Module 11 population

1. Module 11 population Unit one It’s the biggest city in China.

2. Let’s count these numbers 8 88 888 8,888 8,800,800 8,800,800,800 eight eighty-eight eight hundred and eighty-eight eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight eight million, eight hundred thousand, eight hundred eight billion, eight hundred million, eight hundred thousand, eight hundred

3. What’s the number? 1百 1千 1万 1百万 1亿 10亿 one hundred 100 one thousand 1,000 ten thousand 10,000 one million 1,000,000 one hundred million 100,000,000 one billion 1,000,000,000

4. two hundred and fifty-nine thirty thousand four hundred two hundred and eighty-sixthousandone hundred and thirty thirteen million eleven million five hundred thousand one hundred and thirty-sixmilion one hundred and thirty thousand four hundred two billion five hundred million two hundred thousand four hundred 259 30,400 286,130 13,000,000 11,500,000 136,130,400 2,500,200,400

5. Let’s see and discuss: 北京： 面积：16,800平方千米 人口：? Now, let’s see which city is igger? 重庆： 面积：82,400平方千米 人口：? Which city has a larger population, Beijing or Chongqing?

6. Listen and answer the questions 1. What’sthe population of Beijing? 2.What’s the population of Chongqing? 3.Was Betty’s shopping successful? Why? About 15,000,000 About 27,000,000 No, it wasn’t. Because there was too many people

7. Let’s see and discuss: What a big crowd ! crowded adj. The population increases day by day. 259 babies are born every minute.

8. Let’s see and discuss: crowds crowded adj. The population increases day by day. It is increasing quickly . An increasing population is an environmental problem. = rapidly

9. What a heavy traffic! There are too many cars. There is too much traffic. The traffic is very heavy. It causes the transport problem.

10. noise smoke Polluted water There are smoke and noise problems along with the crowds and the transport problems.

11. Standing Room Only population problem There are too many people and there is not enough space. The crowds are terrible.

12. What’s the population of China? It’s more than 1,300,000,000. China has the largest population in the world. It’s about 20 percent of the world’s population. 20%

13. the population of China 1.3 billion 20 % of the world’s population 6.5 billion 6,500,000,000 1.3 billion ÷ 0.2 =

14. Complete the table: People in the world Babies born every minute 259 Babies born every year 136,130,400 Population of China 1 billion, 3 hundred million Population of the world 6 billion, 5 hundred million

15. Listen and answer the questions 1.What’s this week’s homework? 2.What’s the environmental problem in many countries? 3.How many babies are born every year? 4.What’s the prize for New Standard? 5.Who is going to present the prizes? Population An increasing population 136,130,400 The best new school magazine in Beijing Becky Wang

16. Fill in the blanks according to the conversation While Betty is________ the head teacher, the others______ a new “Homework Help for New Standard on ___________. They check some ______ about the ___________ population and talk about the other problems of _________, ________ and ________.When Betty returns, she tells them that New Standard has ______ a prize which Becky Wang will _________ next week at the school prize-giving. seeing plan population facts increasing pollution traffic noise won present

17. (million) It is increasingquickly . = rapidly by the year2010 (7 billion) at the end of20th century (6 billion) the beginning of 20th century (1700 million) 400 years ago (500 million) 2,000 years ago (250 million)

18. The important thing is not such a big population, but its rate(速度) of growing. It’s about 1.63 percent every year after the number of dead people has been taken away. An increasingpopulation is an environmental problem.

19. It’s very serious(严峻). so the increasing population may be the largest challenge(挑战) of the world today.

20. What problems will the increasing population make? Problems: transport, crowds (人群拥挤) noise, pollution job hunting (have difficulty in) shortage of resources(资源短缺) housing(住房) starvation(饥饿) social security[si’kju:riti] (社会治安) increasing crime(犯罪)

21. Writing Work in small groups and discuss your answers, and then give us a report 1.There are too many people in the world. 2.The increasing population is the biggest problem in the world. 3.People shouldn’t have too many babies. 4.People should be free to decide how many babies they want. 5.Countries with large populations should pay to help the environment. 6.A city should not hold more than 1,000,000 people.

22. Talking and writing: In my opinion, …

23. What’s the situation( 状况) of the population now? 1. 259 babies are born every minute. 2. The population of the world has reached (达到) 6,500,000,000.(The population is so large.) 3. The important thing is not so much the population, but its rate(速度) of growing.It’s about 1.63 percent every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.(It is growing faster and faster.) 4.it’s very serious(严峻),so the increasing population may be the largest challenge(挑战) of the world today.

24. What can we do to solve the population problem? Homework

25. What can we do to solve the problem? Ways to solve problems\ control (控制): make it known to everybody how serious… make laws carry out policies (执行) —the family planning(计划生育) educate and encourage\persuade people to do… marry \have babies at a mature age(晚婚晚育)