Module 9 Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion

[00:00.00]What are you doing?你在做什么呢?

[00:02.66]I'm preparing¹ some notes for a report² called "Our growing population³".我正在为一篇叫作“我们持续增长的人口”的报告准备一些笔记。

[00:08.25]Well,we're in the right place to talk about that!好吧，我们是在正确的地方讨论这个话题！

[00:11.69]Beijing is a huge⁴ city with a large population.北京是一座人口众多的大城市。

[00:15.44]That causes⁵ a lot of problems⁷,这引发了很多的问题,

[00:17.74]such as⁸ too much traffic⁹ and noise.比如太多的交通和噪音。

[00:20.73]It's not only Beijing.它不仅是北京。

[00:22.67]Population increase¹⁰ is a big problem⁶ in many countries.人口增长在很多国家都是个大问题。

[00:26.93]Do you know how many babies are born¹¹ every minute in the world?你知道世界上每分钟有多少个婴儿出生吗？

[00:30.98]No.Can you tell me?不知道。你能告诉我吗？

[00:33.22]Over 250!That makes over 131.4 million¹² births¹³ a year.超过250个！这导致每年有1，314亿个新生儿降生。

[00:41.43]I can't believe¹⁴ it!我无法相信！

[00:43.59]The population of China is about 1.37 billion¹⁵.中国的人口大约是13.7亿。

[00:48.84]That's almost¹⁶ one fifth¹⁷ of the world's population,that is,about 7 billion.这几乎是世界人口的五分之一,即70亿。

[00:55.40]Hang on a minute! I'll write that down too!等一会儿！我要把这一点也记下来！

[00:58.28]But in the future,China's population won't grow so fast, because families are getting smaller.但在未来,中国的人口不增长那么快,因为家庭越来越小。

[01:05.32]How do you know all this?你怎么知道这一切?

[01:07.32]I wrote¹⁸ my report yesterday!我昨天写报告!

[01:09.79]Great,thanks!太棒了,谢谢!

[01:11.90]Now I can write my report!现在我可以写我的报告了!

1 preparing   

adj.准备的，预备的v.准备( prepare的现在分词 )；预备（饭菜）；配备；使（自己）有准备

参考例句：

• The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government. 该党领袖敦促党员着手准备筹建政府。
• The programme is geared to preparing students for the world of work. 本计划旨在为学生开始就业作准备。

2 report   

n.报告，汇报；传说，传阅；v.报告，报到

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon.今天下午我们要去听报告。
• I shall report to you.我将向你汇报。

3 population   

n.人口，人数

参考例句：

• What is the population of london?伦敦的人口是多少？
• China has a huge population.中国有众多的人口。

4 huge   

adj.巨大的，庞大的

参考例句：

• He gave me a huge apple.他给了我一个大苹果。
• His acting raised a huge laugh.他的表演引起一阵大笑。

5 causes   

n.原因( cause的名词复数 )；动机；（某种行为、感情等的）理由；缘故

参考例句：

• The book is an analysis of poverty and its causes. 这本书分析了贫困及其原因。
• an essay on the causes of the First World War 关于第一次世界大战起因的文章

6 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

7 problems   

n.问题( problem的名词复数 )；疑难问题；习题；思考题

参考例句：

• It was an action replay of the problems of his first marriage. 这是他第一次婚姻问题的重演。
• a few admin problems 一些行政问题

8 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

9 traffic   

adj.交通的；n.交通；vi.交易，买卖

参考例句：

• That will help the traffic.这会促进交通状况。
• He had a traffic accident.他出了交通事故。

10 increase   

n.增加，增强，提高；v.增加，提高

参考例句：

• The increase has now slowed down.增长的速度现已减缓。
• We had better increase the amount.我们最好把数量再增加一些。

11 born   

v.动词bear的过去分词；adj.出生的，与生俱来的

参考例句：

• The baby can cry as soon as he is born.婴儿生下来就会哭。
• I feel as if I had been born again.我有一种再生之感。

12 million   

num.百万，100万；n.无数，大众

参考例句：

• I've seen it a million times.我在书上看过无数遍了。
• What will you do if you had a million dollars?如果你有一百万美元，你会干什么？

13 births   

n.出生( birth的名词复数 )；分娩；起源；出身

参考例句：

• Better living conditions mean more live births and fewer stillbirths. 生活条件改善就会有较多的活产，较少的死产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There were 160 more births than deaths in the town last year. 该镇去年出生的人数比死亡人数多160人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 believe   

v.相信；认为

参考例句：

• Believe it or not,that's the way it is.信不信由你，反正事情就是这样。
• I believe what you say.我相信你的话。

15 billion   

num.十亿；数以十亿计；大量；一万亿

参考例句：

• A billion is a large number.十亿是个大数目。
• They've spent nearly a billion dollars on it already.他们已经在那上面花了近10亿美元。

16 almost   

adv.几乎，差不多

参考例句：

• The band has been on the road for almost a month. 那支乐队进行巡回演出近一个月了。
• We stay in almost every night and watch television.我们几乎每个晚上都在家里看电视。

17 fifth   

num.第五；n.五分之一

参考例句：

• It's the fifth door on the right.右边第五个门。
• I like to sit in about the fifth row.我想坐在第五排左右。

18 wrote   

v.（write的过去式）写

参考例句：

• She wrote the music and he wrote the book.她作曲子，他写歌词。
• He wrote back that he was too busy to join us.他回信说他太忙不能参加我们的活动。