Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion.
导学目标：
1. 掌握并正确运用下列单词和词组：noise, prepare, notes, report, huge, increase, problem, birth, billion, fifth, hang on, grow.
2．掌握冠词a, an, the 的用法，以及数字的用法。 自主预习：
一、根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
1. Students are busy taking n_________ in class.
2. He is p_______________ his speech(演讲) for the meeting tomorrow. 3. Beijing is a h_________ city, with so many people.
4. It was the b___________ of his grandchildren which gave him greatest pleasure. 5. The population continues to i________________. 6. Do you have any p________________?
7. The population of this city is g__________ every year. 二、翻译短语
1.谈论____________2.出生 ____________3.中国的人口____________ 4.例如____________5.稍等____________ 6.写下____________
7.世界人口____________8.在将来____________9.五分之一____________ 10.在…的开始/末____________11.多于____________12.稍等片刻________ 课堂导学：
1.Use the words in the box to help you. use sh. to do sth.意思为“用…来做…” 例如：I use my pen to write a letter. 2. population n. 人口
(1) 表示人口“多，少”时用large或small。
例如：China is a country with a large population. 、中国是一个人口众多的国家。 (2) 表示某地区的人口时， 在population前加the,，作主语时谓语动词用单数。 结构：the population of +某地+be +数词
例如：The population of China is more than 1,300,000,000. (3) 表示人口数目时， 在population前加a。 结构：某地+has a population of +数词。
The town has a population of 5,000. 这个城镇有五千人口。 提示：询问人口数字有多少或对人口数字提问时用 what。
3. I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population”. 我正在为被我们称之为“我们正在增长的人口”的报告准备笔记。 prepare...for, prepare是及物动词。当prepare后接表示物的名词时，prepare...for通常表示“为(某人）准备（什么）”。
例如： We must prepare a room for our guest. 我们必须为客人准备一个房间。
4. Population increase is a big problem in many countries .人口增加在许多国家是一个大问题。 increase n.意为“增大；增长”
例如：His weight showed an increase of 3 kilograms. in a month. 他的体重在一个月内增加了三公斤。
拓展：increase v. 增长
(1) increase by + 倍数或百分数，表示“增加了……”。The price has increased by 30﹪. 价格增长了百分之三十。
(2) increase to +数字，表示“增长到……”。The population of the city has increased to 200,000这座城市的人口增长到了二十万。 当堂达标：
一、用所给词的正确形式填空
1. I’m preparing some notes for a report __________(call) “Our growing population”. 2. We are in the right place ________(talk) about that. 3. You shouldn't spend so __________ (many)money.
4. The professor __________(report) his discovery of a new germ at the meeting. 5. The number of tourists has____________(increase). 6. We finished the _________(five) lesson today. 二、根据汉语完成句子
1.我们所处的位置正好适于谈论这个问题
We’re ______ the right place _____ _____ _______ it.
2.北京的人口是多少？_________ the ______________ of Beijing? 3.那几乎是世界人口的五分之一。
That’s almost _____ ________ of the ________ ____________. 4. 那引起了许多问题，例如此多的交通和噪音。
That _____________ a lot ot problems, ______ _____ ___________ __________ traffic and noise. 5. 你知道每分钟有多少宝宝出生？
Do you know ______ _____ _______ _____ ______ every minute? 6. 稍等一下，我给你提供一点重要的信息。
_________ _______ _____ ____________, I'll give you some important information. 课后提高：
一、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空
1. The ______________(increase) population is the biggest problem in the world. 2. He feels nervous when he faces so ___(much) people. 3. She is in the ___________(six) grade.
4. There are ________(million) of people in that country. 5. About 95 percent of that amount __________ (be) for coal. 6. The boy __________________(play) computer games at that time last week. 二、单项选择
( )1.Nine ____ teachers and students plant ____ trees every year. A. thousands; million of B. thousand; millions of C. thousand; million of D. thousands; millions of ( )2. The population of the world___ growing too fast. A. are B. be C. is D. to be
( )3.(滨州中考) ---Listen! Someone is playing _________ piano. ---Wow!___ beautiful music! I like it very much. A. a; What B. an; How C. the; What D. /; How
( )（聊城中考）4. Please turn to page _____ and look at the ____ picture in this unit. A. twentieth; one B. twenty; one C. twentieth; first D. twenty; first
( )5. Many towns and cities have the same problems _____ Arnwick. A. with B. to C. as D. like
( )6. People shouldn’t have _____ people babies.
A. so much B. too much C. too many D. many much
( )7. Beijing has got _________ population of more than 13.8 million. A. the B. a C. an D. /
8. There_______great changes in our city in the past 10 years. A. were B. had C. have been D. have had
9. The population of India is larger than ____ of America. A. that B. ones C. those D. it
10. About 40 percent of the doctors ____ women in the hospital. A. is B. was C. are D. have 三、句型转换
1. The population of China is about 1300000000.(对划线部分提问) _______ _______ the population of China?
2. I am doing my homework. （对划线部分提问） _________ are you _______________?
3. China’s population won’t grow so fast because families are smaller. （划线部分提问） _________ _________ China’s population grow so fast? 4. I wrote my report yesterday.(变一般疑问句) _______ you _________ ________ report yesterday?
5. There are three million people in the small city.(同义句)
The small city ______ ______ ____________ _______ three million. The _________ ________ the small city__________ three million. 四、翻译句子
1.我正在为一篇名叫我们日益增长的人口的报告准备一些笔记。
2.我们正处于合适的位置来谈论这个问题。
3.北京是一个拥有众多人口的大型城市。
4.那引起了许多问题，比如太多的交通和噪音。
5.中国的人口大约为13.7亿。
6.那就几乎是世界人口的五分之一，也就是说大约70亿。
7.在将来中国的人口就不会增长这么快了，因为家庭规模正在逐渐缩小。
8. 你是怎么知道这些的？
9. 人口增长在许多国家都是一个大问题。
10.你知道世界上每分钟有多少个婴儿出生吗？
五、完型填空
The population problem may be the 1 one of the world today. The world's population is growing 2 . Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people 3 the earth. Four hundred years ago, the number was 4 500 million. But at the beginning of the 5 century, the world's population
was about 1,700 million. In 1970, this number was 3,600 million. In 1990, the number was five billion. A 6 report says that the world population will 7 six billion by the end of the 20th century. This is just ten 8 after it 9 five billion. People say that by the year 2010, 1 0 may be seven billion.
（ ）1.A.great B.greater C.greatest D.greating
（ ）2.A.faster and faster B.fast and fast C.fastest and fastest D.faster and fast （ ）3.A.in B.on C.at D.for
（ ）4.A.near B.more C.almost D.over
（ ）5.A.twenty B.twelve C.twentieth D.twelfth （ ）6.A.USA B.UN C.PRC D.PLA
（ ）7.A.past B.pass C.passed D.passes （ ）8.A.weeks B.months C.seasons D.years （ ）9.A.get B.gets C.reached D.reach （ ）10.A.this B.its C.one D.it
山东省高密市银鹰文昌中学八年级英语上册《Module 9 Population Unit 1 T
