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1、Module9PopulationUnit1ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.37billion.3.Listenandread.Betty:Whatareyoudoing?Tony:I’mpreparingsomenotesforareportcalled“Ourgrowingpopulation”.Lingling:Well,we’reintherightplacetotalkaboutthat!Beijingisahugecitywithabigpopulation.Thatcausesalotofproblems,suchastoom
2、uchtrafficandnoise.Betty:It’snotonlyBeijing.Populationincreaseisabigprobleminmanycountries.Doyouknowhowmanybabiesareborneveryminuteintheworld?Tony:No.Canyoutellme?Betty:Over250!Thatmakesover131.4millionbirthsayear.Lingling:Ican’tbelieveit!Betty:ThepopulationofChinaisabout1.37billion.Th
3、at’salmostonefifthoftheworld’spopulation,thatis,about7billion.Tony:Hangonaminute!I’llwritethatdowntoo!Betty:Butinthefuture,China’spopulationwon’tgrowsofast,becausefamiliesaresmaller.Lingling:Howdoyouknowallthis?Betty:Iwrotemyreportyesterday!Tony:Great,thanks!NowIcanwritemyreport!贝蒂:你在做
4、什么?托尼:我正在为一篇叫作“我们持续增长的人口”的报告准备一些笔记。玲玲:好吧,我们是在正确的地方讨论这个话题!北京是一座人口众多的大城市。这造成了许多问题,如交通拥挤和噪声。贝蒂:不只是北京。人口增长在很多国家都是个大问题。你知道世界上每分钟有多少个婴儿出生吗?托尼:不知道。你能告诉我吗?贝蒂:超过250个!这导致每年有1,314亿个新生儿降生。玲玲:我无法相信!贝蒂:中国的人口大约是13.7亿。这几乎是世界人口的五分之一,也就是说,世界人口大约70亿。托尼:等一会儿!我要把这一点也记下来!贝蒂:但是在未来,中国的人口不会这么快地增长了,因为家庭变小了。托尼:太
5、棒了,谢谢!现在我可以写我的报告了。Unit2Arnwickwasacitywith200,000people.2.ReadthepassageandcheckyouranswerstoActivity1.Coulditbeyourtown?JoisfifteenandlivesinParkville.WhenJo’sgrandparentsfirstcametoParkville,itwasaquietvillage.Theyhadasmallhouse,closetofieldsandhills.ParkvillewasnearArnwick,acitywith
6、200,000people.PeoplefromParkvillemovedtoArnwicktofindjobs,andtheyneededplacestolive.However,itwasexpensivetoliveinthecitycentre,sothegovernmentbuiltflatsoutsidethecentre.Soon,ParkvillebecamepartofArnwick,andArnwickbecameacitywithoveramillionpeople.Jo’sfamilylivesinoneofthoseflats.Itisv
7、erycrowded,andrubbishisalsoaproblem.ThesmalllocalschoolinParkvillecloseddownfiveyearsago,soJonowhastogotoaschoolinArnwickwith2,000pupils.Ittakesanhourtogettherebybus.Thereisalotoftrafficandpollution.ItisclearthatArnwickneedsmoreschools,busesandhospitals.Itneedsfreshair,cleanwater,and