1.Beijing is a huge city.2. It takes an hour to get there by bus.3. Thats almost one fifth of the worlds 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)5 51010151520202525303035354040KolkataKolkataMumbaiMumbaiNew New YorkYorkMexico Mexico CityCityTokyoTokyo2000200020252025(million)(million)5 51010151520202525303035354040KolkataMumbaiMumbaiNew New YorkYorkMexico Mexico CityCityTokyoTokyo2000200020252025PopulationPopulationRead the chart and answer the questions.1. Which city had the largest population in 2000?2. Which citys population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025?Tokyo had the largest population in 2000.Mumbais population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025.3. Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City?4. Which city/cities do you think will have the biggest population problem? Why?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. Shes 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 the schools in Arnwick are very good, and were working to make them even _.2. Their flat is too large for two people. They want to find a _ one.bettersmallerfew good much smallComplete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.3. Anna always talks about her ideas. I think she needs to listen _.4. There are a lot of parks in this city. I think there are _ parks in a lot of other cities.morefewerComplete the diagram showing population problems. Use the words in the box to help you.air city countryside hospital increase public service traffic waterProblems of ArnwickPeople move from _People arrive in _Problems: Population _Environmental problemsExamples:_Health problemsExample:_Problems for the governmentExamples:_ the countryside the cityincreaseswater pollution air pollutionnot enough hospitalsneed more schools and buses; need better public services; need more police to protect peopletoo much trafficrubbish (crowed flats) Our world is facing many problems. Two of the biggest are the increasing population and pollution. The (1) _ of the world is increasing quickly. Why is this happening?Because more babies are born every year and people also live longer. populationcountryside pollution population space trafficComplete the passage. Many people are leaving the (2) _ to work in the cities, but there is not enough (3) _ for so many people. Another huge problem for the world is (4)_. Theres so much (5) _ on the roads that in some cities the air is heavily polluted. We should work harder to protect our world.pollutiontraffic countryside space 1. Growing population is a problem _.2. The population of China will grow more slowly _.all over the worldall over the world closed down in the future it takes not any more in the future Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.3. The supermarket _ when a bigger one opened in the town.4. Usually _ an hour to get there by bus.5. The town had a lot of pollution in the past but its _ a problem _.closed down it takes not any more a) Its cheaper to share a car than to have a personal car.b) People in a car club dont often take buses, trains or the underground.c) There are no car clubs in the US.d) Joining car clubs is good for you and for the city.Listen and choose the best summary.1.Joining a car club is cheaper / more expensive than having a personal car.2.People in car clubs pay for / dont pay for a car when they drive.3.People in car clubs sometimes / never take a bus or ride a bike.4.People in car clubs probably are / are not healthier.Listen again and choose the correct answer.Do you think car clubs would be popular in China? Why / Why not?Work in pairs and discuss this question.