1. Let’s travel Australia!

2. Do the quiz. What is the official name of the country?
Australia b) The Commonwealth of Australia
What is the capital of Australia?
Melbourne b) Canberra
Who discovered Australia?
James Cook b)Christopher Columbus
What is the official currency?
a) Pound b) Australian dollar

3. Do the quiz. In which city is the Opera House located?
Brisbane b) Sydney
What is the most popular tree?
eucalyptus b)palm tree
What is the world’s largest rock mass?
Uluru b) Twynam
What is Australia's national flower?
a) The golden rose b)The golden wattle

4. Australia
Sydney
The Botanic Gardens
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Aboriginal rock drawings
Uluru
Ayers Rock
Central Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

5. Read the texts and match the columns
Read the texts and match the columns. Which place gives a good opportunity:
to enjoy the beauty of nature
Sydney
National Park
to see the art of native Australians
The Harbour
bridge
to enjoy good music
Botanic
Gardens
to visit a museum
Melbourne
to do sports
to do something on rainy days
Sydney
Opera House

6. Replace the underlined adjectives with the words in the list.
picturesque, impressive, spectacular, magnificent
the magnificent Botanic Gardens
Uluru is always impressive
a picturesque place

7. Replace the underlined phrases with the words or phrases in bold.
A full range of, attractions, make a reservation, package tour, accommodation
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the main
places that many tourists visit.
Sydney offers all sorts of places to stay: hotels,
motels, hostels and apartments.
Book a completely planned holiday arranged
by a company at a fixed price, which includes travel, hotels, meals.
Being the Olympic capital, Sydney offers to do all kinds of sport.
We advise all travellers to make an arrangement for a seat
on a plane, bus or train to be kept for you as early as possible.

8. Comparisons of short adjectives
large
larger
I’ve got a large balcony in my flat.
The balcony in my flat is larger than the balcony of my neighbour.
largest
I’ve got the largest balcony of all.

9. Comparisons of long adjectives
famous
more famous
The world- famous Opera House is in Sydney.
Sydney is more famous than Canberra.
the most famous
Uluru is the most famous rock mass.

10. Translate into Russian.
Sydney is Australia’s oldest and largest city. Sydney is the oldest and largest city in Australia. The world’s largest rock mass, Uluru, is impressive. Uluru is the largest rock mass in the world.
Australia’s city
The world’s rock mass

11. In pairs translate the sentences into English.
Сидней- самый красивый город в Австралии.
Сидней- самый солнечный город Австралии.
Улуру- самая большая скала в мире.
Мельбурн- второй по величине город в Австралии.
Улуру- самое зрелищное место для туристов.
Ботанические сады- самые впечатляющие.
Мельбурн- самый живописный город Австралии.

12. In groups rewrite the texts using your own ideas. Start like this…
Sydney is one of the most impressive cities in the world! It has…
Uluru is one of the main tourists’ attractions
and the most famous rock mass.
Melbourne is one of the largest cities in Australia.
It has so much to offer: music, sport, museums…

13. The Commonwealth of Australia2

14. Canberra 2

15. James Cook 2

16. Australian dollar 2

17. Sydney Opera house 3

18. eucalyptus 3

19. Uluru 3

20. The golden wattle 3