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课件网) Module 9 Unit 1 The world’s population was about 7.8 billion in 2020. Do you know World Population Day Now let's talk about population. 1 2 能记住并正确运用本课时的新单词和短语。 能正确掌握大数字的英语读法, 并能熟练地 谈论人口问题。 Activity 1 1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use the words in the box to help you. city shop noise people traffic There are too many people and shops in the city. It causes a lot of problems, such as too much noise and traffic. Listen and choose the correct answer. 2 1. What’s the population of New York a) About 17 million. c) About 30 million. b) About 9 million. 2. What’s the population of Tokyo a) About 4 million. c) About 14 million. b) About 28 million. Activity 2 As we all know, the population problem around the world is very serious. Now Tony and Lingling are talking about it. Listen and read carefully, then finish the tasks. Task 1: Listen and complete the notes. 3 Population of the world in 2020: Population of the world in 2030: Population of India in 2030: about 7.8 billion 8.5 billion about 1.5 billion Task 2: Listen and answer the questions. 1.What’s Tony doing 2.Who watched a video about world population yesterday 3.How many people will India have by 2030 according to the passage 4.What kind of problems will a country meet if its population increases too fast He is preparing a report. Lingling did. About 1.5 billion people. It will meet problems such as too much traffic and noise. Activity 3 Work in groups. Find out some language points that you think are important and share their use with your classmates and give some examples. Language points:_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Language points 1. I’m preparing a report called ... ①prepare用作动词，意为“准备”，后面常跟名词、代词、动词不定式作宾语。 prepare … for … 为……准备…… prepare后还可以接间接宾语，即prepare sb. sth.，相当于 prepare sth. for sb.，意为“为某人准备某事（物）”。 ②report /r p t/ n. 报告；汇报 report作名词时，是可数名词，其后常接介词on/about/of表示“关于……的报告”。 常用短语：give a report to sb.向某人作报告； a report card 报告单 2.I can’t believe it! believe /b li v/ v. 相信，认为，料想 believe 后面可以接名词、代词或that 引导的从句作宾语。 can’t /don’t believe sth. 不能/ 不相信某事 believe in sb./sth. 相信某人/ 物的存在 believe in sth./doing sth. 认为某事/ 做某事好（对、可接受） 3. When population increase too fast, it can cause problems, such as too much traffic and noise. ① population 是一个集体名词，作主语时，若指一个地区或 国家的整体人口，谓语动词通常用单数；若强调整体人口 中的成员，谓语动词通常用复数。 e.g. The population of the city is about 20,000. 这个城市大约有两万人口。 Three fifths of the population here are old people. 这里五分之三的人是老年人。 ② increase /‘ kri s/ n. 增长；增大 / n'kri s/ v. 增长；增大 have a(n)... increase in... 在某方面有……增长 ★ 作名词时，既可作可数名词，也可作不可数名词, 表示 “ 在某方面的增长” ... ...
