2. Learning Aims: 1.Master: geography, population, abroad, Asia, Japan, Japanese, village, town, India, world have ever been … 2. Practice: Practise the dialogue. 3. Talking: In small groups, talk about what countries you have visited or what countries would you like to visit. 4. Do exercises.

3. Subjects we have learnt: 语 文 数 学 英 语 音 乐 美 术 地 理 ChinesemathsEnglish musicartgeography Do you know other subjects? What’s your favourite subject?

4. Geography is the study of the world’s places and population. population: 人口，人数 1.What is the population of China? It’s about 1.3 billion. 2. The half of the population are farmers. 3. China has the largest population in the world.

5. countrypopulationlanguage China129 533 Japan12 678 Canada3 057 Russia14 550 United States27 313 France6 019 India102 700 Germany8 209 Chinese Japanese English French Russian English French Indian German

6. A: Have you ever been to Japan? B: No, I haven’t. /Yes, I have. A: Have you ever been abroad? B: No, I haven’t. /Yes, I have. I have been to… Have you ever been to any other countries?

7. Listen to the tape, answer these questions: 1.Has Denny ever been abroad? 2.Where would Danny love to go? 3. What language does Japanese speak? 4. Where has Brain’s father travelled when he was younger? 5. Where does Jenny’s mother’s pen pal live? 6. Do you know the meaning of “pen pal”?

8. It’s fun to travel around the world!

9. In small groups, talk about what countries you have visited. If you haven’t visited any, what countries would you like to visit?

10. I.Choose the best answers: ( ) 1. ____ the population of China? A. How many B. How much C. What’s D. What’re ( ) 2.The population of the workers ____ 200. A. are B. is C. were D. has been ( ) 3.I have ______ the Great Wall. A. been to B. gone to C. went to D. go to Let’s do the exercises: C A A

11. ( ) 4. He is taller than ____ boy in his class. A. the other B. any other C. other D.the other ( ) 5. It’s ____ learn English well. A. important to B. importance to C. to important D. important of you II. Fill in the blanks. 1.I have ever ____________ ( 去国外） twice. 2.__________ ( 地理 ) is my favourite subject. B A been abroad Geography