歌名：Growth

作者：Godknott

歌词：

The streets are getting crowded

And the sky is getting crowded

That the way you go, people go

The rich keep on consuming

And the poor just keep on blooming

Tempers are a fumin

The people grow  

And the people grow

In the sun

And in the snow  

Everywhere you go, the people go

And the people grow

Until there ain’t no more

Everywhere you go, the people go

The people grow

Cars keeping going faster

The air is a disaster  

Man is still the master  

And the people grow

We’ve got fetus in the tube  

And the drug to fill the womb  

‘till there ain’t no room

The people grow   

And the people grow

In the sun  

In the snow

Everywhere you go, the people grow

And the people grow  

Until there ain’t no more

Everywhere you go, the people grow

And the people grow

The towns keep growing taller

The line keeps getting smaller

We get nothing for a dollar  

The people grow   

Not your money ain’t worth much

Keep on spitting it up   

Times are getting rough

The people grow

The people grow  

And the people grow

In the sun

In the snow

Everywhere you go, the people go

And the people grow  

Until there ain’t no more

Everywhere you go, the people go   

And the people grow  

歌词大意：

当今世界人口不断增长，已经超过了地球的负荷。街道拥挤、环境污染、通货膨胀等等由人口增长带来的问题越发严重。在问题还没得到解决的时候，人口还在持续增长，令人堪忧。

背景信息：

Growth一曲是由外国原创歌手Godnott就当今世界面临的人口问题所作的原创歌曲，从经济、环境等方面对人口问题通过歌曲进行描述。这个歌曲在YouTube上广为流传，对提高人们对人口问题的意识具有教育意义。

教学建议：

上海外语教育出版社八年级上册第十单元的子话题Population讨论了人口与环境，这个话题对初中生来说比较陌生，因此，这首歌的MV可以用作作为这篇课文的读前热身环节，目的是让学生对目前地球的人口状况、人口过多带来的负面影响有大致的印象和了解，将学生带入课文情境，和学生讨论关于人口以及人口问题的话题，并预测单元课文主题。

人口population-growth.pptx