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Module9 Population
Unit1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion.(读作one point three seven billion或one point thirty-seven)
1. China has a population of about 1.37 billion.
=China has about 1.37 billion people.
=There are around 1.37 billion people in China.
(注意population与people不连用)
划线提问
What’s the population of China?
=How many people does China have?
=How many people are there in China?
a large/big/small population
翻译:重庆的人口比北京多。
Chongqing has a larger/bigger population than Beijing.
The population of Chongqing is larger/bigger than that of Beijing.
Half of the population in the town are farmers.
2. prepare (sth.) for…= get (sth.) ready for…
note n. 笔记;便笺;钞票;音符;声调,语气
vt. 注意;记录;对…加注释;指出
take/write/make notes 做笔记
3. a report called the growing/increasing population 过去分词短语做定语
grow-grew-grown v.增长(大);生长;种植;长高,变老
4. We’re in the right place to talk about…正是谈论…的恰当时机。
5. cause problems/trouble/worry
vt. 成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受
cause sb sth.=cause sth. to sb. (后接双宾语)
cause sb./sth. to