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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.
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Choose the right answers.1 The first people arriving in Australia might be from____. A.Europe B Africa C Asia2 “Aborigines” means______. A the oldest races on the earth B a strong system of society C the first people of a country3 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 earth4 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 fruits5 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
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Notes1 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 ago20,000 years ago
animals,birds,fish,roots,nuts,wild fruit fishing nets,shaped piece of wood
finding underground springs
3000,000—3 million100%
a little over 1%
diseases,killed over 2501960
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