l  Knowledge objective

1.      To understand the conversation in relation to population.

2.      To get specific information from the listening material.

3.      To talk about and understand numbers.

l  Ability objective

To make a short passage or a dialogue with the points in this unit

l  Moral objective

To get the student to know how to make a teamwork

New words and expressions

To learn the grammar knowledge of big numbers

To grasp the phrases and important sentences

PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach

A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures

Ss look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.

Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students say the new words as quickly as possible.

Let Ss look at the picture and use the words in the box to talk in pairs.

Listen to Activity 2 and choose the best answer.

1.      What’s the population of Beijing?

2.      What’s the population of Chongqing?

1. What is Tony preparing for a report called “our growing population”?

2. Where are they talking?

Let Ss listen to the dialogue and answer the two questions. Then check in groups.

1. Is population increase a big problem in many countries?

2. How many babies are born every minute in the world?

3. Will China’s population grow fast? Why?

Babies born in every minute (world):

Babies born every year (world):

Population of China:

Population of the world:

Let Ss choose the correct answers and show in groups.

I don’t believe!

Hang on a minute!

Great!

Let Ss master the main points of the passage.

Listen and repeat the numbers. Get the students to learn how to read the numbers: thousand, billion, and million.

1.      To check the right statements according to your opinion.

2.      Work in groups and discuss your answers.

掌握数字的用法。

重点短语

数字的读法

Do some exercises about the main points.

Do the exercises in the entrance exam to senior high schools.

编写一个报告，说明世界的人口增长问题。