9Unit1ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.37billion.Doyouknowhowmanypeoplearethereintheworldnow?7billionOneday,theworldwillbelikethis.HowaboutChina?It’sabout1.37billion.China'sPopulation-Overview1.Graspthekeywordsandkeystructure:noise,prepare,notes,report,grow,problem,birth,billion,fifth;Beijingisahugecitywithalargepopulation.Thatmakesover131.4millionbirthsayear.2.Readingaim:Tobeabletoreadandunderstandlargenumbers.3.Affection:weshouldcaremoreaboutthepopulationproblemsofourcountry.Teachingaims/nɔIz//prI'peə//nəuts//rI'pɔ:t//ɡrəu//hju:dʒ//kɔ:z/噪声;杂音n.noise准备；预备v.prepare笔记；随笔n.(pl.)report报告；汇报n.(grew/ɡru:)增长；增大v.notesgrowWordsandexpressionshuge造成；引起v.巨大的；庞大的adj.cause/'prɔbləm//'Iŋkri:s//bə:θ//'bIljən//fIfθ/hangon/flæt/麻烦；问题n.problem增大；增长n.增大；增长vincreasebirth出生n.十亿num.第五；五分之一num.billion稍等套房；公寓n.flatfifth1Workinpairs.Lookatthepictureandtalkaboutit.Usethewordsintheboxtohelpyou.noisepeoplespacetraffic2Listenandcheckthecorrectanswer:1WhatisthepopulationofBeijing?a)About11millionb)About13millionc)About20million2WhatisthepopulationofChongqing?a)About28millionb)About33millionc)About36million√√EverydayEnglishEverydayEnglishIcan’tbelieveit!Hangonaminute!Great!Thenlistenandread.Betty:Whatareyoudoing?Tony:I’mpreparingsomenotesforareportcalled“Ourgrowingpopulation”.Lingling:Well,we’reintherightplacetotalkaboutthat!Beijingisahugecitywithalargepopulation.Thatcausesalotofproblems,suchastoomuchtrafficandnoise.Betty:It’snotonlyBeijing.Populationincreaseisabigprobleminmanycountries.Doyouknowhowmanybabiesareborneveryminuteintheworld?Tony:No.Canyoutellme?Betty:Over250!Thatmakesover131.4millionbirthsayear.Lingling:Ican’tbelieveit!Betty:ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.37billion.That’salmostonefifthoftheworld’spopulation,thatis,about7billion.Tony:Hangonaminute!Iwillwritethatdowntoo!Betty:Butinthefuture,China’spopulationwon’tgrowsofast,becausefamiliesaregettingsmaller.Lingling:Howdoyouknowallthis?Betty...
