Module 9 Population Unit 3 Language in useLANGUAGE PRACTICE1.Beijing is a huge city.2.It takes an hour to get there by bus.3.Thats almost one fifth of the worlds population.4.That makes over 131.4 million births a year.1. 不定冠詞不定冠詞 a / an的用法：的用法：1) a 用以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，用以輔音音素開頭的單詞前，an 用以元音音素開用以元音音素開頭的單詞前。頭的單詞前。 例如：例如：a book, a table, an elephant, an orange 2) 表示數量表示數量“一一”，意思與，意思與“one”接近，但數的概念沒接近，但數的概念沒有有one強。例如：強。例如： The little girl played a whole day outside. 這個小女孩在外面玩了一整天。這個小女孩在外面玩了一整天。3) 用于首次提到的某人或某物前，表泛指。用于首次提到的某人或某物前，表泛指。 A teacher from England will teach us English. 一位來自英格蘭的教師將教我們英語。一位來自英格蘭的教師將教我們英語。 4) 用于可數名詞的單數前，表示一類人或物。用于可數名詞的單數前，表示一類人或物。 A tiger is very dangerous. 老虎很危險。老虎很危險。5) 表示某類人或事物當中的任何一個，相當于表示某類人或事物當中的任何一個，相當于one。泛指人或事物的類別。例如：泛指人或事物的類別。例如： He is a ball player. 他是一位棒球手。他是一位棒球手。6) 表示表示“每一個每一個”，相當于，相當于every。用在表示時間，。用在表示時間，速度，價格的名詞前。速度，價格的名詞前。You should take this medicine three times a day. 你應該每天服三次藥。你應該每天服三次藥。 7) 表示表示 “某一某一” 。A Mr. Wang is waiting for you. 一位姓王的先生在等你。一位姓王的先生在等你。2. 定冠詞定冠詞 the 的用法的用法:1)定冠詞是指特定的人或物，用于特指的名詞前。定冠詞是指特定的人或物，用于特指的名詞前。例如：例如：The book is mine. 這本書是我的這本書是我的 。2) 表示上文提到的或說話雙方都知道的人或物。表示上文提到的或說話雙方都知道的人或物。 例如：例如：I heard a report. The report was about war.我聽了一個報告，這個報告是關于戰(zhàn)爭的。我聽了一個報告，這個報告是關于戰(zhàn)爭的。 Please close the window before you fall asleep.請在睡覺之前關上窗子。請在睡覺之前關上窗子。 3) 用于序數詞、形容詞最高級以及對兩者進行比較時用于序數詞、形容詞最高級以及對兩者進行比較時起特定作用的比較級前。例如：起特定作用的比較級前。例如： Our classroom is on the second floor.Its the most interesting book I have read. I have two sisters. The elder one is a doctor.4) 世界上獨一無二的事物前常用世界上獨一無二的事物前常用the。例如：。例如：The moon goes round the earth. 5) 在姓的復數形式前加在姓的復數形式前加the，表示一家人或夫婦二人。，表示一家人或夫婦二人。例如：例如：the Greens 格林一家人或格林夫婦。格林一家人或格林夫婦。 6) 用于某些形容詞前表示一類人或事物。用于某些形容詞前表示一類人或事物。 the rich, the poor, the old 7) 用于江河、山脈、湖泊、島嶼、雜志和報紙等專有用于江河、山脈、湖泊、島嶼、雜志和報紙等專有名詞前。例如：名詞前。例如：the Changjiang River, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace 8) 用于由普通名詞構成的專有名詞前。例如：用于由普通名詞構成的專有名詞前。例如：the United States 9) 用于樂器名稱前。例如：用于樂器名稱前。例如： play the piano / violin 10) 用于固定短語中。例如：用于固定短語中。例如：at the moment, by the way, in the middle of3. 零冠詞的用法零冠詞的用法一般來說，在一個句子中有時不加冠詞，如一般來說，在一個句子中有時不加冠詞，如 We go to school by bus. 這種不加冠詞的現象，就叫這種不加冠詞的現象，就叫“零冠詞零冠詞”。1)復數可數名詞前，表示人或物的類別，或泛指不定復數可數名詞前，表示人或物的類別，或泛指不定 量的人或物。例如：量的人或物。例如： Horses are useful animals. There are pens and books on the desk.2) 當名詞前有物主代詞、指示代詞、不定代詞及名當名詞前有物主代詞、指示代詞、不定代詞及名詞所有格等修飾時。例如：詞所有格等修飾時。例如：She is our math teacher. The man in blue is Marys father. No one can get this book. 3) 交通工具、學科名詞前。交通工具、學科名詞前。by boat, on foot I like chemistry. 4) 球類運動、棋類游戲及語言名稱前。球類運動、棋類游戲及語言名稱前。He prefers to play football. The two old men are playing chess. Can you speak English? 5) 季節(jié)、月份、星期、節(jié)日、一日三餐等名詞前。例如：季節(jié)、月份、星期、節(jié)日、一日三餐等名詞前。例如： in spring, on Monday Childrens Day is coming. I ate some noodles for lunch. 6) 某些固定搭配的詞組。某些固定搭配的詞組。 in public; go to bed1. Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.a)1,370,537,000b)314,791,000c)22,956,000d)4,437,0001.Australia2.New Zealand3.China4. the US4. Complete the passage with a, an or the where necessary. Mina is (1)_ eighteen-year-old girl. She has got (2)_ brother and (3)_ sister. Mina is (4)_ oldest child in (5)_ family. She lives in (6)_ very big city. She has (7)_ job in (8)_ hotel. She hopes that one day she will have (9)_ chance to go to (10)_ college.atheaaa anathethe/ 1.We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and were working to make them even _.2.Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _ one.3.Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen _.4.There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are _ parks in a lot of other cities.5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. better smallermorefewerfew good much small 7.Complete the passage with the words in the box. Our world is facing many problems. Two of the biggest are the increasing population and pollution. The (1)_ of the world is increasing quickly. Why is this happening? Because more babies are born every year and people also live longer. Many people are leaving the (2)_ to work in the cities, but there is not enough (3)_ for so many people.populationcountrysidespacecountryside pollution population space traffic Another huge problem for the world is (4)_. Theres so much (5)_ on the roads that in some cities the air is heavily polluted. We must work harder to protect our world.trafficpollution12. Work in groups. Prepare to make your graph.Choose a country or town which interests you. It could be your home town. Decide the time you want to look atfor example, now, ten years ago and ten years from now. Research the population of your place in those years. Write your notes carefully.13. Make your graph. Decide how you want to make your graph. Draw it and colour it. You can also make it on the computer. Label it clearly.用不定冠詞用不定冠詞a/an, 定冠詞定冠詞the或或“/”填空填空1. I found _ book on the floor. I think _ book is Jennys. 2. _ Sun is much bigger than _ Earth. 3. Lucy is _ most careful student in my class. 4. _ Greens are watching TV now. 5. _ orange is orange. 6. Well go to _ Great Wall next week. atheThethetheThetheAnHomeworkWrite a paragraph to describe your city.All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事總是由難而易。