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Unit 5 Colorful Lands, Colorful People

PART I Warming up

A. Key words:

country population census1 estimate rank

Vocabulary:

census estimate federation2 statistics

_______________

Indonesia Pakistan Bangladesh Nigeria

You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous3 countries in the word. Listen carefully and supply the missing information. Pay special attention to the numbers.

Country Population

1. China ___________

2. India ___________

3. the United States ___________

4. Indonesia ___________

5. Brazil ___________

6. Russian Federation ___________

7. Pakistan ___________

8. Japan ___________

9. Bangladesh ___________

10. Nigeria __________

11. Mexico ___________

12. Germany ___________

B: Key words:

speaker language

Vocabulary:

_______________

Bengali Hindi Portuguese4 Javanese Korean Vietnamese Telugu Marathi Tamil Urdu

Gujarati Ukrainian

In the following passage. You are going to hear the names of some languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages. Listen carefully and fill in the missing languages and numbers.

Languages Speakers

1. ______________ _______________

2. ______________ _______________

3. ______________ _______________

4. Bengali _______________

5. Hindi _______________

6. Portuguese _______________

7. ______________ _______________

8. ______________ _______________

9. ______________ _______________

10. Javanese _______________

11. ______________ _______________

12. ______________ _______________

13. ______________ _______________

14. Telugu _______________

15. Marathi _______________

16. Tamil _______________

17. _______________ _______________

18. Urdu _______________

19. Gujarati _______________

20. _______________ _______________

21. _______________ _______________

22. Ukrainian _______________

PART II The world’s six billionth inhabitant

Key words:

Baby boy, Bosnia-Herzegovina the world’s six billionth inhabitant,Social and ecological5 problems birth control ,Global count, humanity

Vocabulary:

overnight inhabitant deliver symbolize6 ecological

acclaim7 momentum8 impact demographer9 predict

count level off agency

Bosnia-Herzegovina the United Nations Kosovo Sarajevo

The UN secretary General

A:

Now listen to a news report on the worlds six billionth inhabitant. Answer the following questions by supplying the missing information.

1. Who is the word’s six billionth inhabitant?

______________ born in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

2. What’s the UN Secretary General’s purpose in visiting the mother and the child?

To draw attention to the __________ and _________ problems of rapidly expanding_______.

3. According to the UN population agency, how different are people’s lives now from those in the past?

People are living ________ and ____________ lives than any generation in the history.

B:

Now listen to the passage again. After that, three sentence chosen from the passage will be read to you. Listen carefully and match Column A, the numbers, with Column B, the relevant information.

Column A Column B

1. 1,000,000,000+ a. population in the middle of the new century

2. 80,000,000 b. number of young people entering their productive years now

3. 10,000,000,000- c. number of babies to be born next year

C:

Now listen to a faster presentation of the material. Check your answers.

Part III the biggest cities in the world

Key words: the biggest cities the top ten developed countries and developing countries.

Vocabulary:

Complex enormous mere10 in terms of quadruple trble sao qaulo rio de janeiro calcutta bombay delhi seoul

A: you are going to hear a conversation between an interviewer and an expert about the biggest citied in the world, while listening , facus on the numbers and complete the two charts below.

In 1950 position in top 10 population

New york 1

London

Calcutta 4 million

Tokyo 6 million

in 2000 position in top 10 population

New york 14 million

Calcutta 4 million

Tokyo 3

B; now listen to the conversation a gain and try to find out the other seven cities whose population is likely to be In the top 2000.

The other severn citied in the top ten in 2000:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Part IV language study and language appreciation11

Listen to the following statements. Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language.


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1 census arnz5     
n.(官方的)人口调查,人口普查
参考例句:
  • A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
  • The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
2 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
参考例句:
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
3 populous 4ORxV     
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的
参考例句:
  • London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
4 Portuguese alRzLs     
n.葡萄牙人;葡萄牙语
参考例句:
  • They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
  • Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。
5 ecological IrRxX     
adj.生态的,生态学的
参考例句:
  • The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
  • Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.
6 symbolize YrvwU     
vt.作为...的象征,用符号代表
参考例句:
  • Easter eggs symbolize the renewal of life.复活蛋象征新生。
  • Dolphins symbolize the breath of life.海豚象征着生命的气息。
7 acclaim NJgyv     
v.向…欢呼,公认;n.欢呼,喝彩,称赞
参考例句:
  • He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
  • His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。
8 momentum DjZy8     
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
参考例句:
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
9 demographer rwpxt     
n.人口统计学家
参考例句:
  • Professor Antonio Golini is a demographer at the University of Rome. 罗马大学安东尼奥教授是位人口统计学家。 来自互联网
  • Demographer William Frey says immigrants with young families will help keep the United States competitive. 人口统计学家佛瑞表示这些年轻的家庭会帮助美国保持竞争力。 来自互联网
10 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
11 appreciation Pv9zs     
n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
参考例句:
  • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
  • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

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