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Unit 2
Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.
Module 9 Population
Country-side
Country-side
City
Where do you like to live, in a quiet country village or a big city? Why?
more jobs
better hospitals
better schools
Q1: Why do people move to cities?
Because there are……in cities.
food shortage
water shortage
city problems
pollution
Bad effects
population
increase
a lot of traffic
a large population
air pollution
a lot of rubbish
Q2:What are the problems of big cities?
There is……
Nowadays towns and cities have grown rapidly as people have moved from the countryside. It’s called
urbanization(城市化).
英 [,ɜːbənaɪ'zeɪʃən]美[,ɝbənɪ'zeʃən
Better city, better life.
haze英 [heɪz]美 [hez]
People could hardly see each other through the haze .
在雾霾中人们很难看见彼此。
Para. 1
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 2
New problems.
The lesson we got from the story.
C. The old Parkville.
D. The new needs.
E. The changes in Parkville.
Read the passage again and match the headings with the paragraphs.
Task 1
Tips
Look through the passage fast , find the topic sentences and understand the main idea. Try not to translate every word!
Skimming(略读)
Check (√) the true sentences.
Parkville was a quiet village.
Arnwick was a city with 20,000 people.
Arnwick now has a population of more than one million.
The local school in Parkville has 2,000 pupils.
Big cities need more money for public services.
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Task 2
×
×
200,000
A school in Arnwick
Scanning(扫读):
Tips
Look through the passage, then find the key information you need.
Where did they live in Parkville?
It was a small house close to fields and hills.
Para. 1 The old Parkville.
Careful reading (细读)
Tips
Read the paragraph carefully and find out the specific information.
Task 3
Task 3
Task 3
Task 3
1.It was expensive to live__________.
抢答
2. The government built flats
_______________.
3. Parkville became ___________Arnwick.
4. Arnwick became a city with ___________ people
5. The small local school in Parkville ___________ five years ago.
the city centre
outside the centre
part of
over a million
closed down
6. It takes ______ to get to Arnwick by bus.
an hour
I am the best !
Read Paragraph 2-3
Task 4
Arnwick needs
More schools, buses, hospitals
Fresh air ,clean water public services
more police
More money
Read Paragraph 4
I believe I can!
Task 5
Para. 5 The lesson we got from the story.
Is Parkville a real place?
2. What does the writer want to tell us?
No, it is just a story.
Population increase is a big problem in big city. Pollution, rubbish collection, traffic ... are the problems of cities. We should protect our Earth.
Task 6
loudly,clearly,quickly and beautifully
watch and read
Parkville (country village)
People arrived in Arnwick.
Parkville (became a part of Arnwick)
Arnwick became larger.
New problems (education, traffic, pollution…)
In order to solve the problems
More things needed (school, buses, hospitals, fresh air, clean water, police, more money…)
Mind-map of the passage
Talk about our hometown
---- Zhucheng
Interview
Free Talk
The city of Zhucheng
problems Yes(√)/No(×) suggestions
Many young people want to leave the countryside.
There are not enough schools and hospitals.
Too much traffic brings air pollution
There is too much rubbish in the streets
There are not enough police in the city
It is difficult to get enough clean water
city
to have a better life
more flats
More hospitals
more police
better service
more buses
fresh air ,clean water ,no rubbish
more schools
交通
环境
教育
住房
医疗
安全
服务
summary
My
Gains
(收获)
New words and
expressions
Skimming
Scanning
Careful
reading
Reading
skills
Use
Knowledge tree
M9 Unit2
problems
solutions
You have to
1. Read the passage again and review the words and expressions.
If you can
2. Collect the solutions and write the short passage.
For example:
More public buses and fewer cars.
People shouldn’t have too many babies.
Save water.
People shouldn’t litter anywhere.
….
Homework
Read and check the problems that exist in your home town.
( ) 1. Many young people want to leave the countryside because they want to find jobs in the city.
( ) 2. There are not enough schools and hospitals in big cities.
( ) 3. Too much traffic brings air pollution.
Writing
( ) 4. There is too much rubbish in the streets.
( ) 5. There are not enough police in the city.
( ) 6. It is difficult to get enough clean water.
Write about a problem your home town has. Write down your suggestions to solve the problem.
Problem Opinions and reasons suggestions
Problem Opinions and reasons Suggestions
This is a big problem for the countryside and city. More and more young people crowd into cities, so
. Meanwhile, It may be better to
in smaller towns in the countryside, so young people will
Many young
people want
to leave the
countryside
because
they want to
find jobs in
the city.
there are
few people working in
the countryside
there are so
many people in the
cities that some may
not find a job.
build more
universities
and create more
jobs
find it more
interesting to stay.
Problem Opinions and reasons Suggestions
Too much traffic brings This is a national as well as an international problem. Governments in every country do not do enough to control traffic pollution. The governments should
so that
in the big cities.
air
pollution.
develop
public transport
people do
not use their cars
so much
Imagine that you and your family have moved from the countryside to the city.
Write an email to a friend about your new life in the city.
Writing
Language points
rubbish n. 垃圾; 废弃物
The dustman comes once a week to collect the rubbish.
垃圾工每周来收一次垃圾。
They dug a hole to bury the rubbish yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午他们挖了一个坑将垃圾埋了。
There is a pile of rubbish in the corner of the street.
在街道的拐角处有一堆垃圾。
If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we
must recycle _______.
A. them B. their
C. it D. itself
【解析】rubbish意思是“垃圾”,是不可数名词,故用it 代替。them 指代可数名词复数。
C
burn up rubbish 烧掉垃圾
clear away rubbish 清除垃圾
dump rubbish 倾倒垃圾
pick up rubbish 捡垃圾
remove rubbish 清除垃圾
sweep away rubbish 把垃圾扫掉
a mountain of rubbish 垃圾如山
a pile of rubbish 一堆垃圾
拓 展
辨析: rubbish和litter
rubbish: 普通用词,英国英语中较为常用,指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西,尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。
People still throw their rubbish everywhere.
人们仍到处扔垃圾。
litter: 多指乱扔的“垃圾”,尤指散落于地,有碍观瞻的废物。
Don’t leave litter about in public places.
不要在公共场所到处乱扔垃圾。
close down 关闭; 关停
All the stores and shops in this city don't close down on Sundays.
这个城市的大小商店星期天都不关门。
The library had to close down for it was too late.
天太晚了,图书馆得关门了。
The theatre has had to close for lack of support.
这家剧院光顾者很少只好关闭。
If the company fails to make enough
money, it will have to ________.
A. take away B. close down
C. break up D. set off
B
close with 以……结束(某事)
close up 堵塞(某物),关闭(某物)
close upon 包围
拓 展
some day (将来)总有一天; (日后)某天
Some day he will be a doctor.
有朝一日他会成为一名医生。
I can come back to my hometown some day.
总有一天我会回到家乡。
We plan to visit India some day.
我们计划有一天访问印度。
some day一般用来指将来,而不能指过去,译为“将来有一天、有朝一日”。例如:
We hope to go to the moon some day.
我们希望有朝一日会到月球上去。
one day不仅可以用来指将来,也可以用来指过去,译为“某一天”。例如:
We have lost 100 times, but one day we shall
win! 我们失败了100次,但是终有一天会取得胜利!
One day she happened to run across Xiao liu.
有一天她碰巧见到小刘了。
one day 与 some day
链接
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
flat local pollution
rubbish service thousand
Many towns and cities have the same problems as Arnwick. People need places to live, so the (1)________ government has to build more (2)________.
local
flats
People need better bus and train (3)________. They also produce more (4)________, so the government has to make mote efforts to protect the city against (5)________. As we say, a hundred people make a (6)________ problems!
flat local pollution
rubbish service thousand
services
rubbish
pollution
thousand
Thank you !
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