Australia 案例（二） 高三英语

--Let’s go to visit Australia! --A good idea!

National Flag

The Opera House in Sydney,with the famous Harbour Bridge,floodlit behind

A section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland

Ayers Rock in the Northern Territories is a sacred site to the Aboriginal people.

Australian cowboys herding cattle on a ranch in the outback

Australia’s capitol building in Canberra

Pre-reading discussion 1 Where did the Australians come from? 2 What did the Kooris use for hunting? 3 How many languages were spoken in Australia? Asia. A curiously shaped piece of wood. Over 250.

Read the story about Australia and then tell whether the sentences are true(T) or false(F). ( )1 Australia is about 20,000 years old. ( )2 The first people of Australia were known as aborigines. ( )3 Maybe the aborigines developed the oldest form of art on the earth. ( )4 The aborigines lived by farming and fishing. ( )5 The population of Kooris decreased sharply after the arrival of foreign settlers. ( )6 Whenever the Kooris defended their rights,they killed thousands and thousands of foreign settlers. ( )7 Koori children enjoy equal rights of education with white children. F T T F T F F

Choose the right answers. 1 The first people arriving in Australia might be from____. A.Europe B Africa C Asia 2 “Aborigines” means______. A the oldest races on the earth B a strong system of society C the first people of a country 3 Their spiritual faith and gods were very important to them. This means____. A they strongly believed in their spiritual faith and gods B they didn’t develop a civilization of their own C they wanted to be the most important race on the earth 4 The Kooris lived by_____. A growing different crops and vegetables B inventing and selling different kinds of fishing nets and hunting tools C fishing,hunting animals and gathering roots,nuts and fruits 5 The number of aborigines became smaller quickly because____. A foreign settlers brought new disease which killed many of them B foreign settlers seized their land and killed many of them C of both A and B C C A C C

Notes 1 were handed down = were passed down A)The old house has been handed down for three generations. B)In poor families,clothes may be handed down from one child to the next. 2 the elders = the old people. Elder is used here as a noun. 3 (the oldest form of art )yet discovered on the earth = so far discovered = that has been discovered so far 4 a curiously shaped piece of wood a widely used language a wrongly pronounced sound a newly discovered island highly praised deeds

5 gathering =collecting 6 be/become experienced at/in sth/doing sth A)She is an experienced teacher. B)They were quite experienced at teaching beginners. C)He is quite experienced in this kind of work. 7 make up = constitute The girl students make up 80% of our class. 8 particularly the police: The police treated the Kooris badly.

Note making 1 First people arrived in Australia(date): _______________ 2 Age of earliest cave paintings: _______________ 3 Food: _____________________________ 4 Tools: _____________________________ 5 Special skills: _____________________________ 6 Past Kooris population: ________________ 7 Percentage of past population of Australia:___________ 8 Percentage of present population of Australia:________ 9 Causes of death: _____________ 10 Past number of Kooris languages: _____________ 11 Kooris made citizens of Australia : _____________ 53,000 years ago 20,000 years ago animals,birds,fish,roots,nuts,wild fruit fishing nets,shaped piece of wood finding underground springs 3000,000—3 million 100% a little over 1% diseases,killed over

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