Unit 5 Colorful Lands, Colorful People
PART I Warming up
A. Key words:
country population census estimate rank
Vocabulary:
census estimate federation statistics
_______________
Indonesia Pakistan Bangladesh Nigeria
You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous 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 Portuguese 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 ecological problems birth control ,Global count, humanity
Vocabulary:
overnight inhabitant deliver symbolize ecological
acclaim momentum impact demographer 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 mere 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 appreciation
Listen to the following statements. Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language.
PART I Warming up
A. Key words:
country population census estimate rank
Vocabulary:
census estimate federation statistics
_______________
Indonesia Pakistan Bangladesh Nigeria
You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous 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 Portuguese 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 ecological problems birth control ,Global count, humanity
Vocabulary:
overnight inhabitant deliver symbolize ecological
acclaim momentum impact demographer 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 mere 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 appreciation
Listen to the following statements. Pay special attention to the parts in bold type. Learn to appreciate and use the language.
