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1. Beijing is a huge city.2. 2. It takes an hour to get there by bus.3. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population.4. That makes over 131.4 million births a year.Pay attention to these sentences.1. China2. the US3. Australia4. New Zealandd) 1,370,537,000c) 314,791,000 a) 4,437,000b) 22,956,000Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations.Read your answers to Activity 1 the whole class.China has a population of …Now listen and check.When you see a table or a chart, look carefully at the labels and graphs to make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude? (million)(million)551010151520202525303035354040KolkataKolkataMumbaiMumbaiNew New YorkYorkMexico Mexico CityCityTokyoTokyo2000200020252025(million)(million)551010151520202525303035354040KolkataMumbaiMumbaiNew New YorkYorkMexico Mexico CityCityTokyoTokyo2000200020252025PopulationPopulationRead the chart and answer the questions.1. Which city had the largest population in 2000?2. Which city’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025?Tokyo had the largest population in 2000.Mumbai’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025.Mexico City will have a larger increase in its population.I think Mumbai will have the biggest population problem because its population will increase the fastest.Mina is (1) ____ eighteen-year-old girl. She’s 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.antheaatheaaaaComplete the passage with a, an or the where necessary.1. We believe...