《Language in use》Population PPT课件

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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