9Unit3LanguageinuseBeijingisahugecity
Ittakesanhourtogettherebybus
That’salmostonefifthoftheworld’spopulation
Thatmakesover131
4millionbirthsayear
Languagepractice1
Workinpairs
Matchthecountrieswiththeirpopulations
1Chinaa)4,437,0002theUSAb)22,956,0003Australiac)314,791,0004NewZealandd)1,370,537,000Whenyouseeatableorachart,lookcarefullyatthelabelsandgraphstomakesurethatyouunderstandwhattheyareshowing
Lookatthechartbelow
Whatisitcomparing
Whatcanyouconclude
ReadyouranswerstoActivity1tothewholeclass
Chinahasapopulationof…Nowlistenandcheck
Readthechartandanswerthequestions
1Whichcityhadthelargestpopulationin2000
2Whichcity’spopulationwillincreasethemostfrom2000to2025
Tokyohadthelargestpopulationin2000
Mumbai'spopulationwillincreasethemostfrom2000to2025
3Whichcitywillhavealargerincrea