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课件网) Module 9 Module 9 Population Unit 1 The world’s population was about 7.8 billion in 2020. To understand population-related topics To listen for specific information To be able to read and understand large numbers noise n. 噪声；杂音 prepare v. 准备；预备 report n. 报告；汇报 huge adj. 巨大的；庞大的 increase n. / v. 增大；增长 billion num. 十亿 grow v. 增长;增大 notes n. (pl.) 笔 记；随笔 hang on 稍等 cause v. 造成；引起 problem n. 麻烦；问题 birth n. 出生 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 e.g. I really hate the noise of the traffic in some big cities. 1 从数字的右端向左端数起，每三位数加一个逗号“，”。 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。 Before listening, let’s learn something about how to read and understand large numbers. 从右开始，第一个“，”前的数字后添加thousand，第二个“，”前面的数字后添加million，第三个“，”前的数字后添加 billion。 e.g. 18, 789, 945, 563 thousand million billion 十万、百万 十万的说法是 100,000 a (one) hundred thousand 200,000 two hundred thousand million 百万 a (one) million 1,000,000 two million 2,000,000 ········以此类推 ······ 8,000,000 eight million 千万，亿，十亿 千万的说法是 10,000,000 ten million 亿的说法是 200,000,000 two hundred million 十亿的说法是 1,000,000,000 a(one) billion ········以此类推 ······ 100 2,000 30,000 400,000 5,000,000 60,000,000 700,000,000 8,000,000,000 90,000,000,000 100,000,000,000 Can you read them hundred thousand million billion One hundred Two thousand Thirty thousand Four hundred thousand Five million Sixty million Seven hundred million Eight billion Ninety billion One hundred billion What is the population of New York a) About 17 million. c) About 30 million. b) About 9 million. 2. What is the population of Tokyo a) About 4 million. c) About 14 million. b) About 28 million. Listen and choose the correct answer. 2 Listen again and fill in the blanks. Girl: I went _____ in the city centre with my family last week. Boy: Did you have a good time Girl: Yes, but there was a lot of _____ on the way there. And there were so many people in the shops. There was a lot of _____. Boy: Well, New York is a big city. Girl: Yes, it is. It has a population about _____ million. shopping traffic noise nine Boy: Nine million! Does New York have _____ population in the world Girl: No, it doesn’t. There are cities with a _____ population. For example, Tokyo has a population of about 14 million. Boy: Really That’s a lot of people! larger the largest 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 3 Read the dialogue and then fill in the blanks. Tony is preparing a _____ called “The world’s population”. Lingling just _____ a video about world population, so she can help Tony. They can ... ...
