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外研·八年级上册
Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion.
Module 9 Population
New words
noise
prepare
notes
report
grow
huge
n. 噪声;杂音
v. 准备;预备
n. (pl.)笔记;随笔
n. 报告;汇报
v. 增长;增大
adj.巨大的;庞大的
cause
problem
increase
birth
billon
fifth
hang on
v. 造成;引起
n. 麻烦;问题
n. & v. 增大;增长
n. 出生
num. 十亿
num. 第五;五分之一稍等
Free talk
Talk about the pictures and try to describe them.
Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use the words in the box to help you.
1
noise
people
space
traffic
Listen and choose the correct answer.
2
1 What’s the population of Beijing?
a) About 11 million.
b) About 13 million.
c) About 20 million.
✔
2 What is the population of Chongqing?
a) About 28 million.
b) More than 33 million.
c) About 36 million.
✔
Betty: I went shopping in the city centre with my
family last week.
Tony: Did you have a good time?
Betty: Yes, I did, but there was a lot of traffic on the
way there. Then there were too many people
and not enough space. It was impossible to
move. And there was a lot of noise.
Tapescript
玩得高兴
许多
Tony: Well, Beijing is a big city.
Betty: Yes, it is. It has a population of about
twenty million.
Tony: Twenty million! Does Beijing have the
largest population in China?
百万
Betty: No, it doesn’t. Chongqing has the
largest population in China. More than
thirty-three million people live there.
Tony: Really? That’s a lot of people!
Betty: Yes, and there’s a lot more pollution in
the air.
Listen and read.
3
Betty: What are you doing?
Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a
report called “Our growing
population”.
准备;预备
Lingling: Well, we’re in the right place to talk
about that! Beijing is a huge city with
a large population. That causes a lot
of problems, such as too much traffic