Module 9 Unit 1 The population of China is about 1.37 billion（在线收听）

[00:00.00]What are you doing?你在做什么呢?

[00:02.66]I'm preparing some notes for a report called "Our growing population".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 huge city with a large population.北京是一座人口众多的大城市。

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

[00:17.74]such as too much traffic 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 increase is a big problem 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 born 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 million births 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 believe it!我无法相信！

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

[00:48.84]That's almost one fifth 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 wrote 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!