外研版八年級英語上冊《The population of China is about 1.37 billion》Population PPT免費課件，共42頁。
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What’s the population of China now？
It’s more than 1.3 billion.
The population of China is about 1.38 billion.
China has a population of about 1.38 billion.
朗讀時，將每三位數看做一個單位，依次為billion十億，million百萬，thousand千。每個單位按照百、十、個位向下讀，其中百位到十位之間要加入 and。
Work in pairs. Look at the picture and talk about it. Use the words in the box to help you.
There is too much noise in the street. The population is becoming bigger and bigger. There is so much smoke in the sky. We won’t have enough space to live in. Too many cars bring traffic problems.
Conversation
Betty: I went shopping in the city centre with my family last week.
Tony: Did you have a good time?
Betty: Yes, I did, but there was a lot of traffic on the way there.
Then there were too many people and not enough space. It was impossible to move. And there was a lot of noise.
Tony: Well, Beijing is a big city.
Betty: Yes, it is. It has a population of about twenty million.
Tony: Twenty million!Does Beijing have the largest population in China?
Language points
1.I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population”.我正在為一篇名為《我們不斷增長的人口》的報告準備筆記。
prepare用作動詞，意為“準備”，后面常跟名詞、代詞、動詞不定式作賓語。 prepare … for … 為……準備……
prepare后還可以接間接賓語，即prepare sb. sth.，相當于
prepare sth. for sb.，意為“為某人準備某事（物）”。
Mum prepares breakfast for me every morning.
媽媽每天早晨為我準備早餐。
We began to prepare for this journey a week ago.我們一周前開始為這次旅行做準備。
2. Beijing is a huge city with a large population.
北京是一個人口眾多的大城市。
1) population n. 人口,人數
集體名詞,無復數形式,在句中作主語時,謂語動詞用單數形式.
2) population 之前若有分數修飾做主語時,謂語動詞則可用復數形式.
中國人口有13億多。
The population of China is over 1.3 billion.
這兒大約有五分之三的人口是農民。
About three fifths of the population here are farmers.
3) 表示某一范圍內有多少人口時, 用 has a population of + 數詞.
4) 問某地有多少人口時, 用 What is/was the population of + 地名?
= How large is the population of +某地?
5) 表示人口的多少時,用large或small 修飾,而不能用many, more或few等。
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