Module 9 Population
Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 million.
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
To understand the conversation in relation to population.
To get specific information from the listening material.
To talk about and understand numbers.
Ability objective
To make a short passage or a dialogue with the points in this unit
Moral objective
To get the student to know how to make a teamwork
【教学重点】
New words and expressions
To learn the grammar knowledge of big numbers
【教学难点】
To grasp the phrases and important sentences
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Ss look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students say the new words as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Look at the picture and talk about the picture
Let Ss look at the picture and use the words in the box to talk in pairs.
Step 4 Listening
1. Pre-listening
Read these numbers.
13,000, 000 thirteen million
20,000,000 twenty million
33,000,000 thirty-three million
2. Listen to Activity 2 and choose the best answer.
1) What’s the population of Beijing?
a) About 11 million c) About 20 million
b) About 13 million
2) What’s the population of Chongqing?
a) About 28 million c) About 36 million
b) More than 33 million
3. Listen again and complete the blanks.
Betty went shopping in the city centre with her family last week. She had a good time, but there were too many _______ and not enough space. And there was a lot of ____. Actually Beijing is a big city with twenty million people. However Chongqing has the _________________ in China which has more than thirty-three million people.
Step 5 Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions
What is the big problem in many courtiers now?
2. How many babies are born every minute?
Step 6 Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions
Let Ss listen to the dialogue and answer the two questions. Then check in groups.
Step 7 Read the dialogue and complete the blanks.
1) Tony is preparing some notes for a report called ________________________.
2) Beijing is huge city with a large population. That causes a lot of problem, such as too much _______ and _______.
3) The population of China is about __________.
4) China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families are _______________.
Step 8 Now complete the notes
Babies born in every minute (world):
Babies born every year (world):
Population of China:
Population of the world:
Step 9 Choose the correct answer
Let Ss choose the correct answers and show in groups.
1) Birth happens at the start / at the end of life.
2) Huge means large / small.
3) An increase in population means more / fewer people.
4) Hang on a minute means waiting for a short time / a long time.
5) Making notes means writing a long passage / a few words.
6) A problem is something easy / difficult.
7) A report is a long piece of writing / a few words.
8) A billion is a hundred / a thousand million.
Step 10 Everyday English
I don’t believe!
Hang on a minute!
Great!
Step 11 Listen and repeat
Listen and repeat the numbers. Get the students to learn how to read the numbers: thousand, billion, and million.
Listen and repeat.
8,742
eight thousand, seven hundred and forty-two
2,463,128
two million, four hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight
1,370,000,000
one billion, three hundred and seventy million
2,000,030,000
two billion and thirty thousand
数字的表达
千位数以上： 从数字的右端向左端数起，每三位数加一个逗号“，”。从右开始，第一个“，”前的数字后添加 thousand，第二个“，”前面的数字后添加 million，第三个“，”前的数字后添加 billion。每个单位按照百、十、个位向下读，其中百位到十位之间要加入 and。
2,648
two thousand six hundred and forty-eight
16, 250, 064
sixteen million two hundred and fifty thousand sixty-four 5, 237, 166, 234
five billion, two hundred and thirty-seven million, one hundred and sixty-six thousand, two hundred and thirty-four?
Step 12 Check the statements you agree with
To check the right statements according to your opinion.
Work in groups and discuss your answers.
There are too many people in the world.
The increasing population is the biggest problem in the world.
People should not have too many babies.
A city should not hold more than one million people.
Step 13 Language points
Let Ss master the main points of the passage.
I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population”.
prepare用作动词，意为“准备”，后面常跟名词、代词、不定式作宾语。
prepare … for … 为……准备……
e.g. He is preparing a dinner for his friends.
他正在为他的朋友准备晚饭。
prepare后还可以接间接宾语，即prepare sb. sth.，相当于prepare sth. for sb.，意为“为某人
准备某事（物）”。
2) That causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.
too many后面加可数名词，too much后面加不可数名词，都表示“太多的”。
e.g. There are too many books in the bookshop.
There is too much water on the ground.
3) I can’t believe it!
表示“简直难以置信”。表示一种惊讶。
4) The population of China is about 1.37 billion.
billion(十亿), million (百万), thousand (千)都是数字单位。
前面有具体数字修饰时，用单数形式；billion还常用于固定结构billions of, 表示“数以十亿计的”。与此用法类似的词还有hundred, thousand, million等。
e.g. The man is very rich. He has five billion.
那个男人非常富有。他拥有50亿。
There are billions of books in the big library. 大图书馆有数以亿计的图书。
5) That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population, ...
one fifth 表示“五分之一”，fifth是序数词。
分数的表达：分子用基数词，分母用序数词。分子大于1时，分母 + s。
e.g. 2/5: two fifths
6) Hang on a minute!
hang on 通常用来表示让某人等一下, 相当于hold on。
e.g. Hang on! I’ll be back in a minute.
稍等！我马上回来。
Step 14 Grammar
掌握数字的用法。
朗读时，将每三位数看做一个单位，依次为billion，million，thousand。每个单位按照百、十、个位向下读，其中百位到十位之间要加入 and。
e.g. 729 ：seven hundred and twenty nine.
6,500,431,729： six billion five hundred million four hundred and thirty one thousand seven
hundred and twenty nine.
Step 15 Summary
重点短语
make notes prepare for
too much one fifth
hang on talk about
数字的读法
Step 16 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境从方框中选出恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。
noise, notes, grow, huge, increase, birth
1. In class you must listen to the teacher and take ________ carefully.
2. —There’s a large ________ in population in this city.
—Really? What’s the population of this city now?
3. China is a very ________ country and I love it.
4. Your grandpa is sleeping so don’t make ________.
5. Just now Mother Dog gave ________ to three baby dogs.
6. —Oh, your son looks cool and he’s ________ fast.
—Thank you.
Ⅱ. 根据语境用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Two _________ (five) of the students come from the countryside.
2. We saw _________ (billion) of stars in the sky.
3. I think these maths _________ (problem) are very difficult.
4. —Is your mother at home now?
—Yes, and she is _________ (prepare) for dinner.
5. Please tell me what _________ (cause) the fire last night.
6. He gets lots of _________ (report) about traffic accidents every week.
根据语境从方框中选出恰当的短语填空，有的需要变换形式。
write down, too much, in the future, wait for, too many, talk about
1. —Where’s your father?
—He is ___________ my mother at the bus stop.
2. When I came into the classroom, they were ___________ that new movie.
3. —Do you know what the life will be like ___________?
—Sorry, I don’t know.
4. Oh, there’s ___________ homework on weekends.
5. There are ___________ people in the room so let’s go somewhere.
6. Why don’t you ___________ the new words on your notebook?
Ⅲ. 根据语境从方框中选出恰当的短语填空，有的需要变换形式。
write down, too much, in the future, wait for, too many, talk about
1. —Where’s your father?
—He is ___________ my mother at the bus stop.
2. When I came into the classroom, they were ___________ that new movie.
3. —Do you know what the life will be like ___________?
—Sorry, I don’t know.
4. Oh, there’s ___________ homework on weekends.
5. There are ___________ people in the room so let’s go somewhere.
6. Why don’t you ___________ the new words on your notebook?
单项选择。
-What are you preparing _____ your party?
-I’m thinking about who I’ll invite.
A. at B. for C. with
2) There are _____ people in the little room.
A. so much B. so many C. very much
3) ____ of the world’s population is in China.
A. One five B. One fifths C. One fifth
4) - The school bus is coming.
- _____. I’ll come in a minute.
A. Hang on B. On earth C. Once or twice
5) I think ____ of the materials I listened to at the beginning of the exam ____ easy.
A. three fourths, is B. third four, are
C. three fourths, are D. three fourth, are
Step 17 Homework
编写一个报告，说明世界的人口增长问题。
Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
1. To get information from the reading passage in relation to city problem.
2. To write about city problems.
Ability objective
To write about city problems.
Moral objective
To make Ss do something for the environment protection.
【教学重点】
1. To get information from the reading material about city problems.
2. To learn the grammar: article.
【教学难点】
To understand the main idea of each paragraph of the article
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method.
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Revision and lead-in
Look at the pictures and guess what the increasing population need?
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Ask and answer the questions
Work in pairs. First read the words in the box. Then use the words to answer the questions.
countryside field flat hospital
job office rubbish village
1. Why do people move to cities?
2. What are the problems of big cities?
Step 4 Listen to passage and answer the questions
Where did people live after they moved to cities?
When did the small local school I Parkville close down?
Step 5 Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1
Read the passage carefully and check the answers from the groups.
Read the passage and complete the blanks.
Step 6 Read the passage and answer the questions
1. How long will it take to go to school in Arnwick?
2. Where does Jo’s family live now?
3. Was it expensive to live in the centre of the city?
Step 7 Check the true sentences
First let the Ss read the passage carefully and then check the answers according to the passage.
1. Parkville was a quiet village.
2. Arnwick was a city with 20,000 people.
3. Arnwick now has a population of more than one million.
4. The local school in Parkville has 2,000 pupils.
5. Big cities need more money for public services.
Step 8 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box
Read the passage carefully and get the main idea and choose the words from the box, then use the correct form to fill in the blanks.
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) ____.
People need better bus and train (3) _______. They also produce more (4) _______, so the government has to make more efforts to protect the city against (5) ________. As we say, a hundred people make a (6) ________ problems!
Step 9 Number the problems in order from most important (1) to least important (6)
To put the sentences in right order according to students’ opinions.
( ) Many young people want to leave the countryside because they want to find jobs in the city.
( ) There are not enough schools and hospitals.
( ) Too much traffic brings air pollution.
( ) There is too much rubbish in the streets.
( ) There aren’t enough police in the city.
( ) It’s difficult to get enough clean water.
Step 10 Write down your suggestions to solve the problems in Activity 5
Write down the first three most important problems and write down your suggestions to improve the situation.
Step 11 Language points
Let Ss master the main points of the passage.
1. ..., so the government built flats outside the centre.
flats 表示“公寓，套房”
house 表示“房子”
2. It’s clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals.
It’s clear that … 表示“很清楚…...”。
e.g. It’s clear that we need to work hard before the coming final exam.
很明显，我们要在即将到来的期末考试前努力学习。
3. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago.
local adj. 当地的
close down 表示“（永久性地）停工，关闭”。
e.g. The company closed down last year.
去年那家公司关闭。
4. There is a lot of traffic and pollution.
pollution n. 污染 pollute v. 污染
e.g. Noise pollution is more serious in the city.
噪音污染是城市中更为严重的问题。
5. However, can money help solve all these problem?
solve v. 解决问题 后跟名词或代词作宾语。
e.g. The expert cannot solve this difficult problem.
Talk to me about whatever is troubling you. I’ll help you solve it.
翻译下列句子。
1) Just calm down — shouting won’t solve anything!
2)我们找不出解决这个问题的办法。
Step 12 Summary
Let Ss talk about what they have learnt in class.
重点短语。
build flats in fact
close down public service
Step 13 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示写出句中所缺单词。
1. Last year the government built two _________ (公寓) there.
2. There are about one thousand _________ (小学生) at this primary school.
3. This problem is not hard and I think you can _________ (解决) it.
4. There will be more _________ (污染) in five years.
5. Here, you can enjoy many different kinds of _________ (服务).?
Ⅱ. 根据语境从方框中选出恰当的单词填空，每词限用一次。
rubbish, quiet, local, public
1. Don’t talk, boys and girls. Here you must keep ________.
2. —Does your sister work in a supermarket in Beijing?
—No. She works in a ________ supermarket.
3. —His school is not clean.
—Yeah! I can see ________ here and there.
4. You can’t talk loudly in ________ places such as hospitals and libraries.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 他们为什么搬到上海去？
Why did they ________ ________ Shanghai??
2. 我们需要住的地方。
We need ________ ________ ________.
3. 去年这个电视台就关闭了。
Last year this TV station ________ ________.??
4. 这座城市需要更多的警察来保护它的人民。
This city needs more ________ ________ ________ its people.
5. 你不得不作出更多的努力来挽救濒危动物。
You have to ________ ________ ________ ________ save animals in danger.
单项填空。
1. — Please make _____ for the old woman. C
— Here you are.
A. house B. flat C. room
2. The paper factory _____ last year and the villagers were very happy to have a better life. C
A. closed off B. closed away C. closed down
3. Air ______ is a serious problem in big cities. A
A. pollution B. pollute C. rubbish
4. The government needs to make ______ to protect the forest. A
A. laws B. stories C. ways
Step 14 Homework
随着地球上人口的不断增加，环境污染问题也变得越来越严重。假如你是某国际学校的学生会主席李风，请你根据以下现状提示和写作要求写一封英文倡议书，号召全校同学为保护环境做出自己的贡献。
现状提示:
1. 水污染和大气污染越来越严重；
2. 森林被砍伐；
3. 塑料袋(plastic bags)随处可见。
写作要求 :
1. 针对以上现状至少提出3条合理化建议；
2. 不少于80词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear schoolmates,
______________________________________
______________________________________
Let’s try together now!
Li Feng
指导：
写作应分两部分：一是分析环境污染问题的现状，二是针对现存的问题提出对策，发出倡议。发出倡议时可能用到的句型有We should / shouldn’t ..., We’d better ..., We must ... 等。
【思路】
引出话题→The pollution of the environment is more and more serious today.↓
分析问题→... water ... air ... trees ... plastic bags ...↓
提出对策、发出倡议→ ... we should protect our environment ...? shouldn’t ...? should ... must ...
Write your passage.
Unit 3 Language in use
【教学目标】
To use the points in Units 1 and 2;
To use the points in units 1 and 2 freely;
To make Ss learn about the environment pollution and how to protect the environment.
【教学重点】
To master the word, the numbers and the article.
【教学难点】
The using of the number and the article.
【教学方法】
PWP method, Formal and interactive practice
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Revision:
The suggestions to solve the problems in our city:
public?transportation?should?be?
encouraged
building?more roads?makes?the?traffic?
less?crowded
expend the cities, and build more apartment in the country
…
Step 1 Language practice
Complete the sentences.
Beijing is ___ huge city. 北京是个大城市。
2. It takes ____ hour to get there by bus.
坐汽车到那要花一个小时的时间。
3. That’s almost ___________ of the world’s population.
那几乎是世界人口的五分之一。
4. That makes over ___________ births a year.
每年会有131,400,400多个婴儿出生。
Grammar: 冠词
冠词是置于名词之前，用以说明名词所指的人或事物的一种虚词。冠词有三种形式：不定冠词 a, an, 定冠 the和零冠词。
一、不定冠词a, an的用法
1. 表示数量，泛指同类事物中的“任何一个”，含有“一”的意思。如：
Tom had an apple for breakfast this morning.
2. 表示某类人或物，此时的不定冠词一般不译为“一”。如：
A panda eats bamboo.
3. 表示数量，意为“每一”。如：
How often do you go swimming a week?
4. 用于某些抽象名词前，表示“一种；一场；一阵等”。如：
I have a headache.
注：不定冠词a常用于以辅音音素开头的单数可数名词前；an常用于以元音音素开头的单数可数名词前。??
二、定冠词the的用法
1. 特指某（些）人或物。如：
I like the red clothes.
2. 特指上文提到过的人或物。如：
I have a camera. The camera is white and I like it very much.
3. 指世界上独一无二的事物。如：
the sun, the moon, the earth
4. 用于序数词、表示方位的名词或形容词最高级前面。如：
the first boy, in the north, the tallest boy
5. 用于表示乐器的名词前面。如：
play the piano
6. 用于姓氏的复数形式前面，表示“一家人”或“夫妇俩人”。如：
The Blacks are having a picnic now.
7. 与形容词连用, 表示某一类人或物。如：the rich, the old
8. 用于某些专有名词前面。如：
the Great Wall
9. 用于一些固定短语中。如：
in the morning, by the way
三、零冠词的用法
1. 表示节日、星期、月份、季节等的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：
on Teachers’ Day, on Monday, in September, in winter
注意：in the summer of 2015（表示特指，故加the）
2. 表示一日三餐的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：have lunch
3. 表示球类运动和棋类的名词与play连用时，一般不加冠词。如：
play basketball, play chess
4. 表示语言和学科的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：
David can speak Chinese very well.
History is Susan’s favourite subject.
5. 名词前面有指示代词或形容词性物主代词时，不再加冠词。如：
May I have a look at your dictionary??
6. 在一些固定短语中，名词前面用零冠词。如：
go to bed, go to school, by bus, at night
根据句意用合适的冠词填空，不需要冠词的地方划斜线“ / ”。
1. My sister is ________ university student.
2. I was excited to meet ________ Whites at the airport.
3. The Changjiang River is ________ longest river in China.
4. We often have ________ lunch at twelve o’clock.
5. Could you come back in ________ hour?
中考链接
1. ____ apple a day keeps the doctor away. (2016年山东省济宁市中考)
A. A B. An C. The D. /
2. To be ____ good dancer, you need to learn more. (2016成都中考)
A. the B. a C. an
3. Tianjin?is?______?beautiful?city?in
?_____?north?of?China.?(2016天津中考)
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; 不填???? ?D. 不填;the?
4. —Have you seen the film Dad, where are we going?
—Yes. It’s ______ interesting one. (2014云南曲靖)
A. a ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. an??? ?????? C. the???? ??? ?? D. /
5. —What’s this in English, Maria?
—It’s ______ map. (2014福建漳州)
A. a???????? ??? B. an????? ?? C. the
Step 2 Match the countries with their populations
Match the countries with their populations in groups.
1) China a) 4,437,000
2) the US b) 22,956,000
3) Australia c) 314,791,000
4) New Zealand d) 1,370,537,000
2. Read your answers to Activity 1 to the whole class.
3. Now listen and check.
4. Listen again and read the numbers follow the tape.
1) China has a population of one billion, three hundred and seventy million, five hundred and thirty-seven thousand.
2) The population of the US is three hundred and fourteen million, seven hundred and ninety-one thousand.
3) twenty-two million, nine hundred and fifty-six thousand people live in Australia.
4) Four million, four hundred and thirty-seven thousand people live in New Zealand.
Step 3 Learning to learn
To learn how to see a table and a chart
When you see a table or a chart, look carefully at the labels and graphs to make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude?
Step 4 Read the chart and answer the questions
Read the chart and answer the questions.
1. Which city had the largest population in 2000?
2. Which city’s population will increase most from 2000 to 2025?
3. Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City?
4. Which city/cities will have the biggest population problem? Why?
Step 5 Write a, an or the where necessary
1. Read the passage carefully.
2. Then use the articles to fill in the blanks where necessary.
Mina is (1) ____ eighteen-year-old girl. She’s got (2) ____ brother and (3) ____ sister. Mina is (4) ____ oldest child in (5) _____ family. She lives in (6) ____ very big city. She has (7) ___ job in (8) ____ hotel. She hopes that one day she will have (9) ___ chance to go to (10) ___ college.
Step 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box
First read the sentences and use the right form of the words from the box to fill in the blanks.
few good much small
1. We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we’re working to make them even _______.
2. Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _______ one.
3. Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen ________.
4. There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are ______ parks in a lot of other cities.
Step 7 Complete the diagram showing population problems
Read the diagram.
Use the words from the box to complete the diagram.
To get the answers from the Ss.
air city countryside hospital increase public service traffic water
Problems of Arnwick
People move from _______________
People arrive in _________
Problems: Population __________
Environmental problems Health problems Problems for the government
Examples: Examples: Examples:
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________ __________________
Step 8 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box
Read the passage and master the details in the passage.
Use the words to fill in the blanks.
Get the right answers from the Ss.
countryside pollution population space traffic
Our world is facing many problems. Two of the biggest are increasing population and pollution.
The (1) __________ of the world is increasing quickly. Why is this happening?
Because more babies are born every year and people also live longer.
Many people are leaving the (2) __________ to work in the cities, but there is not enough (3) _____ for so many people.
Another huge problem for the world is (4)________. There’s so much (5) ______ on the roads that in some cities the air is heavily polluted. We should work harder to protect our world.
Step 10 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the expressions in the box
Read the sentences and understand the meanings.
Choose the correct form of the expressions.
all over the world closed down
in the future it takes not … any more
1) Growing population is a problem ________________.
2) The population of China may grow more slowly ____________.
3) The supermarket ___________ when a bigger one opened in the town.
4) Usually _________ an hour to get there by bus.
5) The town had a lot of pollution in the past but it’s _____ a problem _________.
Step 11 Listen and choose the best summary
To let the students master the summary.
a) It’s cheaper to share a car than to have a personal car.
b) People in a car club don’t often take buses, trains or the underground.
c) There are no car clubs in the US.
d) Joining car clubs is good for you and for the city.
Step 12 Listen again and choose the correct answer
Joining a car club is cheaper / more expensive than having a personal car.
People in car clubs pay for / don’t pay for a car when they drive.
People in car clubs sometimes / never take a bus or ride a bike.
People in car clubs probably are / aren’t healthier.
Step 13 Work in pairs and discuss this question
Do you think car clubs would be popular in China? Why? Why not?
Step 14 Around the world
To know about the world population and water.
World population and water
With more and more people in the world, more and more water is used. In fact, water use is growing more than twice as fast as the world’s population! As a result, getting good, clean water is becoming a problem in many places.
A lot of water is polluted and in many areas people have to walk a long way to get clean water for daily use. More than 3.4 million people die each year from drinking and washing with polluted water. So let’s do everything we can to stop the pollution and save water.
How population is related to water and what are the problems with water?
Do more research about this topic with internet or books.
Step 15 Writing
To prepare to make your graph in groups.
To make your graph and present your graph to the class.
Write a paragraph to describe your graph.
Step 16 Summary
Let the students say what they have learnt in class by themselves.
1. 冠词的用法。
2. 重点短语:
all over the world close down in the future it takes
not … any more
Step 17 Exercises
根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。
solve, money, live, healthy, advise, noise, agree, problem
Jenny is a kind girl. She adopted (收养) some homeless (无家可归的) dogs six months ago. She looked after them and the dogs became (1) ______ and bigger. Jenny loves them very much. But now she has got some (2) ______. First, she hasn’t got enough (3) ______ to buy food for the dogs. Second, the dogs are too big. So they haven’t got enough places (4) ______. Third, at night the dogs often make (5) ______. So Jenny and her family don’t sleep well. That makes Jenny’s parents unhappy. And that also makes Jenny unhappy.
Jenny’s mother (6) ______ Jenny to send the dogs to her friends. Her father asks her to put up the dogs’ photos to look for their owners (主人). Jenny doesn’t (7) ______ with her parents. Can you help Jenny (8) ______ these problems? If you can, please call her at 8903 1197.
Step 18 Homework
你认为自己应该为严重的水污染做哪些事, 写一篇60词左右的短文。
Celebrate Earth Day
On April 22nd, we celebrate Earth Day. Our planet is full of life: we share it with animals and plants. Our planet is very rich and friendly. Unluckily, we don’t take care of our mother Earth. More and more people are cutting down trees, throwing things into the rivers and creating (制造) pollution. As a result, the climate (气候) is becoming worse.
Earth Day is a day to remember to take care of our planet. We can keep Earth clean by following the rule of?“reduce, reuse, recycle”. Reduce means to use less. We can reduce our use of resources (资源) like water and gasoline. Reuse means to use things again rather than throwing them away. We can reuse many things such as boxes and plastic (塑料) bags. Recycle means to make something new from something old. We can keep Earth clean by recycling things like paper and plastic.
On Earth Day, we tell ourselves and everyone on Earth that we must do these things. We must do these things every day, not just on Earth Day. We must all do our own part, and we can make a difference. If we take care of our planet, we can take care of ourselves.?
世界人口
人口问题越来越引起国际社会的重视。从1954年起，联合国几次召开世界性人口会议。1994年9月5日至13日在开罗召开的第三次国际人口与发展会议，来自182个国家和地区的15000多名代表参加了会议。这次会议第一次将人口问题与可持续发展联系起来。会议最后通过了《行动纲领》，呼吁各国加强在人口与发展领域的合作，解决人类面临的共同问题。1999年6月30日至7月2日联合国召开人口和发展特别会议，再次从人口与经济、社会、资源、环境和可持续发展的战略高度认识解决人口问题的重要性。
据联合国人口基金会1995年7月11日在伦敦发表的世界人口报告说，1995年世界人口总人数为57亿。文盲为9.6亿，其中2/3是妇女，1∕3为儿童。据推测，全球每年增加人口数量将保持在8600万以上。到2015年世界人口将达71─78亿，到2025年将超过80亿，到2050年将达到94亿。据科学家的分析，到2080年世界人口将达到顶峰，为106亿，在此后将逐渐下降，到21世纪末降至103.5亿。
世界人口达70亿
据联合国人口基金预测，2011年10月30日世界人口即将达到70亿。据悉，联合国人口统计方法是“黄金标准”，但专家质疑其推断准确性。联合国人口基金用“黄金标准”推算第80亿人口将出现在2025年，第100亿人口将出现在2100年前,并表示误差不超过1%。但分析人士称这个误差在大基数作用下，可将第70亿人口的降生时间提前或滞后半年。
当日不少国家将在产房内等待“70亿宝宝”，并准备举行活动纪念此日。然而联合国秘书长潘基文表示他不准备抱抱“70亿宝宝”，因为“他（她）出生在一个矛盾的世界里”，一个“食物充足，却有10亿人每天饿肚皮”的世界。潘基文在几天前演讲中说：“这不是一个数字的故事，这是一个有关人类的故事，70亿人，意味着需要更多食物，更多能源，更多就业和受教育的机遇，更多权利以及更多让他们繁衍和抚育后代的自由”,丹妮卡?卡马乔在媒体聚光灯的环绕下，于31日零点前2分钟在菲律宾首都马尼拉一家医院降生。她将成为全球范围内几名被宣布成为象征性的世界第70亿人口的婴儿之一。
联合国高级官员前往菲律宾接见了这个小婴儿及其父母，并送给丹妮卡一个小蛋糕作为礼物。此外，卡马乔一家还收到了来自当地捐赠者的各种礼物，包括为丹妮卡准备的助学基金和帮助该家庭开办杂货店的费用。
菲律宾卫生部长欧纳表示，世界第70亿人口的降生为菲律宾带来审视人口问题的契机。据悉，菲律宾目前是世界上位居第12位的人口大国，拥有9490万人口。中国和印度依然占据前两个席位。不过印度人口预计将在2025年超过中国。
“60亿宝宝”活在贫民窟
回溯1999年10月12日，时任联合国秘书长安南将波黑宝宝梅维奇“指定”为全球第60亿人。这个宝宝如今14岁，生活在萨拉热窝贫民窟中。
联合国统计显示，世界人口从10亿增长到20亿用了一个多世纪，从20亿增长到30亿用了32年，而从1987年开始，每12年就增长10亿。
城市环境污染种类
第一、空气污染
我国城市的空气污染仍为煤烟型为主，主要污染物是二氧化硫、二氧化碳和烟尘。
第二、水域污染
造成水体污染的物质种类有：有机有毒物质；无机有毒物质；耗氧污染物；植物营养污染物；病源微生物；放射性污染物等。我国城市及其附近河流仍以有机污染为主，主要污染指标是石油类、高锰酸盐指数和氨氮。
第三、固体废物污染
包括工业废弃物、建筑垃圾和生活垃圾等。
第四、噪声污染
我国多数城市的噪声处于中等污染程度。
第五、土壤污染
土壤的污染源包括烂施化肥农药，工业废水和废渣以及生活污水和垃圾等
环境污染是指人类直接或间接地向环境排放超过其自净能力的物质或能量，从而使环境的质量降低，对人类的生存与发展、生态系统和财产造成不利影响的现象。具体包括：水污染、大气污染、噪声污染、放射性污染等。水污染是指水体因某种物质的介入，而导致其化学、物理、生物或者放射性污染等方面特性的改变，从而影响水的有效利用，危害人体健康或者破坏生态环境，造成水质恶化的现象。大气污染是指空气中污染物的浓度达到有害程度，以致破坏生态系统和人类正常生存和发展的条件，对人和生物造成危害的现象。噪声污染是指所产生的环境噪声超过国家规定的环境噪声排放标准，并干扰他人正常工作、学习、生活的现象。放射性污染是指由于人类活动造成物料、人体、场所、环境介质表面或者内部出现超过国家标准的放射性物质或者射线。例如，超过国家和地方政府制定的排放污染物的标准，超种类、超量、超浓度排放污染物；未采取防止溢流和渗漏措施而装载运输油类或者有毒货物致使货物 落水造成水污染；非法向大气中排放有毒有害物质，造成大气污染事故，等等。
随着科学技术水平的发展和人民生活水平的提高，环境污染也在增加，特别是在发展中国家。 环境污染问题越来越成为世界各个国家的共同课题之一。
环境污染有各种分类：
按环境要素分：大气污染、水体污染、土壤污染。
按人类活动分：工业环境污染、城市环境污染、农业环境污染。
按造成环境污染的性质、来源分：化学污染、生物污染、物理污染（噪声污染、放射性、电磁波）固体废物污染、能源污染。
环境污染会给生态系统造成直接的破坏和影响，如沙漠化、森林破坏、也会给生态系统和人类社会造成间接的危害，有时这种间接的环境效应的危害比当时造成的直接危害更大，也更难消除。例如，温室效应、酸雨、和臭氧层破坏就是由大气污染衍生出的环境效应。这 种由环境污染衍生的环境效应具有滞后性，往往在污染发生的当时不易被察觉或预料到，然而一旦发生就表示环境污染已经发展到相当严重的地步。当然，环境污染的最直接、最容易被人所感受的后果是使人类环境的质量下降，影响人类的生活质量、身体健康和生产活动。例如城市的空气污染造成空气污浊，人们的发病率上升等等；水污染使水环境质量恶化，饮用水源的质量普遍下降，威胁人的身体健康，引起胎儿早产或畸形等等。严重的污染事件不仅带来健康问题，也造成社会问题。随着污染的加剧和人们环境意识的提高，由于污染引起 的人群纠纷和冲突逐年增加。
由于人们对工业高度发达的负面影响预料不够，预防不利，导致了全球性的 三大危机：资源短缺、环境污染、生态破坏。人类不断的向环境排放污染物质。但由于大气、水、土壤等的扩散、稀释、氧化还原、生物降解等的作用。污染物质的浓度和毒性会自然降低，这种现象叫做环境自净。如果排放的物质超过了环境的自净能力，环境质量就会发生不良变化，危害人类健康和生存，这就发生了环境污染。
在全球范围内都不同程度地出现了环境污染问题，具有全球影响的方面有大气环境污染、海洋污染、城市环境问题等。随着经济和贸易的全球化，环境污染也日益呈现国际化趋势，出现的危险废物越境转移问题就是这方面的突出表现。
环境污染的防治
每一个环境污染的实例，可以说都是大自然对人类敲响的一声警钟。为了保护生态环境，为了维护人类自身和子孙后代的健康，必须积极防治环境污染。
我国防治环境污染的对策
为了防治环境污染，我国相继颁布了《中华人民共和国环境保护法》、《中华人民共和国水污染防治法》等一系列法律。1983年，我国政府宣布把环境保护列为一项基本国策，提出在经济发展过程中经济效益、社会效益和环境效益相统一的战略方针。1994年，我国政府制定了今后中国环境保护工作的行动指南——《中国21世纪议程》，指出“通过高消耗追求经济数量增长和‘先污染后治理’的传统发展模式已不再适应当今和未来发展的要求，而必须努力寻求一条人口、经济、社会、环境和资源相互协调的、既能满足当代人的需要而又不对满足后代人需求的能力构成危害的可持续发展的道路”。为了做好环境污染的防治工作，我们每一个公民必须努力增强环境意识。
课件48张PPT。Module 9Module 9 Population Unit 1
The population of China
is about 1.37 billion.too many ________peopleLook at the pictures and fill in the blanks.too much _______noisetoo much ________traffictoo much _________smokenoise n. 噪声；杂音 prepare v. 准备；预备notes n. 笔记 report n. 报告；汇报huge adj. 巨大的increase n. / v. 增大；增长Do you know these words?problem n. 麻烦，问题birth n. 出生 billion num.
十亿fifth num. 第五，五分之一grow v. 增长，
增大 noise people space trafficListening and
vocabularyWork in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use
the words in the box to help you.Read these numbers.
13,000, 000
thirteen million
20,000,000
twenty million
33,000,000
thirty-three millionPre-listening What’s the population of Beijing?
a) About 11 million c) About 20 million
b) About 13 million
2. What’s the population of Chongqing?
a) About 28 million c) About 36 million
b) More than 33 millionListen and choose the correct answer.Betty went shopping in the city centre with her family last week. She had a good time, but there were too many _______ and not enough space. And there was a lot of ____. Actually Beijing is a big city with twenty million people. However Chongqing has the _________________ in China which has more than thirty-three million people.Listen again and complete the blanks.peoplenoiselargest populationWhat is the big problem in many courtiers now?
2. How many babies are born every minute?Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.Population increase is a big problem in many countries.Over 250 babies are born every minute.1. Tony is preparing some notes for a report called ________________________.
2. Beijing is huge city with a large population. That causes a lot of problem, such as too much _______ and _______.Read the dialogue and complete the blanks.“Our growing population”trafficnoise3. The population of China is about __________.
4. China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families are _______________.1.37 billiongetting smallerBabies born every minute in the world:
Babies born every year in the world:
Population of China:
Population of the world:Complete the notes.over 250131.4 millionabout 1.37 billionabout 7 billionChoose the correct answer.1. Birth happens at the start / at the end of life.
2. Huge means large / small.
3. An increase in population means more / fewer people.
4. Hang on a minute means waiting for
a short time / a long time.5. Making notes means writing a long passage / a few words.
6. A problem is something easy / difficult.
7. A report is a long piece of writing / a few words.
8. A billion is a hundred / a thousand million.I can’t believe it!Hang on a minute!Great!Everyday English8,742
eight thousand, seven hundred and forty-two
2,463,128
two million, four hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and twenty-eightListen and repeat.Pronunciation and speaking1,370,000,000
one billion, three hundred and seventy million
2,000,030,000
two billion and thirty thousand千位数以上： 从数字的右端向左端数起，每三位数加一个逗号“，”。从右开始，第一个“，”前的数字后添加 thousand，第二个“，”前面的数字后添加 million，第三个“，”前的数字后添加 billion。每个单位按照百、十、个位向下读，其中百位到十位之间要加入 and。数字的表达2,648
two thousand six hundred and forty-eight
16, 250, 064
sixteen million two hundred and fifty thousand sixty-four 5, 237, 166, 234
five billion, two hundred and thirty-seven million, one hundred and sixty-six thousand, two hundred and thirty-four? Check the statements you agree with.Now work in groups
and discuss your answers.I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population”.
prepare用作动词，意为“准备”，后面常跟名词、代词、动词不定式作宾语。
prepare … for … 为……准备……
e.g. He is ______________________ his
friends.
他正在为他的朋友准备晚饭。Language pointspreparing a dinner forprepare后还可以接间接宾语，即prepare sb. sth.，相当于
prepare sth. for sb.，意为“为某人准备某事（物）”。
根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
(1) 张先生正在准备早饭。
Mr Zhang is ___________ breakfast.
(2) 你准备写信给她吗？
Do you _______ __ _____ to her?preparingprepare to write (3) 我们一周前开始为这次旅行做准备。
We began to _______ ___ this journey
a week ago.
(4) 爸爸为我们准备了一顿美餐。
Dad _________ __ a delicious meal.prepared usprepare for? 2. That causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.
e.g. There are too many books in the
bookshop.
There is too much water on the
ground.
too many后面加______(可数/不可数)名词；too much后面________(可数/不可数) ，都表示“太多的”。
可数不可数3. I can’t believe it!
“简直难以置信”，表示一种惊讶。
4. The population of China is about 1.37 billion.
billion(十亿), million (百万), thousand (千)都是数字单位。前面有具体数字修饰时，用单数形式；billion还常用于固定结构billions of, 表示“数以十亿计的”。与此用法类似的词还有hundred, thousand, million等。
e.g. The man is very rich. He has five
billion.
那个男人非常富有。他拥有50亿。
There are _______________ in the big
library. 大图书馆有数以亿计的图书。billions of books5. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population, ...
one fifth表示“五分之一”，fifth是序数词。
分数的表达：分子用基数词，分母用序数词。分子大于1时，分母 + s。
e.g. 2/5: _________two fifths6. Hang on a minute!
翻译：_____________________
hang on通常用来表示让某人等一下，相当于hold on。
e.g. Hang on! I’ll be back in a minute.
稍等！我马上回来。稍等一下 。重点短语
make notes prepare for
too much one fifth
hang on talk about
数字的读法Summary根据语境选出恰当的单词填空，有的需要
变换形式。
noise, notes, grow, huge, increase, birth
1. In class you must listen to the teacher and take ________ carefully.notesnoise, notes, grow, huge, increase, birth
2. —There’s a large ________ in
population in this city.
—Really? What’s the population of
this city now?
3. China is a very ________ country and I love it.increasehugenoise, notes, grow, huge, increase, birth
4. Your grandpa is sleeping so don’t make ________.
5. Just now Mother Dog gave ________ to three baby dogs.
6. —Oh, your son looks cool and he’s
________ fast.
—Thank you.noise?birth?growing 根据语境用括号内所给单词的适当形式
填空。
1. Two _________ (five) of the students come from the countryside.
2. We saw _________ (billion) of stars in the sky.
3. I think these maths _________ (problem) are very difficult. fifths?billions?problems?4. —Is your mother at home now?
—Yes, and she is _________
(prepare) for dinner.
5. Please tell me what _________ (cause) the fire last night.
6. He gets lots of _________ (report) about traffic accidents every week.preparingcaused?reports 根据语境选出恰当的短语填空，有的需
要变换形式。
write down, too much, in the future, wait for, too many, talk about
1. —Where’s your father?
—He is ___________ my mother at the
bus stop.
2. When I came into the classroom, they were _____________ that new movie.waiting fortalking about?write down, too much, in the future, wait for, too many, talk about
3. —Do you know what the life will be
like ___________?
—Sorry, I don’t know.
4. Oh, there’s ___________ homework on weekends.in the futuretoo muchwrite down, too much, in the future, wait for, too many, talk about
5. There are ___________ people in the room so let’s go somewhere.
6. Why don’t you ___________ the new words on your notebook?too many?write down 单项选择。
1. -What are you preparing _____ your
party?
-I’m thinking about who I’ll invite.
A. at B. for C. with
2. There are _____ people in the little room.
A. so much B. so many C. very muchBB3. ____ of the world’s population is in China.
A. One five B. One fifths C. One fifth
4. - The school bus is coming.
- _____. I’ll come in a minute.
A. Hang on B. On earth
C. Once or twiceCA5. I think ____ of the materials I listened to at the beginning of the exam ____ easy.
A. three fourths, is
B. third four, are
C. three fourths, are
D. three fourth, are C编写一个报告，说明世界的人口增长问题。Thank you!课件39张PPT。Module 9Module 9 Population Unit 2
Arnwick was a city with
200,000 people. What do the increasing population need?Lead-inThey need more flats.They need more shops.They need more hospitals.They need a better public bus service.flat n. 公寓quiet adj. 安静的local adj. 当地的rubbish n. 垃圾solve v. 解决问题pupil n. 小学生Do you know these words?pollution n. 污染public adj. 公共的service n. 服务1. Why do people move to cities?
2. What are the problems of big cities?countryside field flat hospital
job office rubbish villageWork in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.Reading and vocabulary1. Where did people live after they moved to cities?They lived in flats outside the centre.2. When did the small local school in Parkville close down?Five years ago.Listen to the passage and answer the questions.Read the passage and complete the blanks.crowdedpollution 1. How long will it take to go to school in Arnwick?
2. Where does Jo’s family live now?
3. Was it expensive to live in the centre of the city?
An hour.In one of those flats.Yes, it was.Read the passage and answer the questions.√√√Check the true sentences.1. Parkville was a quiet village.
2. Arnwick was a city with 20,000 people.
3. Arnwick now has a population of more
than one million.
4. The local school in Parkville has 2,000
pupils.
5. Big cities need more money for public
services.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) ____.localflatsComplete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.People need better bus and train (3) _______. They also produce more (4) _______, so the government has to make more efforts to protect the city against (5) ________. As we say, a hundred people make a (6) ________ problems!servicesrubbishpollutionthousandflat local pollution
rubbish service thousand( ) Many young people want to leave the countryside because they want to find jobs in the city.
( ) There are not enough schools and hospitals. Read and check the problems that exist in your home town.Writing( ) Too much traffic brings air pollution.
( ) There is too much rubbish in the
streets.
( ) There aren’t enough police in the
city.
( ) It’s difficult to get enough clean
water.Write down your suggestions to solve the problems in your home town.1. ..., so the government built flats outside the centre.
flats表示“公寓，套房”
house表示“房子”Language points2. _____________ Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals.
显然，阿恩威克需要更多的学校、公交车和医院。
It’s clear that … 表示“很清楚…...”。
e.g. It’s clear that we need to work
hard before the coming final exam.
很明显，我们要在即将到来的期末
考试前努力学习。It’s clear that3. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago.
local adj. 当地的
close down表示“（永久性地）停工，关闭”。
e.g. The company ___________ last year.
去年那家公司关闭了。closed down4. There is a lot of traffic and pollution.
pollution n. 污染
________ v. 污染
e.g. Noise pollution is more serious in
the city.
噪音污染是城市中更为严重的问
题。pollute5. However, can money help solve all these problem?
solve v. 解决问题
后跟名词或代词作宾语。
e.g. The expert cannot solve this
difficult problem.
Talk to me about whatever is
troubling you. I’ll help you solve it. 翻译下列句子。
1. Just calm down — shouting won’t solve anything!
2.?我们找不出解决这个问题的办法。冷静些——喊叫解决不了任何问题！We can’t find a solution to this problem.重点短语。
build flats in fact
close down public service Summary根据句意及所给汉语提示写出句中所缺
单词。
1. Last year the government built two _______ (公寓) there.
2. There are about one thousand _________ (小学生) at this primary school.Exercisesflats?pupils?3. This problem is not hard and I think you can _________ (解决) it.
4. There will be more _________ (污染) in five years.
5. Here, you can enjoy many different kinds of _________ (服务).? solve?pollutionservices根据语境选出恰当的单词填空，每词限
用一次。
rubbish, quiet, local, public
1. Don’t talk, boys and girls. Here you must keep ________.
2. —Does your sister work in a
supermarket in Beijing?
—No. She works in a ________
supermarket.quiet?local?rubbish, quiet, local, public
3. —His school is not clean.
—Yeah! I can see ________ here and
there.
4. You can’t talk loudly in ________ places such as hospitals and libraries. rubbish?public根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1. 他们为什么搬到上海去？
Why did they ___________ Shanghai??
2. 我们需要住的地方。
We need _________________.
3. 去年这个电视台就关闭了。
Last year this TV station ___________.?? move to?places to live?closed down4. 这座城市需要更多的警察来保护它的人民。
This city needs more ________________ its people.
5. 你不得不作出更多的努力来挽救濒危动物。
You have to _____________________ save animals in danger.police to protectmake more efforts to 1. — Please make _____ for the old
woman.
— Here you are.
A. house B. flat C. room
2. The paper factory _____ last year and the villagers were very happy to have a better life.
A. closed off B. closed away
C. closed downCC3. Air ______ is a serious problem in big cities.
A. pollution B. pollute C. rubbish
4. The government needs to make ______ to protect the forest.
A. laws B. stories C. waysAA随着地球上人口的不断增加，环境污染问题也变得越来越严重。假如你是某国际学校的学生会主席李风，请你根据以下现状提示和写作要求写一封英文倡议书，号召全校同学为保护环境做出自己的贡献。
现状提示:
1. 水污染和大气污染越来越严重；
2. 森林被砍伐；
3. 塑料袋(plastic bags)随处可见。写作要求 :
1. 针对以上现状至少提出3条合理化建议；
2. 不少于80词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear schoolmates,
______________________________________
______________________________________
Let’s try together now!
Li Feng指导：
写作应分两部分：一是分析环境污染问题的现状，二是针对现存的问题提出对策，发出倡议。发出倡议时可能用到的句型有We should / shouldn’t ..., We’d better ..., We must ... 等。【思路】
引出话题→The pollution of the environment is more and more serious today.↓
分析问题→... water ... air ... trees ... plastic bags ...↓
提出对策、发出倡议→ ... we should protect our environment ...? shouldn’t ...? should ... must ...
Write your passage.Thank you!课件56张PPT。Module 9
Module 9 PopulationUnit 3
Language in usepublic?transportation?should?be?
encouraged
building?more roads?makes?the?traffic?
less?crowded
expend the cities, and build more apartment in the country
…The suggestions to solve the problems in our city:Beijing is ___ huge city.
北京是个大城市。
2. It takes ____ hour to get there by bus.
坐汽车到那要花一个小时的时间。Language practiceComplete the sentences.aan3. That’s almost ___________ of the world’s population.
那几乎是世界人口的五分之一。
4. That makes over ___________ births a year.
每年会有131,400,400多个婴儿出生。one fifth131.4 million冠词是置于名词之前，用以说明名词所指的人或事物的一种虚词。
冠词有三种形式：不定冠词 a, an, 定冠 the和零冠词。Grammer
冠词一、不定冠词a, an的用法
1. 表示数量，泛指同类事物中的“任何一
个”，含有“一”的意思。如：
Tom had ____ apple for breakfast this
morning.
2. 表示某类人或物，此时的不定冠词一般
不译为“一”。如：
___ panda eats bamboo. anA3. 表示数量，意为“每一”。如：
How often do you go swimming a
week?
4. 用于某些抽象名词前，表示“一种；一
场；一阵等”。如：
I have a headache.
注：不定冠词a常用于以辅音音素开头的单数可数名词前；an常用于以元音音素开头的单数可数名词前。?? 二、定冠词the的用法
1. 特指某（些）人或物。如：
I like the red clothes.
2. 特指上文提到过的人或物。如：
I have a camera. The camera is white and I like it very much.
3. 指世界上独一无二的事物。如：
the sun, the moon, the earth4. 用于序数词、表示方位的名词或形容词最高级前面。如：
the first boy, in the north, the tallest boy
5. 用于表示乐器的名词前面。如：
play the piano
6. 用于姓氏的复数形式前面，表示“一家人”或“夫妇俩人”。如：
The Blacks are having a picnic now.7. 与形容词连用, 表示某一类人或物。如：the rich, the old
8. 用于某些专有名词前面。如：
the Great Wall
9. 用于一些固定短语中。如：
in the morning, by the way三、零冠词的用法
1. 表示节日、星期、月份、季节等的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：
on Teachers’ Day, on Monday, in September, in winter
注意：in the summer of 2015（表示特指，故加the）
2. 表示一日三餐的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：have lunch3. 表示球类运动和棋类的名词与play连用时，一般不加冠词。如：
play basketball, play chess
4. 表示语言和学科的名词前面一般不加冠词。如：
David can speak Chinese very well.
History is Susan’s favourite subject.5. 名词前面有指示代词或形容词性物主代词时，不再加冠词。如：
May I have a look at your dictionary??
6. 在一些固定短语中，名词前面用零冠词。如：
go to bed, go to school, by bus, at night根据句意用合适的冠词填空，不需要
冠词的地方划斜线“ / ”。
1. My sister is ________ university student.
2. I was excited to meet ________ Whites at the airport.
3. The Changjiang River is ________ longest river in China.a???the???the????4. We often have ________ lunch at twelve o’clock.
5. Could you come back in ________ hour?/??an 1. ____ apple a day keeps the doctor away. (2016年山东省济宁市中考)
A. A B. An C. The D. /
2. To be ____ good dancer, you need to learn more. (2016成都中考)
A. the B. a C. anB ?中考链接B ?3. Tianjin?is?______?beautiful?city?in
?_____?north?of?China.?(2016天津中考)
A. a; a B. a; the
C. the; 不填???? ?D. 不填;the?B ?4. —Have you seen the film
Dad, where are we going?
—Yes. It’s ______ interesting one.
(2014云南曲靖)
A. a ? ? ? ? ? ? ? B. an??? ??????
C. the???? ??? ?? D. /B5. —What’s this in English, Maria?
—It’s ______ map. (2014福建漳州)
A. a???????? ??? B. an????? ?? C. theA1. China
2. the US
3. Australia
4. New Zealandd) 1,370,537,000c) 314,791,000 a) 4,437,000b) 22,956,0001 Work in pairs. Match the
countries with their populations.2 Read your answers to Activity 1
to the whole class.China has a population of …Now listen and check.Listen again and read the numbers follow the tape.1. China has a population of one billion, three hundred and seventy million, five hundred and thirty-seven thousand.
2. The population of the US is three hundred and fourteen million, seven hundred and ninety-one thousand.1,370,537,000314,791,0003. twenty-two million, nine hundred and fifty-six thousand people live in Australia.
4. Four million, four hundred and thirty-seven thousand people live in New Zealand.22,986,0004,437,000Learning to learnWhen you see a table or a chart, look carefully at the labels and graphs to make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude? Read the chart and answer the questions.1. Which city had the largest population in 2000?
2. Which city’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025?Tokyo had the largest population in 2000.Mumbai’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025.3. Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City?
4. Which city/cities do you think will have the biggest population problem? Why?Mexico City will have a larger increase in its population.I think Mumbai will have the biggest population problem because its population will increase the fastest.Mina is (1) ____ eighteen-year-old girl. She’s got (2) ____ brother and (3) ____ sister. Mina is (4) ____ oldest child in (5) _____ family. She lives in (6) ____ very big city. She has (7) ___ job in (8) ____ hotel. She hopes that one day she will have (9) ___ chance to go to (10) ___ college.antheaatheaaaaComplete the passage with a, an or the where necessary.1. We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we’re working to make them even _______.
2. Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _______ one.bettersmallerfew good much smallComplete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.3. Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen ________.
4. There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are ______ parks in a lot of other cities.morefewerfew good much smallComplete the diagram showing population problems. Use the words in the box to help you.air city countryside hospital increase public service traffic waterProblems of Arnwick the countryside the cityincreaseswater pollution air pollutionnot enough hospitalsneed more schools and buses; need better public services; need more police to protect peopletoo much trafficrubbish (crowed flats) Our world is facing many problems. Two of the biggest are increasing population and pollution.
The (1) __________ of the world is
increasing quickly. Why is this happening?
Because more babies are born every year and people also live longer. populationcountryside pollution population space trafficComplete the passage.Many people are leaving the (2) __________ to work in the cities, but there is not enough (3) _____ for so many people.countryside space countryside pollution population space traffic Another huge problem for the world is (4) ________. There’s so much (5) ______ on the roads that in some cities the air is heavily polluted. We should work harder to protect our world.pollutiontraffic countryside pollution population space traffic1. Growing population is a problem ________________.
2. The population of China may grow more slowly ____________.all over the worldall over the world closed down
in the future it takes not … any more in the future Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.3. The supermarket ___________ when a bigger one opened in the town.
4. Usually _________ an hour to get there by bus.
5. The town had a lot of pollution in the past but it is _____ a problem _________.closed down it takes not any more all over the world closed down
in the future it takes not … any more a) It’s cheaper to share a car than to have a personal car.
b) People in a car club don’t often take
buses, trains or the underground.
c) There are no car clubs in the US.
d) Joining car clubs is good for you and for the city.Listen and choose the best summary.Joining a car club is cheaper / more expensive than having a personal car.
People in car clubs pay for / don’t pay for a car when they drive.
People in car clubs sometimes / never take a bus or ride a bike.
People in car clubs probably are / are not healthier.Listen again and choose the correct answer.Do you think car clubs would be popular in China? Why / Why not?Work in pairs and discuss this question.Around the worldWorld population and water
With more and more people in the world, more and more water is used. In fact, water use is growing more than twice as fast as the world’s population! As a result, getting good, clean water is becoming a problem in many places. A lot of water is polluted and in many areas people have to walk a long way to get clean water for daily use. More than 3.4 million people die each year from drinking and washing with polluted water. So let’s do everything we can to stop the pollution and save water.How population is related to water and what are the problems with water?Do more research about this topic with internet or books.Choose a country or town which interests you. It could be your home town.
Decide the points of time you want to look at – for example, now, ten years ago and ten years from now.
Research the population of your place in those years. Write your notes carefully.Work in groups. Prepare to make your graph.Module task: Making a graphDecide how you want to make your graph.
Draw it and color it. You can also make it on the computer.
Label it clearly.Make your graph and present your graph to the class.Write a paragraph to describe your graph. In the graph, we can see how the population in the town changed between 1900 and 2000. We can see the population going up the vertical line and the years going across the horizontal line. Possible answerThe graph shows the population increased by more than one hundred percent from two and a half million to
five million in one hundred years. At first it increased very slowly, but after 1945 it increased much more quickly. From 1990 to 2000, the population even increased by one million. The town itself also grew in size during this time.Exercises根据短文内容选出恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。
solve, money, live, healthy, advise, noise, agree, problem
Jenny is a kind girl. She adopted (收养) some homeless (无家可归的) dogs six months ago. She looked after them and the dogs became (1) ________ and bigger. healthiersolve, money, live, healthy, advise, noise, agree, problem
Jenny loves them very much. But now she has got some (2) _________. First, she hasn’t got enough (3) ______ to buy food for the dogs. Second, the dogs are too big. So they haven’t got enough places (4) ______. Third, at night the dogs often make (5) ______. problemsmoney?to livenoise?solve, money, live, healthy, advise, noise, agree, problem
So Jenny and her family don’t sleep well. That makes Jenny’s parents unhappy. And that also makes Jenny unhappy.
Jenny’s mother (6) ______ Jenny to send the dogs to her friends. Her father asks her to put up the dogs’ photos to look for their owners (主人). advisessolve, money, live, healthy, advise, noise, agree, problem
Jenny doesn’t (7) ______ with her parents. Can you help Jenny (8) ______ these problems? If you can, please call her at 8903 1197.agreesolve ?1. 冠词的用法。
2. 重点短语:
all over the world close down
in the future it takes
not … any moreSummary你认为自己应该为严重的水污染做哪些事, 写一篇60词左右的短文。Thank you!
