"Language in use" Population PPT courseware 2

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"Language in use" Population PPT courseware 2

Language practice

Beijing is a huge city.

It takes an hour to get there by bus.

That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population.

That makes over 131.4 million births a year.

1. Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.

1 China a) 4,437,000

2 the USA b) 22,956,000

3 Australia c) 314,791,000

4 New Zealand d) 1,370,537,000

2. Read your answers to Activity 1 to the whole class.

China has a population of…

Now listen and check.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

few good much small

1 We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we are working to make them even_______.

2 Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _______one.

3 Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen _______.

4 There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are _______parks in a lot of other cities.

6 Complete the diagram showing population problems. Use the words in the box to help you.

air city country hospital increase

public service traffic water

Problems of Arnwick

People move from_______

People arrive in _________

Problems: Population___________

Language points

Beijing is a huge city.

Beijing is a big city.

Huge here means "big, huge". Also means "big"

There are also "big, tall, vast, large, great" and so on.

⑴When talking about living things such as people, animals, trees, etc., mainly use tall instead of high�

For example a tall woman a tall woman

a tall horse a tall horse

⑵When talking about the height of a person or object that is not in contact with the ground, use high instead of tall. For example, when a person stands on a table,

When the plane flies into the sky. For example

He is high up in the tree.

He climbed high in the tree.

The plane is so high in the sky.

The plane is so high in the sky.

⑶ Refers to buildings and mountains. It can be tall or high, but the degree of high is higher than tall.

⑷ High can be used as an adverb, but tall cannot.

⑸ The antonym of tall is short, and the antonym of high is low.

Exercises

Complete the following sentences using a, an, /, the.

1. ____ Knowledge is power.

2. I earn 10 dollars _____ hour as _____ supermarket cashier on Saturdays.

3. The teacher asked us to write _____ 800-word-long composition.

4. I met _______ Jay, but not ____ one you know.

5. They are twins, so they are of _____ age.

6. He has _____ fine collection of paintings.

7. I don’t want to have words with you. I prefer to have ____ word with you.

Multiple choice questions

1. Beijing has got____population of more than 13.8 million.

A. the B. a C. an D./

2. The _____ traffic stopped me from going to school on time yesterday. I was late!

A. heavy B. crowded C. fast D. quick

3. Mrs. White isn’t feeling well these days. She has made _____ with the doctor at three this afternoon.

A. a movement B. an interview

C. a quarrel D. an appointment

4. I don’t like those big cities which have got ____ people and ____ traffic.

A. too much; too many B. many too; too much

C. too many; too much D. too many; much too

Homework

Make a graph and share with your classmates.

Recite all the words and phrases of this unit.

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