Unit1 The Changing World

Topic 2 Which country has the largest population.

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Studying aims :

2.Get students to know how serious the overpopulation problem is.

1.Go on studying the present perfect.

Review

2.Whats the population of China?1.Whats the population of the world?

The words population is increasing by 80 million every year. And it is growing faster and faster.

What problems does a large population cause

1a Read and understand 6.5

Asia had a population of ___________________ in 2005. Thats to say, ______ of the worlds population live in Asia.more than 3 billionhalf

Because of the large population, there is______ (more\ less) living space.Because of the large population, its ______ (difficult\ easy) for many people to find jobs.Because of the large population, we are short of _______ and _______ .Because of the large population, the cities are _______ _______ than before.Because of the large population, the traffic is ______ _______.

1b. Because of the large population,there is less living space.

Because of the large population,its difficult for many people to find jobs.

Because of the large population,we are short of energy and water.

Because of the large population, the cities are more crowded than before.

Because of the large population, the traffic is much heavier.

Whats the topic sentence of paragraph three?

What has China done to control the population

One-child policy.So far, our government has taken many measures to control the population.

Say something about Chinas one-child policy.What is the authors attitude towards the population problem

One-child policy has worked well in controlling Chinas population.

Find these phrases:

1.and about one fifth of the people in the world live in China.1.one fifth:---- ----, 5/7one fourththree fourthsa halffive sevenths

Language points:be short of She is always short of money. be short for Eg: Bike bicycle . Bike is short for bicycle.Bicycle is called bike for short.

Language points:3be known as =be famous asEdision is famous as a great scientist.Edision is known as a great scientist.

Language points:4.work well in doing Eg:.Reciting texts every day works well in learning English.5.has a long way to go

Listen to 2a and fill in the blanks Every minute, about 261 babies are born in the world. That means people have to for about 375 840 newborn babies every day. The worlds population is growing . It has become one of the biggest problems today. China has the largest population in the world. There are about 1.3 billion people in China. It has reached percent of the worlds population. China some policies to control the population, and these policies well. But China still faces a serious population problem.find foodfaster and faster20has carried outhave worked

Read 2a and mark T or F in 2b( ) 1. About two hundred and sixty-one babies are born in China every minute.( ) 2. The growth of the worlds population is becoming slower and slower.( ) 3. Now the population of China is about 1 300 000 000.( ) 4. China has two fifths of the worlds population.( ) 5. The Chinese government has solved the population problem successfully.F F T F F

Written workPopulation problemCurrent situation

How to deal with itThe population of ChinaThe population in the countryDifficulties caused by large populationprefer boys

Sum upHow to read the fractions () in Englishbe short ofso fartake measures to work well in

HomeworkSection C

Write a composition about The Population in China

one sixth

one ninth

one twentieth

five sixths

two ninths

seven twentiethsattention

one (a) half

a quarter

three quarters

three and a half

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*Whats the population of the world /China/ ?*Which country has the largest population?*The population in ____ (develop) countries is larger and is growing ____ (slower / faster)*The population problem is ____ (more serious / less serious) in developing countries.developing

3 billion 6.5 billion12 (half) 50 percent (50%)Almost half of the people in the world live in Asia.

1.3 billion6.5 billion1 5

(one 20 percent (20%) One fifth of the people in the world live in China. fifth)more