课程内容

《Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people.》
 Revision
1.How many babies are born every minute?
2.How many babies are born every year?
3.What's the population of China?
4.What's the population of the world?
New  Words
flat        公寓
rubbish     垃圾
quiet       安静的
local       本地的
close down  关闭
pulil       小学生
pollution   污染
public      公共的
service     服务
solve       解决问题
The population problem is one of the most serious
problems in the world today.China has the largest
population in the world.If population grows too fast,
it will bring lots of serious troubles.
Overpopulation(人口过剩)makes the traffic crowded.
It makes the environment terrible.So we must try our
best to control the population.
Where do you prefer to live,in a quiet country village or
a big city?Why?

Work in pairs and answer the questions.Using the words in the
box to help you.
countryside   field   flat   hospital job   office 
rubbish village
1.Why do people move to cities?
Because they want to look for work and have better life.
2.What are the problems of big cities?
Pollution,crime,rubbish collection...
are the problems of cities.
 Listen to the passage and check the true sentences.
1.Parkville was a quite village. √
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 Paekville has 2,000 pupils.×
5.Big cities need more money for public services.√

  Read and answer the questions.
1.What was Parkville(帕克威尔)when Jo's grandparents first came to
Parkville?
It was a quiet country village.
2.What is Arnwick(阿恩威克)?
It is a city near Parkville.
3.What is Parkville now?
It is a part of Arnwick,with over a million people.
4.Why did people move to the big city Arnwick?
  People wanted to find jobs and they needed a place to live.
5.How long does Jo take to go to school now?
  It takes an hour by bus.
Read the passage again and match the headings with the paragraphs.

   Para. 1 The old Parkville.
   Where did they live in Parkville?
   It was a small house close to fields and hill.

   Para. 2 The changes in Parkville.
1.Was Parkville far from Arnwick?
  No,it was near Arnwick.
2.Why were buildings built outside the centre of Arnwick?
  Because it was expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick.
3.What problem does Jo's family have to live in a flat?
  It is very crowded,and rubbish is also a problem.
 
   Para. 3 New problems.
1.The small local school is closed down.F
2.The new school is far form Jo's home.F
3.The longer journey has a lot of the traffic and pollution.T
  
   Para. 4 New needs
Fill in the blanks.
Arnwick needs more schools,buses and hospitals.It needs fresh
air,clean water,and better pulic service.It needs more police
to protect people.It needs more money to do all these things.
 
 
   Para. 5 The lesson we got from the story.
1.Is Parkville a real place?
  No,it is just a story.
2.What does the writer want to tell us?
  Population increase is a big problem in big city.Pollution,
rubbish collection,traffic...are the problems of cities.We
should protect our Earth.

4.Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
flat local pollution rubbish service thousand
Many towns and cities have the same problems as Arnwick.People need
places to live,so the(1)local government has to build more(2)flats.
People need better bus and  train(3)services.They also produce more
(4)rubbish,so the government has to make more efforts to protect the
city against(5)pollution.As we say,a hundred people make a(6)thousand
problem!
          Language points
1....there's no room for...
  room此处为不可数名词，意思是“空间，地方”。可用little,much,no,plenty
等词修饰。可构成make room for(给......让出地方)；take up room(占地方)；
leave room for(留出空间给......)等短语。
   There is no more room in the computer file.
    计算机文件里没有空间了。
   There isn't enough room for all the furniture.
    没有足够的地方放置全部家具。
   The table takes up a lot of room.
    这张桌子占去很多地方。
   How do you make room for great work in your life?
     你怎样在生活中给更重要的事情留出空间？
   My books take up too much room.
     我的书占据了太多的空间。
   Leave room for this big box.
     留出地方放这个大箱子。
   room为“房间”时，是可数名词。
   We must prepare a room for our guest.
     我们必须为客人预备一个房间。
[辨析]
 space,place,room的用法区别
三者均可表示“空地，空间”，区别如下：
 (1)泛指一般意义的“空地”或“空间”，space和room均可以用，但前者根据
情况可用作可数或不可数名词，而后者通常只用作不可数名词。如：
  The large table takes up too much space
[room].
   这张大桌子太占地方了。
  There isn't enough space[room]for all our luggage.
   没有足够的地方可以放我们的行李。
  Here is an empty place,put the box here.
   这里有个空地方，把箱子放在这里吧。
注意：place表示“太空”、“宇宙”，是不可数名词，而room表示“房间”，
是可数名词。
He was staring into space.
他极目远眺。
This is one of the largest rooms here.
这是这里最大的房间之一。
(2)place表示“空地，地方”，其含义通常比较具体，且往往指座位，有时
与seat同义。如：
 We'll try to get places(=seats)at the front of the hall.
   我们要设法弄到大厅前面的座位。
 There are only two places(=seats)left for tonight.
   今晚只剩两个座位。
 --Is there any room[space]in the boat?
   船上有空处吗？
 --Yes,that place in the corner is empty.
   在那边角落里还有个空位。
  Practice
Fill in the blanks using room,space and place.
1.Could you make room for me?
2.Is there room for me in the car?
3.Is there any space/room for me in the car?
4.I want to live in a place which is warm  in winter.
 There is no enough_B_in the corner to put the table.
A.place B.room C.floor D.ground

2.close down
 close dwon 关闭；停业
 All the stores and shops in this city don't close down on Sundays.
  这个城市的大小商店星期天都不关门。
 It is midnight and we are now closing down.
  时间已到午夜，本台现在停止广播。
 The theatre has had to close for lack of support.
  这家剧院光顾者很少只好关闭。

3.protect
  protect v.保护，保卫
  These gallant soldiers will protect our country.
   这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。
  An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
   雨伞可以保护你不致雨淋。
  This medicine will protect you against a return of the
illness.
   这种药会防止你的疾病复发。
  protection n.保护；防卫
 
  Writing
Read and check the problems that exist in your home town.
()1.Many young people want to leave the countryside because they
want to find jobs in the city.
()2.There are not enough schools and hospitals in big cities.
()3.Too much traffic brings air pollution.
()4.There is too much rubbish in the streets.
()5.There are not enough police in the city.
()6.It is difficult to get enough clean water.
Write about a problem your home town has.
Write down your suggestions to solve the problem.

 Writing
  Imagine that you and your family have moved from the countryside to the city.
  Write an email to a friend about your new life in the city.

                 Translate
一个安静的村庄               a quiet village
有一个小房子                 have a small house
一个拥有2万人的城市          a city with 200,000 people
很多车和污染                 a lot of traffic and pollution
解决问题                     solve the problems
事实上                       in fact
全世界                       all over the world
某天                         some day

完成下列各句：
1.It is a qiet village.
2.They moved to city to find jobs.
3.They needed places to live in.
4.Many families live in the flats.
5.There is a lot of traffic and pollution.
6.Money can't solve all these problems.

1.There__too much rubbish in the streets.
  A.is B.are C.be
2.There__too many people in the park.
  A.are B.is C.be
3.It is difficult__enough clean water.
  A.get B.getting C.to get
4.You are__heavy,you can't eat__meat.
  A.much too,much too
  B.much too,too much
  C.too much,too many
5.It takes us an hour__get there by bus.
  A.to B.for C./
6.There is a lot of__and pollution.
  A.taffic B.traffics C.a trffic
7.Arnwick was a city__200.000 people.
  A.of B.with C.has
8.They__our city last year.
  A.move to B.moved to C.moving to

Homework
Write down your suggestions to improve the situation for
the first three most improtant problems.