***Module9PopulationUnit1ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.37billion.Lead-inTalkaboutthepicturesandtrytodescribethem.1.Therearetoomanypeopleintheworld.()2.Theincreasingpopulationisthebiggestproblemintheworld.()3.Peopleshouldn’thavetoomanybabies.()Check(√)thestatementsyouagreewith.4.Peopleshouldbefreetodecidehowmanybabiestheywant.()5.Countrieswithlargepopulationsshouldtakemoreresponsibilitiestoprotecttheenvironment.()6.Acityshouldnotholdmorethan1,000,000people.()Nowworkingroupsanddiscussyouranswers.Newwordsnoisepreparenotesreporthugeincreaseproblembirthbilliongrow噪声，杂音准备；预备笔记；随笔报告，汇报巨大的；庞大的增大，增长问题，麻烦出生十亿增长，增大1.Workinpairs.Lookatthepictureandtalkaboutit.Usethewordsintheboxtohelpyou.noisepeoplespacetraffic2.Listenandchoosethecorrectanswer.1.What’sthepopulationofBeijing?About11million.c)About20million.About13million.2.What’sthepopulationofChongqing?About28million.c)About36million.About33million.Babiesborneveryminute（world）Babiesborneveryyear（world）PopulationofChinaPopulationoftheworld3.Nowcompletethenotes.Over250.Over131.4million.About1.37billion.About7billion.4.Choosethecorrectanswer.1.Birthhappensatthestart/attheendoflife.2.Hugemeanslarge/small.3.Anincreaseinpopulationmeansmore/fewerpeople.4.Hangonaminutemeanswaitforashorttime/alongtime.5.Makingnotesmeanswritingalongpassage/afewwords.6.Aproblemissomethingeasy/difficult.7.Areportisalongpieceofwriting/afewwords.8.Abillionisahundred/athousandmillion.Languagepoints1.areportcalled2.somany/much3.onefifthof4.makenotes5.hangon6.talkabout7.writedown8.inthefuture一个叫……的报告如此多五分之一记笔记稍等谈论写下，记下在将来1.populationn.人口1)population是一个集体名词，作主语时，若指一个地区或国家的整体人口，谓语动词通常用单数；若强调整体人口中的成员，谓语动词通常用复数。例如：Thepopulationofthecityisabout20,000.这个城市大约有两万人口。Threefifthsofthepopulationhereareoldpeople.这里五分之三的人是老年人。2)表示一个地区或一个国家有多少人口时，可用thepopulationof...is...或...hasapopulationof...。例如：Thepopulationofourcountryis28,100,000.我们国家的人口是二千八百一十万。Thecityhasapopulationof50,000.这座城市有五万人口。形容“人口数量的多或少”可用large或small修饰。例如：ThepopulationofBeijingislarge.北京人口众多。3)在询问人口时，要注意population和people的区别。前者通常用what来提问，后者用howmany来提问。例如：What’sthepopulationofCanada?加拿大的人口是多少？Howmanypeoplearethereinthehall?大厅里有多少人？2.Beijingisahugecitywithabigpopulation.北京是个大城市，有很多的人。with是介词，表示伴随，意为“有，带有”。Numberpractice150,000:onehundredandfiftythousand500,000:fivehundredthousand2,100,000:twomillion,onehundredthousand5,600,000:fivemillion,sixhundredthousand82,550,000:eighty-twomillion,fivehundredandfiftythousand200,030,040:twohundredmillion,thirtythousandandfortyExercises1.Minalivesinavillage_____________greenmountainsandclearriversaround.A.on B.with C.for D.as2.—Excuseme,____________Beijing?—About13,000,000.A.what’sthepopulationof B.howmanyisthepopulationofC.doyouknowanumberofpeopleofD.howmuchisthepopulationof3.Thenumber22,135reads_______.A.twenty-twothousandsonehundredandthirty-fiveB.twenty-twothousandonehundredandthirty-fiveC.twenty-twothousandsonehundredthirty-fiveD.twentytwothousandonehundredthirty-five4.Populationis____bigproblemforcities.A.aB.anC.theD./HomeworkWriteapassageabouthowtoreducethepopulationofournation.Betweenfriendsalliscommon.朋友之间不分彼此。