选修9 Unit3 Australia Warming upand reading 课件（38张）

课件38张PPT。Unit 3 Australia
Waming up and reading Today we are going to learn about a country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are in winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, etc. Do you know which country it is?AustraliaAustralia is in Oceania, the smallest continent in the world. The capital is Canberra. Sydney is a famous city, which has the well-known building Sydney Opera House. In the year of 2000, the 27th Olympic Games was held in Sydney. Australia has some unique animals, such as the kangaroo, the emu and the koala.Let’s have a quiz.1.What places do you know in Australia? (well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc. )
2.What do you see in the pictures? Can you recognize them?SydneyPerthKakaduCanberraUluruGreat Barrier Reef Which of the pictures below do you associate with the following places in Australia? Write the number of the picture beside the place.SydneyPerthKakaduCanberraUluruGreat Barrier Reef Which of the pictures below do you associate with the following places in Australia? Write the number of the picture beside the place.123456Sydney: the largest city
in Australia, which is the
capital of the state of New
South Wales and an important financial, industrial, and educational center. It’s known especially for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. The Olympic Games was held in Sydney in 2000.Perth: the capital of Western Australia, Australia’s largest city in the western part of the country.Kakadu: a national park in the Northern Territory. It is a popular destination for tourists interested in Australia’s tropical north and its wildlife, including crocodiles.Canberra: The Federal Capital of Australia. Parliament House for the Commonwealth of Australia is built here.Uluru: a very large red
rock in the Northern
Territory, Australia,
which is the world’s largest monolith (= block of stone). It was formerly known as Ayers Rock, but the original Australian Aboriginal name for it, Uluru, is now preferred. It is another popular tourist destination.Great Barrier Reef: a chain of coral reefs stretching about 2,000 kilometers along the coast of Queensland. This is a world heritage area, famous for its abundant tropical fish and corals. On the map of Australia, find the places listed above. Then write the numbers of the photos in the blanks on the map.543216 What topic is common to all five texts?Glance quickly at the five texts and then answer the questions.All five texts are about some aspect of Australia.2. What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text? Pre-ReadingText 1
Text 2
Text 3
Text 4
Text 5◆ Uluru
◆ A citizenship ceremony on
Australian Day
◆ A general description of the
physical features and ecology of
Australia and its political
organization
◆ Cradle Mountain National Park
◆ Two rail journeys across the
length and breadth of Australia.3. Match each reading passage with a description below.a postcard form someone on holiday
part of a text in an encyclopedia
part of a tourist brochure
a newspaper article
an advertisementText 1
Text 2
Text 3
Text 4
Text 5 a postcard form someone on holiday
part of a text in an encyclopedia
part of a tourist brochure
a newspaper article
an advertisement Fast-Reading Where do most Australians live?

2. In what city do federal politicians
work?

3. How many people live in Australia? The south-eastern costal area of Australia. Canberra.20 million.4. When is Australia Day?
5. How far is it from Perth to Sydney?
6. How many World Heritage Sites are
there in Australia?26th January.4, 352 kilometers.14.7. Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall?
8. Why do most people choose not to
climb Uluru? A few coastal areas.Most people do not climb Ayers Rock out of respect for the Aboriginal people who consider the rock to be sacred.9. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts? Cradle Mountain National Park and Uluru.Now read the five texts again and fill in the form. Careful-readingCommonwealth of AustraliaCanberra 20 the south-eastern coastal area7, 686, 850 sixth largest Something about Australia6 Melbourne and Sydney its huge, open space, bright sunshine, enormous number of sheep and cattle and its unusual wildlife.26 JanuaryAustralian Blue Mountains plains of the Nullarbor a variety of wildlife the rolling hills the rusty reds of Australia’s center the tropical splendor of Darwin change color grey-red at sunrise burning red at dusk its mountain peaks lakes ancient forests walking a range of short walks Fill in the blanks according to the texts.
Glimpses of Australia:
It’s the sixth largest country in the world and a mainly ____ country; famous for its huge, open spaces, bright ________, enormous number of sheep and cattle and its ______________; made up of ____ states.drysunshineunusual wildlifesix Post-readingCitizenship Ceremonies:
On 26 ________, Australia Day, in over 200 locations across the nation, more than 9, 000 people will become Australian citizens.
Tours:
3 nights on board the _____________; 2 nights on board the Ghan; tours outside Hobart.JanuaryIndian-PacificDiscussion1. What’s the writing style of the passage?
2. What’s the characteristic of the passage? Illustrating writing. As a whole, classification declaration is used with subtitles to introduce Australia, making the students have a clear idea of it. Numbers, examples and pictures are also used, making the illustration more vivid and concrete.3. What’s the writing purpose of the passage?The passage not only makes us readers get a general idea of Australia but also arouses our interest in it and encourage us to pay a visit to it. I think these are the purposes of the passage. 4. Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia.It’s large, developed, autonomous, friendly and attractive.1. Listen to the passage one more time.
2. Preview the tasks in Learning about Language.
3. Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia.Homework