d) 1,370,537,000
Read your answers to Activity 1 the whole class.
China has a population of …
Now listen and check.
Complete the passage with a, an or the where necessary. Mina is (1) ____ an eighteen-year-old girl. She’s got (2) ____ a a brother and (3) ____ the oldest child in (5) sister. Mina is (4) ____ the family. She lives in (6) ____ a very _____ a big city. She has (7) ___ a job in (8) ____ hotel. She hopes that one day she will have (9) ___ a chance to go to (10) ___ college.

Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box. all over the world
in the future
closed down
not … any more
it takes
1. Growing population is a problem ________________. all over the world 2. The population of China will grow more slowly ____________. in the future
becoming a problem in many places.
3. Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City? Mexico City will have a larger increase in its population. 4. Which city/cities do you think will have the biggest population problem? Why? I think Mumbai will have the biggest population problem because its population will increase the fastest.
Pay attention to these sentences. 1. Beijing is a huge city. 2. It takes an hour to get there by bus. 3. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population.
buses, trains or the underground.
c) There are no car clubs in the US.
d) Joining car clubs is good for you
and for 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 / don’t pay for a car when they drive. 3. People in car clubs sometimes / never take a bus or ride a bike. 4. People in car clubs probably are / are not healthier.