Unit 1 Topic 2
The population in developing countries is growing faster.
Section C
Learning objectives (学习目标)
1. Understand and use some key words and phrases in the passage.
(natural,worse,social,government,offer,supply,opportunity,so far,thanks to,take measures to do sth,one fifth)
2. Get the main idea of each paragraph and the whole passage.(概括段落大意,篇章主旨)
3. Get some details from the passage and answer questions (会根据题目要求在文章中寻找细节信息)
4.Learn to observe , think about the socla issues and the ways to solve them学会观察社会问题,思考社会问题,并提出解决办法。
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So many people are in the railway station!
So many people!
railway station
So many people are at the Great Wall!
so many people
the Great Wall
So many people are going shopping!
So many people are finding jobs!
By watching the pictures, we can find the common phrase (相同短语) is
so many people.
So many people!
So many people!
So many people!
Large population!
Large population!
Large population!
Pre-reading: Discuss the questions with your partners.
1.Why did China carry out the one-child policy?
2.What social problems do you think China's large population has caused?
Write the title of the passage.
Read 1a and match the main idea with each paragraph.(阅读1a,找出每段的段落大意)
1. _____ Paragraph 1 A. the measures to deal with the
problems
2. _____ Paragraph 2 B. the world’s and Asia’s population
3. _____ Paragraph 3 C. the problems caused by large
population
Population Problems
B
C
A
Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.
In 2015,the world's population was about____________. Asia has a population of _______________________ .That’s to say, more than______ of the people in the world live in Asia now.
more than 4 billion
half
The world’s and Asia’s population.
7.2 billion
Read and find out the problems caused by large population.
Because of the large population,
there is __________________
for each family.
less living space
Because of the large population,
it is difficult for lots of people
______________.
to find jobs
Because of the large population,
it is hard for China to supply
_______ and ______
to satisfy people’s daily needs.
energy water
Because of the large population,
most cities are ______________
than before, and the traffic is
much __________.
more crowded
heavier
Because of the large population,
natural environments are becoming _______
_____________.
worse
and worse
One--child policy独生子女政策
— Every couple can have only one child.
Read and find out the measures to deal with the problems.
Read and write down the good effects of the one-child policy.
1.The one-child policy has worked well in controlling China’s population.
2.Thanks to the policy,China is developing quickly and people's living conditions are improving rapidly.
在……方面很有成效
幸亏,由于
We still have a long way to go.
任重而道远
Our government carried out the two-child policy in January 1st,2016.
Even though the population problem is still serious, there is no need to worry about it because we have a strong government who can ensure(确保) a safe and peaceful country for us. We are lucky to have such an excellent government and we are lucky to be a Chinese as well. There are so many people in China ,but there are no wars. We live safely and happily .That's quite amazing!Don't you think so?
summary
We learn:
Talk about population problems.
We can:
1. Some words:
social, supply, natural, worse, government,
opportunity, offer
2. Some phrases:
half of, one fifth, because of, so far, take measures to do, work well in, thanks to
3. Skimming and sacnning
*As students, we should pay attention to social problem and learn to think about the measures to deal with the problems.
倡议或号召
Homework
2. Write a composition based on 3a on page14.
1. Read 1a aloud.
3. Preview Section D.
Thanks a lot!