Colorful Lands,Colorful People
(II)
Part I Warming Up
You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous
countries in the world,Listen carefully and supply the missing information,Pay special
attention to the numbers,
Section A Words and Phrases
Country Population Country Population
1,China __________________ 2,India _____________________
3,the United States _____________ 4,Indonesia _____________________
5,Brazil __________________ 6,Russia Federation _______________
7,Pakistan __________________ 8,Japan _____________________
9,Bangladesh __________________ 10,Nigeria _____________________
11,Mexico __________________ 12,Germany _____________________
1,243,738,000 955,220,000
267,901,000 199,867,000
159,884,000 147,105,000
138,150,000 125,638,000
122,013,000 118,369,000
96,400,000 82,071,000
Part I Warming Up
Section B Words and Phrases
In the following passage you are going to hear the names of some
languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages,Listen carefully and fill in
the missing languages and numbers,
1,________
2,________
3,________
4,Bengali
5,Hindi
1,________
2,________
3,________
4,________
5,________
6,Portuguese
7,________
8,________
9,________
10,Javanese
6,________
7,________
8,________
9,________
10,________
Languages Languages Speakers Speakers Mixed
11,________
11,________
12,________
12,________
Chinese 1,300 mi,
Spanish 332 mi,
English 322 mi,
189 mi,
182 mi,
Russia
170 mi,
170 mi,
Japanese 125 mi,
German 98 mi,
75.5 mi
Korean
75 mi,
French
72 mi,
13,________
14,Telugu
15,Marathi
16,Tamil
17,________
13,________
14,________
15,________
16,________
17,________
18,Urdu
19,Gujarati
20,________
21,________
22,Ukrainian
18,________
19,________
20,________
21,________
22,________
Languages Languages Speakers Speakers Mixed
Part I Warming Up
Section B Words and Phrases
In the following passage you are going to hear the names of some
languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages,Listen carefully and fill in
the missing languages and numbers,
Vietnamese 67 mi,
66 mi,
64 mi,
63 mi,
Turkish 59 mi,
58 mi,
44 mi,
Polish 44 mi,
Arabic 42.5 mi,
41 mi,
Part II The World’s 6,000,000th Inhabitant
Words and Phrases
Section A,Now listen to a news report on the world’s six billionth
inhabitant,Answer the following questions by supplying the missing information,
1,Who is the world’s six billionth inhabitant?
________________________ born in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
2,What’s the UN Secretary General’s purpose in visiting the mother and the child?
To draw attention to the _______ and ____________ problem of rapidly expanding
________________,
3,According to the UN population agency,how different are people’s lives from those in
the past?
People are living _________ and __________ lives than any generation in the history,
A baby boy
social ecological
populations
longer healthier
Part II The World’s 6,000,000th Inhabitant
Section B,Now listen to the passage again,After that,three sentences chosen from
the passage will be read to you,Listen carefully and match Column A,the numbers,with
Column B,the relevant information,
1,1,000,000,000+ a,Population in the middle of the new
century
2,80,000,000 b,Number of young people entering
their productive years now
3,10,000,000,000 - c,Number of babies to be born next
year,
Section C,Now listen to a faster presentation of the material,Check your answers,
The Faster Presentation
Part III The Biggest Cities in the World
Words and Phrases
Section A,You are going to hear a conversation between an interviewer
and an expert about biggest cities in the world,While listening,focus on the numbers and
complete the two charts below,
In 1950 Position in top 10 Population
New York 1 _____________
London __________ _____________
Calcutta __________ 4 million
Tokyo __________ 6 million
In 2000 Position in top 10 Population
New York __________ 14 million
Calcutta __________ _____________
Tokyo 3 _____________
12 million
2 10 million
10
3
6
4 16 million
18 million
Part III The Biggest Cities in the World
Section B,Now listen to the conversation again and try to find out the
other seven cities whose population is likely to be in the top ten in 2000,
The other seven cities in the top in 2000,
1,______________________________ 2,__________________________________
3,______________________________ 4,__________________________________
5,______________________________ 6,__________________________________
7,______________________________
Mexico City Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro Bombay
Delhi Shanghai
Seoul
- The End of Part III -
(II)
Part I Warming Up
You are going to hear some sentences telling you the 12 most populous
countries in the world,Listen carefully and supply the missing information,Pay special
attention to the numbers,
Section A Words and Phrases
Country Population Country Population
1,China __________________ 2,India _____________________
3,the United States _____________ 4,Indonesia _____________________
5,Brazil __________________ 6,Russia Federation _______________
7,Pakistan __________________ 8,Japan _____________________
9,Bangladesh __________________ 10,Nigeria _____________________
11,Mexico __________________ 12,Germany _____________________
1,243,738,000 955,220,000
267,901,000 199,867,000
159,884,000 147,105,000
138,150,000 125,638,000
122,013,000 118,369,000
96,400,000 82,071,000
Part I Warming Up
Section B Words and Phrases
In the following passage you are going to hear the names of some
languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages,Listen carefully and fill in
the missing languages and numbers,
1,________
2,________
3,________
4,Bengali
5,Hindi
1,________
2,________
3,________
4,________
5,________
6,Portuguese
7,________
8,________
9,________
10,Javanese
6,________
7,________
8,________
9,________
10,________
Languages Languages Speakers Speakers Mixed
11,________
11,________
12,________
12,________
Chinese 1,300 mi,
Spanish 332 mi,
English 322 mi,
189 mi,
182 mi,
Russia
170 mi,
170 mi,
Japanese 125 mi,
German 98 mi,
75.5 mi
Korean
75 mi,
French
72 mi,
13,________
14,Telugu
15,Marathi
16,Tamil
17,________
13,________
14,________
15,________
16,________
17,________
18,Urdu
19,Gujarati
20,________
21,________
22,Ukrainian
18,________
19,________
20,________
21,________
22,________
Languages Languages Speakers Speakers Mixed
Part I Warming Up
Section B Words and Phrases
In the following passage you are going to hear the names of some
languages and the numbers of native speakers of these languages,Listen carefully and fill in
the missing languages and numbers,
Vietnamese 67 mi,
66 mi,
64 mi,
63 mi,
Turkish 59 mi,
58 mi,
44 mi,
Polish 44 mi,
Arabic 42.5 mi,
41 mi,
Part II The World’s 6,000,000th Inhabitant
Words and Phrases
Section A,Now listen to a news report on the world’s six billionth
inhabitant,Answer the following questions by supplying the missing information,
1,Who is the world’s six billionth inhabitant?
________________________ born in Bosnia-Herzegovina,
2,What’s the UN Secretary General’s purpose in visiting the mother and the child?
To draw attention to the _______ and ____________ problem of rapidly expanding
________________,
3,According to the UN population agency,how different are people’s lives from those in
the past?
People are living _________ and __________ lives than any generation in the history,
A baby boy
social ecological
populations
longer healthier
Part II The World’s 6,000,000th Inhabitant
Section B,Now listen to the passage again,After that,three sentences chosen from
the passage will be read to you,Listen carefully and match Column A,the numbers,with
Column B,the relevant information,
1,1,000,000,000+ a,Population in the middle of the new
century
2,80,000,000 b,Number of young people entering
their productive years now
3,10,000,000,000 - c,Number of babies to be born next
year,
Section C,Now listen to a faster presentation of the material,Check your answers,
The Faster Presentation
Part III The Biggest Cities in the World
Words and Phrases
Section A,You are going to hear a conversation between an interviewer
and an expert about biggest cities in the world,While listening,focus on the numbers and
complete the two charts below,
In 1950 Position in top 10 Population
New York 1 _____________
London __________ _____________
Calcutta __________ 4 million
Tokyo __________ 6 million
In 2000 Position in top 10 Population
New York __________ 14 million
Calcutta __________ _____________
Tokyo 3 _____________
12 million
2 10 million
10
3
6
4 16 million
18 million
Part III The Biggest Cities in the World
Section B,Now listen to the conversation again and try to find out the
other seven cities whose population is likely to be in the top ten in 2000,
The other seven cities in the top in 2000,
1,______________________________ 2,__________________________________
3,______________________________ 4,__________________________________
5,______________________________ 6,__________________________________
7,______________________________
Mexico City Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro Bombay
Delhi Shanghai
Seoul
- The End of Part III -
