Language practice
Pay attention to these sentences.
1.Beijing is a huge city.
2. It takes an hour to get there by bus.
3. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population.
4. That makes over 131.4 million births a year.
Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.
1. China a) 4,437,000
2. the US b) 22,956,000
3. Australia c) 314,791,000
4. New Zealand d) 1,370,537,000
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Learning to learn
When you see a table or a chart, look carefully at the labels and graphs to make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude?
Read the chart and answer the questions.
1. Which city had the largest population in 2000?
Tokyo had the largest population in 2000.
2. Which city’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025?
Mumbai’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025.
3. Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City?
Mexico City will have a larger increase in its population.
4. Which city/cities do you think will have the biggest population problem? Why?
I think Mumbai will have the biggest population problem because its population will increase the fastest.
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
few good much small
1. We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we’re working to make them even _______.
2. Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _______ one.
3. Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen ________.
4. There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are ______ parks in a lot of other cities.
Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.
all over the world closed down
in the future it takes not … any more
1. Growing population is a problem ___________.
2. The population of China will grow more slowly ________.
3. The supermarket ________ when a bigger one opened in the town.
4. Usually ______ an hour to get there by bus.
5. The town had a lot of pollution in the past but it’s _____ a problem _________.
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Exercises
1. — Did you see Mr. Black just now?
— Yes. He _____ his car when I met him.
A. parked B. was parking
C. parks D. will park
2. The girl suddenly fell _____ the bike and I sent her to hospital at once.
A. on B. of C. off D. to
3. Yesterday evening, I was walking along the street _____ I suddenly met my maths teacher.
A. when B. while C. but
4. — Where were you at 7:00 last night?
— I _____ to my mom at home.
A. write B. was writing C. wrote
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Summary
1. 数词和冠词的用法。
2. 重点短语:
all over the world close down
in the future it takes
not … any more
homework
你认为自己应该为严重的水污染做哪些事, 写一篇60词左右的短文。
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Language practice
Beijing is a huge city.
It takes an hour to get there by bus.
That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population.
That makes over 131.4 million births a year.
1. Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.
1 China a) 4,437,000
2 the USA b) 22,956,000
3 Australia c) 314,791,000
4 New Zealand d) 1,370,537,000
2. Read your answers to Activity 1 to the whole class.
China has a population of…
Now listen and check.
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5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
few good much small
1 We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we are working to make them even_______ .
2 Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _______one.
3 Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen _______.
4 There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are _______parks in a lot of other cities.
6 Complete the diagram showing population problems. Use the words in the box to help you.
air city country hospital increase
public service traffic water
Problems of Arnwick
People move from_______
People arrive in _________
Problems: Population___________
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Language points
Beijing is a huge city.
北京是一个大都市。
huge 在这里表示“大，巨大”。另外表示“大”
的还有“ big, tall, vast, large, great” 等。
⑴说人、动物、树木等有生命的东西，主要用tall不用high
例如 a tall woman 一个高个子妇女
a tall horse 一个高大的马
⑵说一个不与地面接触的人和物的高时，要用high，而不用tall。比如人站在桌子上时，
飞机飞上天时。例如
He is high up in the tree.
他高高地爬在树上。
The plane is so high in the sky.
飞机在空中这么高。
⑶ 指建筑物、山时要tall或high都可以，不过high的程度比tall高。
⑷ high可作副词，tall不能。
⑸ tall的反义词为short, high的反义词为low。
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Exercises
用a, an, /, the 完成下列句子。
1. ____ Knowledge is power.
2. I earn 10 dollars _____ hour as _____ supermarket cashier on Saturdays.
3. The teacher asked us to write _____ 800-word-long composition.
4. I met _______ Jay, but not ____ one you know.
5. They are twins, so they are of _____ age.
6. He has _____ fine collection of paintings.
7. I don’t want to have words with you. I prefer to have ____ word with you.
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1. Beijing has got____population of more than 13.8 million.
A. the B. a C. an D./
2. The _____ traffic stopped me from going to school on time yesterday. I was late!
A. heavyB. crowded C. fast D. quick
3. Mrs. White isn’t feeling well these days. She has made _____ with the doctor at three this afternoon.
A. a movement B. an interview
C. a quarrel D. an appointment
4. I don’t like those big cities which have got ____ people and ____ traffic.
A. too much; too many B. many too; too much
C. too many; too much D. too many; much too
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Homework
Make a graph and share with your classmates.
Recite all the words and phrases of this unit.
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