【正文】 es you, take out your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, and show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Henry. “But as you know, the snake won’t smile!” Module 9 Population 人口Unit 1 The population of China is about billion. 。貝蒂：你在做什么？Betty: What are you doing?托尼：我正在為一篇叫“我們正在增長(zhǎng)的人口“的報(bào)告準(zhǔn)備筆記。Tony: I’m preparing some notes for a report called “Our growing population.”玲玲：哦，我們?cè)诤线m的地方談?wù)撨@個(gè)問(wèn)題！北京是一個(gè)由于人口眾多而引起許多問(wèn)題的大城市，例如有太多的車輛和嗓音。Lingling: Well, we’re in the right place to talk about that! Beijing is a huge city with a big population that causes a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise.貝蒂：不僅是北京（存在這種問(wèn)題）。人口增長(zhǎng)在許多國(guó)家都是一個(gè)大問(wèn)題。你知道世界上每分鐘有多少嬰兒出生嗎？Betty: It’s not only Beijing. Population increase is a big problem in many countries. Do you know how many babies are born every minute in the world?托尼：不知道。你能告訴我嗎？Tony: No. Can you tell me?貝蒂：超過(guò)250個(gè)! 。Betty: Over 250! That makes over million births a year.玲玲：我簡(jiǎn)直無(wú)法相信！Lingling: I can’t believe it!貝蒂：。那幾乎是世界人口約70億的五分之一。Betty: The population of China is about billion. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population, that is, about 7 billion.托尼：稍等！我也要把它記下來(lái)！Tony: Hang on a minute! I’ll write that down too!貝蒂：但是在將來(lái)，中國(guó)的人口將不會(huì)增長(zhǎng)這么快，因?yàn)榧彝ヒ?guī)模正在變小。Betty: But in the future, China’s population won’t grow so fast, because families are getting smaller.玲玲：你怎么知道所有這些的？Lingling: How do you know all this?貝蒂：昨天我寫了我的報(bào)告！Betty: I wrote my report yesterday!托尼：太棒了，謝謝！現(xiàn)在我可以寫我的報(bào)告了！Tony: Great, thanks! Now I can write my report!Module 9 Population 人口Unit 2 Arnwick was a city with 200,000 people. 阿恩威克是一個(gè)擁有200 000人口的城市。它會(huì)是你的城鎮(zhèn)嗎？Could it be your town?喬15歲了，生活在帕克維爾。Jo is fifteen and lives in Parkville. 當(dāng)喬的祖父母第一次來(lái)到帕克維爾時(shí)，它是一個(gè)安靜的村莊。When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville, it was a quiet village. 他們有一所小房子，靠近田地和小山。They had a small house, close to fields and hills.帕克維爾靠近阿恩威克，一個(gè)擁有200 000人口的城市。Parkville was near Arnwick, a city with 200,000 people. 從帕克維爾來(lái)的人搬往阿恩威克去找工作，并且他們需要地方居住。People from Parkville moved to Arnwick to find jobs, and they needed places to live. 然而，住在城市中心是很貴的，所以政府在城市中心的外圍建造公寓。However, it was expensive to live in the city centre, so the government built flats outside the centre. 很快，帕克維爾變成了阿恩威克的一部分，阿恩威克成為了一個(gè)擁有超過(guò)一百萬(wàn)人口的城市。Soon, Parkville became part of Arnwick, and Arnwick became a city with over a million people.喬的家人就住在那些公寓的其中一座中。Jo’s family lives in one of those flats. 它十分擁擠，并且垃圾也是一個(gè)問(wèn)題。It is very crowded, and rubbish is also a problem.帕克維爾當(dāng)?shù)氐男W(xué)校五年前就關(guān)閉了，所以喬現(xiàn)在得去阿恩威克的一個(gè)有2000名學(xué)生的學(xué)校上學(xué)。The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago, so Jo now has to go to a school in Arnwick with 2,000 pupils. 乘公共汽車到達(dá)那兒要花費(fèi)一個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間。It takes an hour to get there by bus. 有許多車輛和污染。 There is a lot of traffic and pollution.很明顯阿恩威克需要更多的學(xué)校，公共汽車和醫(yī)院。It is clear that Arnwick needs more schools, buses and hospitals.它需要新鮮的空氣、干凈的誰(shuí)以及更好的公共服務(wù)。It needs fresh air, clean water, and better public services. 它還需要更多的警察來(lái)保護(hù)它的人民。It also needs more police to protect its people. 但是要做所有的這些事情，它需要更多的錢。But to do all these things, it needs more money.然而，錢能幫助解決所有這些問(wèn)題嗎？However, can money help solve all these problems? 我們需要更多這樣的大城市嗎？Do we need more big cities like this?事實(shí)上，這只是一個(gè)故事。 In fact, this is just a story. 但是它描述了全世界正在發(fā)生的事情。有一天它會(huì)是你的城鎮(zhèn)嗎？But it describes what is happening all over the world. Could it be your town some day?Module 10 The weather 天氣Unit 1 It might snow. 天可能下雪。貝蒂：嗨，男生們好！Betty: Hey, boys!托尼：你好，貝蒂。你好，玲玲。你們要去哪兒？Tony: Hi, Betty. Hi, Lingling. Where are you going?貝蒂：我們要去公園滑冰。在湖上有厚厚的冰。你要和我們一起去嗎？Betty: We’re going to the park to skate. There’s thick ice on the lake. Are you ing with us?托尼：你在開(kāi)玩笑嗎？今天真的很冷。Tony: Are you joking? It’s really cold today.大明：而且，今天還陰天，因此有可能下雪。Daming: And it’s cloudy too, so it might snow.玲玲：溫度是多少？Lingling: What’s the temperature?托尼：零下八到零下二度！這里的冬天比英國(guó)的冷。Tony: It’s between minus eight and minus two degrees! Winter is colder here than in England.大明：在英國(guó)十二月份下雪嗎？Daming: Is it snowy in England in December?托尼：通常不，盡管今年下了相當(dāng)多的雪。大多數(shù)的十二月份潮濕而多雨。Tony: Not usually, although this year it snowed quite a lot. Most Decembers are wet and rainy.大明：貝蒂，在美國(guó)冬季的天氣怎么樣？Daming: What’s the weather like in America in winter, Betty?貝蒂：我們有寒冷的冬季和炎熱的夏季。在紐約冬季多雪。Betty: We have cold winters and hot summers. It’s snowy in New York in winter.托尼：聽(tīng)起來(lái)很棒呀！我喜歡晴朗的天氣，我也喜歡雪。但是我不喜歡陣雨或多風(fēng)的天氣。Tony: Sounds great! I like sunny weather, and I like snow as well. But I don’t like showers or windy weather.貝蒂：我也不喜歡。多雨的天氣令人煩惱！我希望我現(xiàn)在就在澳大利亞。那里很可能晴朗而炎熱。Betty: Me neither. Rainy weather is terrible! I wish I were in Australia now. It’s probably sunny and hot there.玲玲：如果你喜歡晴朗的天氣你可以去海南島。Lingling: You can go to Hainan Island if you like sunny weather.貝蒂：總有一天我會(huì)去的。Betty: One day I will.玲玲：好了，走吧！我們可以去公園里滑冰，這樣就會(huì)暖和了。Lingling: Come on, better get going! We can skate in the park and get warm. Module 10 The weather 天氣Unit 2 The weather is fine all year round. 天氣常年很好。美國(guó)是一個(gè)很大的國(guó)家。The US is a very big country. 從東海岸到西海岸大約有三千英里，因此要認(rèn)真選擇要去看的地方和去的時(shí)間。It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. 帶上一張地圖，因?yàn)槟憧赡芟胍教幦プ咭蛔?。Bring a map because you may want to travel around.紐約和華盛頓特區(qū)是五月份或十月份游覽的好地方，但是在冬季（兩地）下雪很多。New York and Washington . are good places to visit in May or October, but in winter there is a lot of snow.九月是去新英格蘭游覽的最佳時(shí)間。The best time to visit New England is in September. 天氣變得比較涼爽，綠色的樹(shù)葉開(kāi)始變成金黃色，然后成棕色。The weather gets cooler, and the green leaves start to turn gold, then brown. 帶上你的照相機(jī)，這樣，你就可以拍拍秋天的樹(shù)木了。Bring your camera so you can take photos of the autumn trees. 加利福尼亞在太平洋海岸上，那里的天氣常年很好。California is on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. 帶上你的游泳服，因?yàn)樯踔猎谑路菽阋部赡芟胍胶＠锶ビ斡?。Take your swimming clothes because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.在西雅圖西北部，天氣不是很冷