初中英语人教版初三下讲解32

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[02:08.71]more,slowly,faster,larger,than,smaller
[02:19.47]China and India have(larger)populations than any other countries in the world.
[02:47.03]They are the only two members of the "billion club",
[02:54.11]because they are the only countries with populations of (more)than one billion.
[04:05.76]At the moment,China's population is about 1,328,000.
[04:44.73]India's population is (smaller)-just over 1,000,000,000.
[05:20.42]In both Indian and China,the population is growing more and more(slowly).
[05:29.14]However,Indian's population is growing(faster)than China's.
[06:05.19]Many experts¹ think that,by2020,India's population may be larger(than)China's.
[10:17.09]twelve billion ,seven houndred eighty-four million,
[10:30.05]three hundred twenty-nine thousand, five hundred and sixty.
[11:22.71]Read and write       Fill in the blanks² with the proper words.
[11:32.87]Five Canadian climbers were saved yesterday,
[11:39.43]after they(had)spent five days high up on K2,
[11:46.27]the second tallest mountain(in)the world.
[12:37.73]Like Mount³ Qomolangam,K2 is in the Himalaya Mountains.
[12:47.71]Although Mount Qomolangma(is)taller,
[12:53.17]many climbers feel that K2 is(a)dangerous mountain to climb.
[13:02.71]The top of (the)mountain is very steep⁴ and the weather can change very quickly.
[14:05.64]The Canadian climbers became trapped⁵ on the mountain last Tuesday.
[14:22.48]That morning,the weather(had)been fine,
[14:27.21]but in the afternoon it suddenly started (to)snow.
[14:32.39]The snow went on falling for the next three days.
[15:06.63]The climbers could only sit(in)their tents,
[15:17.68]and hoped that someone(would)come to save them.
[15:28.94]"It was so cold(that)everything froze,"said Doug Alpenstock,
[15:53.42]"We had to say close together(to)keep warm.
[16:11.47]It was teamwork⁶ that kept(us)alive."
[16:26.12]However,Doug(and)his team want to start climbing again soon,
[16:50.08]"We hope(to)climb K2 again next summer