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Rainbow
L4 The New Australians
Capital：Canberra National day：01-26 Independent day：1901-1-1
Geography Location：
between the Indian Ocean
and the south Pacific Ocean Area：7,686,850 km
Weather：warm
Population：19,546,792
Religions：Anglican26.1% 、Roman Catholic26% 、
Christianity
24.3 %、Others11%
Official Language：English
Nations：European92%、Asian7%、Local people1%
Sydney Opera House
An architectural masterpiece and Australia's foremost tourist attraction,
the Sydney Opera House is one of the great performing arts centres of
the world. Around 3,000 performances are staged each year, attracting audiences of approximately two million.
The great rock and the beach
Ayers Rock
The Coral Coast and sports
Great Barrier Reef
Marine wonderlands
Australia is blessed with some of the most incredible
underwater worlds on earth. The largest marine park
is the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef,
stretching more than 2000 kilometres along the
Queensland coast. It has the most diverse animal
and plant ecosystems on earth.
The second largest marine park is
Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef,
covering 5,000 square kilometres of ocean,
and famous for whale shark diving.
In World Heritage listed Shark Bay you can
hand-feed wild dolphins.
wildlife parks
Shake hands with a kangaroo, have your photograph taken near a koala or go nose to bottle nose with a dolphin at Australian wildlife parks. The parks are dedicated to the care of Australia's unique fauna and are to be found in or near every major capital city in Australia, and throughout country regions.
Animals
The Echidna
The Emu
The Kangaroo
The Koala
platypus
dingo
Mel Gibson
Russell Crowe
Maori
Aborigines
Task 1: Skimming. Find out what kind of information is mentioned in the text.
1. Australia has large areas of desert.
2. Australia is a major producer of cars.
3. Australian roads can be quite dangerous.
4. There are some dangerous animals in Australia.
5. Australia has never produced any important writers.
6. Many recent immigrants have come from Greece.
7. Native Australians form a large percentage of the population.
8. Most Native Australians live in the desert.
Task 2: Read the radio show again. Say if these sentences are true , false or we don’t know because there is no information.
1. Australia has large areas of desert.
2. Australia is a major producer of cars.
3. Australian roads can be quite dangerous.
4. There are some dangerous animals in Australia.
NI
5. Australia has never produced any important writers.
6. Many recent immigrants have come from Greece.
7. Native Australians form a large percentage of the population.
8. Most Native Australians live in the desert.
Ex. 6 Find these words in the text and match them with the most suitable definitions.
1. birthplace ( line 23 )
2. are fond of ( line 53 )
3. contrary to ( line 60 )
4. broad ( line 64 )
5. well-off ( line 40 )
6. unfair ( line 40 )
a. like
b. opposite to
c. not fair
d. have a good standard of living
e. place where I was born
f. wide
I predicted that he would fail the exam. _____________what I expected, he passed it.
It's _________ to judge a book by its cover.
I was born in Guangzhou. In other words, Guangzhou is my _____________.
It is a fact that some people live in poverty, but some are __________.
The old lady likes all her grandchildren, but she is especially ___________Helen.
Use the words in Ex.6 to complete the sentences.
Contrary to
unfair
birthplace
well-off
fond of
Identifying facts and opinions
* To identify opinions, look for adjectives that express positive or negative feelings.
* To identify facts, look for statements which are true and which do not depend on the opinion of the speaker.
Reading strategies
Who do you think said these things: George or Fiona
1. “Kangaroo meat is delicious.”
2. “Australia is a multi-cultural society.”
3. “Most Australians love to be out in the sunshine.”
4. “Melbourne is the second largest Greek city.”
5. “Australian ‘fusion food’ is excellent.”
6. “A lot of the roads are terrible.”
G
F
opinion
fact
F
fact
G
fact
F
opinion
G
opinion
Ex.7 Find the Key Words underlined in the text. Do they usually express positive or negative feeling.
Positive
tasty
popular
top
amazing
interesting
lively
brilliant
delicious
well-off
Negative
poor
dull
limited
unfair
Key Words
tasty, popular, top, amazing, interesting, poor, dull, lively, limited, brilliant, delicious, well-off, unfair
Work in groups. Talk about which country you prefer to live in, Australia or China. Use some positive or negative adjectives to tell your opinion.
A: I would like to live in China. There are all kinds of shops everywhere. It is convenient to buy anything you need. And you can find a broad choice of food, such as dumplings and smelly tofu. They’re so tasty!
B: Personally, I prefer to live in Australia. Er... in my opinion, Australia is an amazing country...
Finish the Factfile on P91.
2. Workbook L4.
3. Read Culture
Corner on P46.
“To live in Australia permanently is like going to a party and dancing all night with one’s mother.”
----Barry Humphries (Australian comedian)
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