《Language in use》Population PPT课件2
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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选择题
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. heavy B. 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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