新版外研版英语八年级上册Module-9--unit-1-课文.ppt

Module 9 Population Betty: What are you doing? Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population.” Lingling: Well, we’re in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. Betty: It’s not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. Do you know how many babies are born every minute in the world? Tony: No. Can you tell me? Betty: Over 250! That makes over 131.4 million births a year. Lingling: I can’t believe it! Betty: The population of China is about 1.37 billion. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population, that is, about 7 billion. Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too! Betty: But in the future, China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families are getting smaller. Lingling: How do you know all this? Betty: I wrote my report yesterday! Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report! The end ! * 中国的人口大约是13.7亿。 人口 Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion. 贝蒂：你在做什么？ 托尼：我正在为一篇叫“我们正在增长的人口“的报告准备笔记。 玲玲：哦，我们在合适的地方谈论这个问题！ 北京是一个由于人口众多而引起许多问题的大城市， 例如有太多的车辆和嗓音。 贝蒂：不仅是北京（存在这种问题）。人口增长在许多国家都是一个大问题。你知道世界上每分钟有多少婴儿出生吗？ 托尼：不知道。你能告诉我吗？ 贝蒂：超过250个! 一年有超过1.314亿的婴儿出生。 玲玲：我简直无法相信！ 贝蒂：中国的人口大约是13.7亿。那几乎是世界人口约70亿的五分之一。 托尼：稍等！我也要把它记下来！ 贝蒂：但是在将来，中国的人口将不会增长这么快，因为家庭规模正在变小。 玲玲：你怎么知道所有这些的？ 贝蒂：昨天我写了我的报告！ 托尼：太棒了，谢谢！现在我可以写我的报告了！ *