Module 9 Population 知识点总结2025年外研版八年级英语上册.docxVIP

（2025年）

M9U1Theworld’spopulationwasabout7.8billionin2020.

Lingling:Whatareyoudoing?

Tony:ImpreparingareportcalledTheworlds

population.

Lingling:Well,Icanhelp!Ijustwatchedavideoabout

worldpopulationyesterday.Itsaidtheworlds

populationwasabout7.8billionin2020.Andthe

numberwillclimbto8.5billionin2030.

climbto=increaseto“爬到;攀升到”

Tony:Icantbelieveit!Thatsahugenumber.Which

countriesareseeingthemostpopulationgrowth?

themostpopulationgrowth=thelargestincreaseinpopulation“人口数量增长最多”

Lingling:Thelargestincreaseinpopulationwilltakeplace

inIndia,NigeriaandPakistan.By2030,Indiawill

haveabout1.5billionpeople.

Tony:Hangonaminute!lllmakesomenotes!

makenotes=takenotes记笔记

Lingling:Whenpopulationsincreasetoofast,itcancause

problems,suchastoomuchtrafficandnoise.

Tony:Thatstrue.Howaboutcountrieswithslow-growing

增长率缓慢

populations?

birthrates“出生率”、deathrates“死亡率

Lingling:Countrieswithlowbirthrateshaveproblems

too.Therearentenoughpeopletodoallthejobs,

orenoughyoungpeopletolookaftertheolder

ones.

“因...而感谢”

Tony:Isee.Great,thanksfortheinformation!NowIcan

writemyreport!

【要点1】prepare(动词)“准备;预备”

sth.准备某物

sth.for...为......准备某物

prepareforsth.=getreadyforsth.为某事做准备

todosth.准备做某事

【要点2】called：过去分词作后置定语,译为：被称...的

【要点3】

n.报告；汇报

report

V报告;报道：reportsth.tosb.“向某人报告某事”

Itisreportedthat...“据报道…”

【拓展】reporter(名词)“记者”

【要点4】billion:十亿

表大概数量：billionsof...数以十亿计

表具体的数量：数字+billion

相同用法：hundred，thousand，million

【要点5】

V.造成，引起cause(sb.)sth.（给某人）造成某事

causecause...todosth.导致......做某事

N原因，起因thecauseof...的原因

【要点6】

lookafter=takecareof“照顾

【要点7】

increasen.v.增大，增长

increaseby增长了......increaseto增长（加）到......

Withtheincreasein...随着...的增长

【要点9】【辨析】problem和question的区别

problem

指需要研究、解决的问题或难题,常与