2011届高三英语people on the move课件3.ppt

①Many people are now using mobile phones.Do you know the word”mobile” mean? It means not fixed or can be moved ②What do you think a mobile library is? A mobile library is a library that is on a bus and can travel to different places. ③What is a mobile medical team? It is a group of doctors and nurses who go from place to place to treat sick people. ④What kind of people are mobile people? Mobile people are those who leave their home and move to elsewhere. According to the subtitles, what do you think they are about? 研究理解句子，并注意划线部分的具体意义 1. In this edition of American Living, we are looking at some population trends in the USA. (P18Lines1-2) 在这一版的《美国生活》中，我们讨论美国人口趋向。 2. Older Americans are on the move.Throughout the Midwest and the North-east, people aged 60 and over are packing their bags and heading south along the freeway to states like Florida. For some of this people, the move is permanent and year-round, but for others, it is only seasonal. (P18Lines4-7) 美国老人在迁徙中。在整个中西部和东北部地区，60岁及60岁以上的人们正在收拾他们的行囊，沿着高速公路向南行进到类似佛罗里达州这样的州去。对其中一些人来说，搬迁是永久的、常年的；但对另一些人来说，这是季节性的。 3.In fact,according to the national population survey conducted in 200,Florida was home to the largest population of people aged 65 and older.（P18Lines8-10） 事实上，根据2000年（美国）人口普查，佛罗里达州是最多的65岁及其以上的年龄的人口。 4. This group account for nearly 18 percent of the state’s population. The national average was only 13 per cent, So it is not surprising that Florida’s Charlotte County is known as the oldest place in the USA. (P18Lines 10-12) 这个人群大约占到该州人口的18%。全国平均水平只不过大约是13%。因此也就不奇怪佛罗里达州的夏洛特县北被认为是美国最老的地方 5.The question is, though, why are so many people retiring and spending their pensions in Florida.? People give a varity of reasons,from wanting better health care to looking for communities of older people. (P18Lines13-15) 但问题是，为什么这么多的人退休后要去佛罗里达州，并且把他们的养老金花在那里呢？ 人们给出各种各样的理由，从希望更好的卫生保健到寻找老年人之间的交流。 6.That’s why moving somewhere warmer makes sense. (P18Line19) 搬到更加温暖的地方是有道理的。 7.Most US citizens retire around the age of 62,whi