課程內容

《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       安靜的
local       本地的
close down  關閉
pulil       小學生
pollution   污染
public      公共的
service     服務
solve       解決問題
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(人口過剩)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(帕克威爾)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此處為不可數(shù)名詞，意思是“空間，地方”?？捎胠ittle,much,no,plenty
等詞修飾?？蓸嫵蒻ake room for(給......讓出地方)；take up room(占地方)；
leave room for(留出空間給......)等短語。
   There is no more room in the computer file.
    計算機文件里沒有空間了。
   There isn't enough room for all the furniture.
    沒有足夠的地方放置全部家具。
   The table takes up a lot of room.
    這張桌子占去很多地方。
   How do you make room for great work in your life?
     你怎樣在生活中給更重要的事情留出空間？
   My books take up too much room.
     我的書占據(jù)了太多的空間。
   Leave room for this big box.
     留出地方放這個大箱子。
   room為“房間”時，是可數(shù)名詞。
   We must prepare a room for our guest.
     我們必須為客人預備一個房間。
[辨析]
 space,place,room的用法區(qū)別
三者均可表示“空地，空間”，區(qū)別如下：
 (1)泛指一般意義的“空地”或“空間”，space和room均可以用，但前者根據(jù)
情況可用作可數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞，而后者通常只用作不可數(shù)名詞。如：
  The large table takes up too much space
[room].
   這張大桌子太占地方了。
  There isn't enough space[room]for all our luggage.
   沒有足夠的地方可以放我們的行李。
  Here is an empty place,put the box here.
   這里有個空地方，把箱子放在這里吧。
注意：place表示“太空”、“宇宙”，是不可數(shù)名詞，而room表示“房間”，
是可數(shù)名詞。
He was staring into space.
他極目遠眺。
This is one of the largest rooms here.
這是這里最大的房間之一。
(2)place表示“空地，地方”，其含義通常比較具體，且往往指座位，有時
與seat同義。如：
 We'll try to get places(=seats)at the front of the hall.
   我們要設法弄到大廳前面的座位。
 There are only two places(=seats)left for tonight.
   今晚只剩兩個座位。
 --Is there any room[space]in the boat?
   船上有空處嗎？
 --Yes,that place in the corner is empty.
   在那邊角落里還有個空位。
  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 關閉；停業(yè)
 All the stores and shops in this city don't close down on Sundays.
  這個城市的大小商店星期天都不關門。
 It is midnight and we are now closing down.
  時間已到午夜，本臺現(xiàn)在停止廣播。
 The theatre has had to close for lack of support.
  這家劇院光顧者很少只好關閉。

3.protect
  protect v.保護，保衛(wèi)
  These gallant soldiers will protect our country.
   這些勇敢的士兵會保衛(wèi)我們的國家的。
  An umbrella will protect you from the rain.
   雨傘可以保護你不致雨淋。
  This medicine will protect you against a return of the
illness.
   這種藥會防止你的疾病復發(fā)。
  protection n.保護；防衛(wèi)
 
  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
一個安靜的村莊               a quiet village
有一個小房子                 have a small house
一個擁有2萬人的城市          a city with 200,000 people
很多車和污染                 a lot of traffic and pollution
解決問題                     solve the problems
事實上                       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.