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外研版八上英语
Module 9
Population
Unit 1
Thirteen countries in the
world have a huge population of over one
hundred millio
n.
China has the largest population with about 1.4
billio
n.
That’s
almost one fifth of the world’s
populatio
n.
The
world’s
population
is
growing
faster
and
faster.
How
many
babies are born every
year in the world? Oh, hang on for a while. Let me
have a look at my notes that I prepared
last week. A report said that there
are
more than 131.4 million births every year in the
world.
Population increase
can cause lots of problems, such as the
lack(
缺
乏
)
of
food
and
fresh
water,
too
much
noise,
too
much
traffic
and
less
living space and so
o
n.
So some countries in the
world are doing much
work
to
control(
控制
)
population
growth.
What’s
your
idea?
Can
you
give us a report?
1. noise
n.
噪音；杂音
2. prepare
v.
准备；预备
3. notes
n.
(pl.)
笔记；随笔
4. report
n.
报告；汇报
5. grow
v.
(grew)
增长
;
增大
6. huge
adj.
巨大的；庞大的