1、1.To have a whole understanding of Australia.2 To identify facts and opinions in a reading text3.To practise using words with negative and positive connotationsPart IPre-readingbiggest country in the world and the only country covering the whole continent.Australia is also one of the oldest continen
2、t.It has many famous sites and special animals.AustraliaAustralia lies on the southern hemisphere.Australia is the sixthRainforestRainforestI.Famous sitesI.Famous sitesAyers Rock(Uluru)艾尔斯山艾尔斯山The biggest rock in the world.This huge rock changes color at dusk.Great Barrier ReefGreat Barrier ReefSydn
3、ey Opera HouseSydney Opera HouseSydney Harbor BridgeSydney Harbor Bridge悉尼海港大桥悉尼海港大桥 Sydney AquariumSydney AquariumSand beachesSand beachesAustralian AborigineAustralian Aborigine2.Animals found in Australia毛鼻袋熊毛鼻袋熊驼鸟驼鸟 platypus鸭嘴兽鸭嘴兽 澳澳洲洲野野犬犬 琴鸟琴鸟 3.Food3.FoodvegemitevegemiteKangaroo meatKangaroo m
4、eatbarbecuebarbecuemeat pie with tomato saucemeat pie with tomato saucepavlovapavlovapastapastaArea:7.686 million sq kmPopulation:21.4 millionCapital:CanberraOfficial language:EnglishCurrency:Australian dollarHow much do you know about Australia?Most of them come from England,18%come from the other
5、countries of Europe6%come from AsiaAbout 2%are the native AustraliansMatch the expressions:1.Australia is my birthplace2.in the vast area of desert3.Australians are fond of sport4.contrary to popular belief5.youll find a broad choice6.the rest of us are quite well-off7.I think thats unfairlikeopposi
6、te tonot fairhave a good standard of livingplace where I was bornwidehugeRead the radio show.Say if these sentences are true(T),false(F)or we dont know because there is no information(NI).1.Australia has large areas of desert.2.Australia is a major producer of cars.3.Surfing is the most popular spor
7、t.TNIF4.Australian roads can be quite dangerous.5.There are some dangerous animals in Australia.6.Australia has never produced any important writers.7.Many recent immigrants have come from Greece.TFTT8.Native Australians form a large percentage of the population.9.Most Native Australians live in the
8、 desert.10.The standard of living in Australia is high.FTNI1.What is Australia famous for?2.What kind of city is Melbourne?It is famous for“the land of sunshine and surfing”.It is the city with the largest number of Greek people outside Athens.Answer the questions according to the text.3.What about
9、Australian culture?And what makes it something like that?The culture is a mix of different cultures because of the mix of people.4.How do these different cultures affect different aspects of Australian culture?5.In Australia,what kind of animals can you find?For example,we can see all these influenc
10、es in modern Australian cooking.Snakes,spiders,kangaroos,sheep 6.Where do most Australians live?And what kind of sports is very popular in Australia?What are there some other sports that people are fond of?They live on the coast.Surfing is a popular sport.People are also fond of walking,fishinghorse
11、-riding,tennis,golf and sailing.7.What about art and literature in Australia?8.What about the life of native Australians?Most of them live in terrible conditions.There are lively culture and art scenes there and its art and literature are advanced.Read the radio show carefully and fill in the follow
12、ing blanks.Australia the land of sunshine and surfingCulture A mix of different culturesPopulationEarly settlers:mostly 1._ and IrishNow:more and more mixed with people from Southern Europe and 2._Food“3._”A brilliant mixture of delicious Southern European food mixed with Southeast Asian foodEnglish
13、 AsiaFusion food AnimalsKangaroos mainly live in the vast area of desert in the 4._ of Australia.Look out for some of the most dangerous animals in the world like snakes and spiders.Living areasDesert:Some people work in the mines.There are also many 5._ farms.Coast:Most Australians live on the coas
14、t.SportsSurfing,walking,fishing,6._,tennis,golf and sailing are all popular.Great Olympic swimmers and top 7._ have been produced.middlesheephorse-ridingcyclists Art and literatureFamous painters and world-class writersA broad choice of opera,8._,classical concerts,rock concertsSomething needed toim
15、proveThe way the native Australians have been treatedThe pretty poor condition of the 9._ outside the citiesGreat places to seeThe Great Barrier Reef10._ the huge red rock in the desert that changes colour at duskdramaroads Ayers RockSummaryAustralia is an astonishing land with lots of beautiful pla
16、nts and strange _.People there take sports _,and they like being _.Australia,with a _ of different cultures is a typical _ country,with a lot of immigrants.The earliest people,_,come to theFill in the blanks.animalsseriouslyoutdoorsmixmulti-cultureaboriginescountry from Indonesia 50,000 years ago.Th
17、ey used to live peacefully,but they were badly treated when the white _ came.Now they are a _ group and live in terrible _.In recent years,white Australians have become more _ to their situation.People are now _ of their country.settlersminorityconditionssensitiveproudRecite the new words and language points in this lesson.
