8,742eightthousand,sevenhundredandforty-two2,463,128twomillion,fourhundredandsixty-threethousand,onehundredandtwenty-eight1,370,000,000onebillion,threehundredandseventymillion2,000,030,000twobillionandthirtythousand1.Therearetoomanypeopleintheworld.2.Theincreasingpopulationisthebiggestproblemintheworld.3.Peopleshouldnothavetoomanybabies.4.Acityshouldnotholdmorethanonemillionpeople.Checkthestatementsyouagreewith.1.I’mpreparingsomenotesforareportcalled“Ourgrowingpopulation”.prepare…for…表示“为……准备……”。e.g.Heispreparingadinnerforhisfriends.他正在为他的朋友准备晚饭。2.Thatcausesalotofproblems,suchastoomuchtrafficandnoise.toomany后面加可数名词,表示“太多的”。toomuch后面加不可数名词,表示“太多的”。3.Ican’tbelieveit!表示“简直难以置信”。表示一种惊讶。4.ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.37billion.billion(十亿),million(百万),thousand(千)都是数字单位。当前面有数词时,这些数字单位不加s,当前面没有数词时,这些数词后面加s和of。5.That’salmostonefifthoftheworld’spopulation,...onefifth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:twofifths6.Hangonaminute!通常用来表示让某人等一下。e.g.Hangon!I’llbebackinaminute.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:sevenhundredandtwentynine.6,500,431,729:sixbillionfivehundredmillionfourhundredandthirtyonethousandsevenhundredandtwentynine重点短语makenotespreparefortoomuchonefifthhangontalkabout数字的读法1.-Whatareyoupreparing_____yourparty?-I’mthinkingaboutwhoI’llinvite.A.atB.forC.with2.Thereare_____peopleinthelittleroom.A.somuchB.somanyC.verymuchBB3.Howdoyouread131,400,000?____.A.OnehundredandthirtyonemillionfourhundredthousandB.OnehundredandthirtyonemillionfourhundredthousandC.OnehundredandthirtyonemillionfourhundredthousandA4.-CouldyougivemesomeadviceaboutlearningEnglish?-Certainly.Whynot____inclass?A.makebooksB.makenotesC.makingnotes5.____oftheworld’spopulationisinChina.A.OnefiveB.OnefifthsC.OnefifthBC6.-Theschoolbusiscoming.-_____.I’llcomeinaminute.A.HangonB.OnearthC.Onceortwice7.Population_____isabigproblemintheworld.A.increaseB.describeC.protectAA编写一个报告,说明世界的人口增长问题。