1. Module 9 Population
海口市第九中学海甸分校 陈丽芬

2. The population of China
Unit 1
The population of China
is about 1.37 billion.

3. 1. To understand population-related topics
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions
3. To get specific information from the listening material
4. To read and understand large numbers

4. Do you know what is the population in the world now?
7.633 billion

5. List of continents by population
Rank
Continent
Population in 2017
World
7,633,000,000 1
Asia
4,545,000,000 2
Africa
1,288,000,000 3
Americas
1,016 ,000,000 4
Europe
743,000,000 5
Oceania
41 ,000,000

6. Pre-listening
Quick response 噪音 报告 巨大 问题 噪音
造成；引起 笔记 出生 增长 十亿 准备 稍等

7. Read these numbers.
13,000, 000
thirteen million
20,000,000
twenty million
33,000,000
thirty-three million

8. While-listening Task 1 Listen and choose the correct answer.
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

9. Task 2 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?
Population increase is a big problem in many countries.
Over 250 babies are born every minute.

10. Task3 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.
people
noise
largest population

11. Post-listening Task 1 Listen and read Requirements: 1.Loudly 2.Clearly
3.Fluently
4.Correctly
5.Emotionally

12. Task2 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 _______.
“Our growing population”
traffic
noise
1.37 billion
3. The population of China is about __________.
4. China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families are _______________.
getting smaller

13. Task 3 Complete the notes.
Babies born every minute in the world:
Babies born every year in the world:
Population of China:
Population of the world:
over 250
131.4 million
about 1.37 billion
about 7 billion

14. project Task 4Check the statements you agree with.
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.
Now work in groups and discuss your answers.

15. Exercise Choose 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.

16. 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.

17. Pronunciation and speaking
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
Tips: 听的时候注意辨别大数字。
1,370,000,000
one billion, three hundred and seventy million
2,000,030,000
two billion and thirty thousand

18. 本课时主要句型
Hang on a minute!
Great!
I’m preparing for…
I can’t believe it!
What’s the population of …(地名)?
How do you know all this?

19. Some important expressions in this unit.
hang on稍等       
the population of ... ……的人口
prepare ... for ... 为……准备……
such as 比如        too much 太多
one fifth 五分之一 write ... down 写下……
in the future 将来   

20. Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. Try not to make any n______ when
you're in the library, Tom.
2. —Lin Gang, what's your p________?
—I don't know how to learn English well.
3. In class Mary is busy with three things:
listening to her teachers, taking
n_______ and answering questions.
noise 
problem
notes 

21. 4. —The number of the students
at Park School is i___________.
—Yes! Last year it had 2,400 students and
this year it has 3,000.
5. —When was Henry born?
—Sorry, I don't know the exact date of his
b______.
6. Just now I got my health r__________ and it
says I'm in good health.
increasing 
birth
report

22. Ⅱ. 根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填 空。
preparing
1. Mrs Li was ________(prepare) hot milk
for her baby when I saw her.
2. Every evening we see ________(billion) of
stars in the sky.
3. In Green Hospital one ________(five) of
the doctors are women.
billions 
fifth 

23. 4. The bad weather ________(cause) a few
traffic accidents yesterday.
5. The blue whale is the ________(huge)
animal in the world.
6. After the rain, the bamboo is ________
(grow) quickly.
caused
hugest
growing

24. Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 稍等！我看看你的语文老师在不在办公室。
_____ ___! I'll see if your Chinese
teacher is in the office. 
2. 每天王夫人有太多家务活要做。
Every day Mrs Wang has ___ _____
housework to do.
3. 他享受运动，比如航海和爬山。
He enjoys sports, _____ ___ sailing
and climbing the mountains.
Hang on
too much
such as

25. 4. 我们学校有800多名学生。
There are ____ ______ 800 students in
our school.
5. 对不起，我没有写下那些数字。
Sorry. I didn't _____ those numbers ____.
more than
write down

26. 编写一个报告，说明世界的人口增长问题，并谈谈你的看法。