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s not enough space. It was impossible to move. Tony: And so many people create so much traffic and pollution. Lingling: Well, Beijing is a huge city. It has a population of more than 15,000,000. Betty: Is it the biggest city in China? Tony: No, Chongqing is the biggest. The population of Chongqing is more than 27,000,000. Betty: Really? That39。s a lot of people. ? Tony Daming and Lingling are talking about what’s next for New Standard. Lingling suggests that they would write something about population. She thinks there are too many people and there is not enough space and there is too much traffic, noise and pollution. An increasing population is an environmental problem in many countries. Tony also agrees with Lingling. And then they look up some facts: Every minute 259 babies are born. That makes 136,130,400 babies every year. And the population of China is about one billion, three hundred million. At that time Betty was ing toward them. She says the school prize giving is ing up next week, with the usual form prizes, the basketball and the photo petition. New Standard gets a special prize. And the famous singer Becky Wang will present the prizes. How happy they are! While Betty is seeing the head teacher, the others plan a new “Homework Help” for New Standard on population. They check some facts about the increasing population and