lesson 12

POPULATION
AREA

2) Switching Practice 3
III. Organization IV

CHINA-ASEAN RELATIONSHIP 1. Interpretation 1) 请问 Could you please tell me/us … Excuse me. 2) 成员国 member countries member states

6) 语言相通吗？ Is there a common language?

7) 总人口是多少？ What is the total population? How many people are living in that region?


8) The ASEAN region spans an area of 4.5 million square kilometers, where 14 official languages are spoken and about seven religions are followed. Its population was estimated at 512 million in 2000. 东盟地区面积约有４５０万平方公里，有 １４种官方语言及７大宗教教派。总人口 在２０００年估计共有５.１２亿。 To practice/follow a religion Religious
Keys: 1) 3.5 million 2) $1,115 3) ¾ 4) 7.07% 5) thirtieth 6) 0.004287 7) 313,750 8) 367 billion


2. Big numbers 1) P. 106 Practice 2 COUNTRY
Lesson 12
I. II.
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News and Speeches Figure Switching II Organization IV
I. News and Speeches
1. US President Barak Obama’s New Year’s Address for 2011

Here on behalf of the Chinese government and people, I would like to express the most sincere thanks to the governments and people of all the countries that have supported us in the past year!


Assignment 1. The Photo 2. Textbook: P.106-107 + P.118 10.4 China-ASEAN Relationship 3. Exercise: Figure Switching 4. Presentation: A brief introduction to any organization/ conference you choose establishment + members + goal + purpose + principle + activities +etc. e.g. An introduction to TED
1. The Outline Greeting Economy in the short-term: so good news Economy in the long run: questions to ask The new Congress Closing remarks: to remain the greatest


Ladies and gentlemen, comrades and friends, The New Year's bell is about to ring, and 2011 will soon begin. At this beautiful moment of bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new, via China Radio International, China National Radio and China Central Television, I am delighted to extend New Year greetings to Chinese of all ethnic groups, to compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions and Taiwan, to overseas Chinese and to friends all over the world!
2. President Hu’s new year’s address 2011 新年钟声即将敲响，人类就要进入2011年。 在这辞旧迎新的美好时刻，我很高兴通过中 国国际广播电台、中央人民广播电台和中央 电视台，向全国各族人民，向香港特别行政 区同胞、澳门特别行政区同胞、台湾同胞和 海外侨胞，向世界各国的朋友们，致以新年 的祝福！ 在这里，我谨代表中国政府和人民，向今年 以来在各方面给予我们大力支持的各国政府 和人民，表示衷心的感谢！
What will it take to __(7)__ other countries around the world? What will it take to see the __(8)__ come true for our children and grandchildren? Our parents and grandparents asked themselves those questions. And because they had the __(9)__ to answer them, we’ve had the good __(10)__ to grow up in the greatest nation on Earth.
II. Figure Switching II

1. Types Indefinite numbers Ordinal numbers Percentages Decimals Fractions Cardinal numbers



Practice 1 1) Current research shows that _______ Americans stop smoking each year. 2) The monthly average income from a minimum wage job is _____ in the US. 3) ____ of all Americans eat a hamburger at least once a week. 4) We're thinking about getting a house. Currently, the average mortgage is about ____.

China covers/spans an area of 9.6 million square kilometers, with a population of 1 billion 295 million 330 thousand according to the fifth national census. Of the 56 ethnic groups the Han is the largest with a population of 1billion159 million 400 thousand, accounting for approximately 91.59% of the country’s total population, while the 55 ethnic minorities, totaling 106 million 430 thousand, accounting for only 8.41% of the country’s total population.
2. Compound Dictation
Still, even as we work to __(1)__ our economy __(2)__, it’s time to make some serious decisions about how to keep our economy strong, growing, and competitive __(3)__. We have to __(4)__ – not just to this year, but to the next 10 years, and the next 20 years. Where will new __(5)__ come from? How will we attract the companies of tomorrow to set up shop and create jobs in our __(6)__? What will it take to get those jobs?

中国面积约有９６０万平方公里。根据第五 次全国人口普查（national census)，全国总 人口为12亿9533万人。在５６个民族(ethnic group)中，汉族(the Han)人口最多， 约11 亿5940万人，占总人口的91.59%；各少数 民族(ethnic minority)人口为1亿643万人， 占总人口的8.41%。
3) 除了 Besides In addition to Apart from