采访

　　将学生分成两人一组。其中一人是《中学生报》记者，另一人是人口问题专家，小记者和人口问题专家分别根据课文内容就世界人口问题进行准备。然后进行问答练习，再互换角色。

Read World Population

　　根据所提供的2001年7月份的世界人口数量统计，制作成四组投影或挂图。进行活动时，将其展示在黑板上。教师将学生分成四组，让每组学生先看一幅投影或挂图，准备快速地读出每个国家的人口数量。然后，开始比赛，比赛以组为单位进行。每组学生一个接一个地读出该组的数字，以读得时间最短、出错率最少的组为胜。

World Population 6,157,400,560 (July 2001 est)

Afganistan 26,813,057


Albania 3,510,484


Algeria 31,736,053


Angola 10,366,031


Argentina 37,384,816


Armenia 3,336,100


Australia 19,357,594


Austria 8,150,835


Belgium 10,258,762


Bolivia 8,300,463


Brazil 174,468,575


Bulgaria 7,707,495


Burma 41,994,678


Cambodia 12,491,501


Camaroon 15,803,220


Canada 31,592,805


Chad 8,707,078


Chilie 15,328,467


China 1,273,111,290


Colombia 40,349,388


Costa Rica 3,773,057


Croatia 4,334,142


Cuba 11,184,023


Czech Republic 10,264,212


Denmark 5,352,815


Dominican Republic 8,581,477


Ecuador 13,183,978


Egypt 69,536,644


El Salvador 6,237,662


Ethiopia 65,891,874


Finland 5,175,783


France 59,551,227


Georgia 4,989,285


Germany 83,029,536


Ghana 19,894,014


Greece 10,623,835


Guatemala 12,974,361


Guinea 7,613,870


Honduras 6,406,052


Hong Kong 7, 210,505


Hungary 10,106,017


India 1,029,991,145

Indonesia 228,437,870

Iran 66,128,965


Iraq 23,331,985


Ireland 3,840,838


Israel 5,938,093


Italy 57,679,825


Jamacia
2,665,636


Japan
126,771,662


Jordan 5,153,378


Kazakhstan 16,731,303


Keyna 30,765,916


North Korea 21,968,228


South Korea 47,904,370


Kiwait 2,041,961


Kuryzstan 4,753,003


Laos 5,635,967


Latvia 2,385,231


Lebanon 3,627,774


Liberia 3,225,837


Libya 5,240,599


Lithuania 3,610,535


Macedonia 2,046,209


Madagascar 15,982,563


Malaysia 22,229,040


Mexico 101,879,171


Morocco 30,645,305


Mozambique 19,371,057


Nepal 25,284,463


Netherlands 15,981,472


New Zeland 3,864,129


Nicaragua 4,918,393


Niger 10,355,156


Nigeria 126,635,626


Norway 4,503,440


Oman 2,622,198


Pakistan 144,616,639


Panama 2,845,647


New Guinea 5,049,055


Paragua 5,734,139


Peru 27,483,864


Phillipines 82,841,518


Poland 38,633,912


Portugal 10,066,253


Puerto Rico 3,937,316


Romania 22,364,022


Russia 145,470,197


Rwanda 7,312,756


Saudi Arabia 22,757,092


Singapore 4,300,419


Somalia 7,488,773


South Africa 43,586,097


Spain 40,037,995


Sudan 36,080,373


Sweden 8,875,053


Switzerland 7,283,274


Syria 16,728,808


Tajikistan 6,578,681


Taiwan 22,370,461


Tanzania 36,232,074


Thailand 61,797,751


Tunisia 9,705,102


Turkey 66,493,970


Uganda 23,985,712


Ukraine 48,760,474


United Arabe Emirates 2,407,460


United Kingdom 59,647,790


United States 278,058,881


Uruguay 3,360,105


Uzbekistan 25,155,064


Venezuela 23,916,810


Vietnam 79,939,014


West Bank 2,090,713


Yemen 18,078,035


Yugoslovia 10,677,290


Zambia 9,770,199


Zimbabwe 11,365,366