Grade 9 Unit 1 Topic 2 Section B

(Kangkang is reading a report on population ^[1]population: US: [ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n]   UK: [ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n]   n. 人口；人口数量；族群； in the newspaper.)

Kangkang: Wow! What a large population! ^[2]What a large population! 人口真多！population 修饰词，人口多用 large, 人口少用small

Maria: What?

Kangkang: Look, it says the world has a population of ^[3]has a population of: 有…人口 6.8 billion ^[4]billion: US: [ˈbɪljən]   UK: [‘bɪljən]   n. 〈美、法〉十亿；〈英、德〉万亿；无数. And it is increasing ^[5]increase: US: [ɪnˈkris]   UK: [ɪnˈkriːs]   n. 增加；增长；增多   v. 增加；增多 by ^[6]increase by: 以…方式增长 80 million every year.

Maria: Mmm, that’s really a lot. Which country has the largest population?

Kangkang: China has the largest population. It has already reached ^[7]reach: US: [ritʃ]   UK: [riːtʃ]  v. 达到；到达；达成；收到；（手）够得到 1.3 billion, and India is second with 1.1 billion.

Maria: What’s the population of the USA? ^[8]美国有多少人口？ *必会句子

Kangkang: 309 million.

Maria: Oh, I see. It shows that the population in developing countries is larger than that ^[9]that: 运用比较级时比较对象应该具有可比性，that用来代指前面提到的（单数）比较对象，如果是复数则需要用those in developed countries, doesn’t it? ^[10]反意疑问句，也叫附加疑问句，添加规则一般是“主肯定附加否定，主否定附加肯定”，回答时依据事实回答

Kangkang: Yes. What’s more ^[11]What’s more: 而且, the population in developing countries is growing faster.

Maria: So it is. The population problem has become more serious in developing countries.

Kangkang: Luckily ^[12]luckily: US: [ˈlʌkɪli]   UK: [‘lʌkɪli]  adv. 幸亏；侥幸；运气不错, China has already carried out ^[13]carry out: 实行；开展；完成 some policies ^[14]policy: US: [ˈpɑləsi]  UK: [ˈpɒləsi]  n. 政策；方针；保险单；原则 to solve the problem ^[15]solve the problem: 解决问题；解决难题    *注意answer the question搭配.