外研社八年级上 Module 9 Population
Unit 3 Language in use 学案卷
Step 1. Revision
1. Try to find the answers to the questions
① What’ s the population of China
② What’s the population of the world
2. Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.
1 China a) 4,437,000
2 the USA b) 22,956,000
3 Australia c) 314,791,000
4 New Zealand d) 1,370,537,000
The population of …is …
3. Watch a video
① What can the large numbers show us
4. What can the increasing population bring us
Arnwick was a small city with 200,000 people before. People from village moved to Arnwick to find jobs and they need places to live. Now the population of Arnwick is about one million.
However, it was______________ to live in the city center. So the government built _______________ outside the center. But it’s very ______________ and ______________ is everywhere.
Every day Jo needs to spend an hour to go to school by bus. So there is lots of ___________ and __________. With the increasing population, Arnwick needs better public _______________, such as schools, buses and hospitals.
① What is the population of Arnwick now
② Has the population of Arnwick changed these years?
③ What can the increasing population bring to Arnwick
Step 2. Practice
Try to answer the questions to learn about the population of other cities
① What was the population of New York in 2000
②Compared the population in 2000 with the population in 2025, what can you learn from the numbers
③ Do you think Tokyo will have the biggest population problem why
④ Do you have different ideas
Step3. Talk about our hometown---Dalian
Try to use what you have learnt in Module 9
① The population of Dalian is …
② The population of Dalian is ….
③ The increasing population of Dalian causes some problems.
such as…