Module-9-Population-Unit-2-Arnwick-was-a-city-with-200-000-people.

,9,Module,Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.,Population,Grasp the key words and key structure: rubbish, quiet, close down, pupil, population, solve; Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people. Arnwick became a city with over a million people. 2. Reading aim: To be able to write about problems and solutions. 3. Affection: we should try our best to let more people know the problems of our growing population.,Teaching aims,/'rbI / /'kwaIt / /'lukl / close down /'pju:pl / /p'lu:n / /'pblIk / /'s:vIs / / 'slv /,垃圾；废弃物 n.,rubbish,寂静的；安静的 adj.,local,当地的；本地的 adj.,pupil,(永久）关闭，关停,quiet,学生；（尤指）小学生n.,污染 n.,public,公共的；公众的 adj.,pollution,公共服务；服务 n.,service,解决问题 v.,solve,Words and expression,1 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.,countryside field flat hospital job office rubbish village,1 Why do people move to cities? 2 What are the problems of big cities?,Listen and read,2 Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 1.,Could it be your town? Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville. When Jos grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. They had a small house, close to fields and hills. Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people. People from Parkville moved,to Arnwick to find jobs, and they needed places to live. However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats outside the centre. Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick, and Arnwick became a city with over a million people. Jos family lives in one of those flats. It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a,school in Arnwick with 2000 pupils. It takes an hour to get there by bus. There is a lot of traffic and pollution. It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals. It needs fresh air, clean water, and better public services. It also needs more police to protect its people. But to do all these things, it needs more money.,However, can money help solve all these problems? Do we need more big cities like this? In fact, this is just a story. But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?,1 Parkville was a quite will age. 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people. 3 Parkville now has a population of more than one million. 4 The local school in Parkville has 2,000 pupils. 5 Big cities need more money for public services.,3 Check () the true sentences.,4 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.,Many towns and cities have the same problems as Arnwick. People need places to live, so the (1)_ government has to build more (2) _ .,flat local pollution rubbish service thousand,local,flats,people need better bus and train (3)_ . They also produce more (4) _ , so the government has to make more efforts to protect the city against (5) _ . As we say, a hundred people make a (6) _ problem!,services,rubbish,pollution,thousand,Writing,5 Read and check () the problems that exist in your hometown.,( ) Many young people want to leave the countryside because they want to find jobs in the city. ( ) There are not enough schools and hospitals in big cities.,( ) Too much traffic brings air pollution. ( ) There is too much rubbish in the streets. ( ) There are not enough police in the city. ( ) It is difficult to get enough clean water.,6 Write down your suggestions to solve the problems in Activity 5.,tips,1.基数词hundred thousand million 和 billion 之前有具体数字或者several， a few 修饰时，用单数,five several a few,hundred thousand million billion,Review,e.g. 1. I have told him hundreds of times. 2. There are thousands of tourists in the Forbidden City.,tips,2. 当不具体指代的数量时，hundred, thousand, million, billion 要用复数，且和of 连用，也可被several，many等修饰。,hundreds thousands millions billions,of,Several many,Language points,1 The population of China is about 1.37 million.中国的人口大约为1.37亿。 Billion的意思是“十亿”。中文常用的数字有：个、十、百、千、万。亿。请同学们注意，英语常用的数字单位与中文有所不同，为：hundred (百)、thousand (千)、million (百万)、billion (十亿)。,2 Hang on a minute! I will write that down too! 等等，我要把这点也记下来！ hang on 这个动词短语常用来表示“让某人等一下。” 例如: e.g. Sallys on the other phone-would you like to hang on? 萨莉在接另一个电话，请你稍等一下可以吗？ hang on! Ill be back in a minute. 稍等！我马上就回来。,3. The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2000 pupils. 帕科威尔当地的小学校在五年前关闭了，所以乔现在得去阿恩威克的一个有2000名学生的学校上学。 colse down 的意思是“关闭，（永久性地）停工”。 例如： The company closed down its overseas office last year. 那家公司去年关闭了其海外的办事处。,冠词练习题,1. Tomorrow is _ Teachers' Day and we'll make _ card for our English teacher. 2. The bus is running about seventy miles_ hour. 3. Mary is interested in _ science. 4. Some people don't like to talk at _ table. 5. Last night I went to_ bed very late. 6. Do