Unit3Thelanddownunder“downunder”meansinAustralia廈門二中鄭芃芃

WhatdoyouknowaboutAustralia?Australiawasdiscoveredabout53000yearsago.ItispossiblethatthefirstpeoplecrossedintoAustraliafromAsiaongreatlandbridgewhenthewateraboveoftheoceanswaslower.

NationalFlagofAustraliaCapitalcity--CanberraSydneyMelbournebeautifulsceneryinAustraliaPeopleloveoutdooractivitiesTheGreatBarrierBeefDiveinTheGreatBarrierBeef黃金海岸墨爾本墨黑河Kangaroos---largeanimalsjumpaboutontwolegscarryingtheirYounginastomachpocketAustralianativeDog----DingoTheduck-billed(扁喙的)

platypus

(鴨嘴獸)isanegg-layingmammal(哺乳動物).

Koala-bearsclimbingtreesFastreadingHowmanypartscanthepassagebedividedinto?What’sthemainideaofeachpart?FivePart1:TheportraitofanationPart2:ThefirstAustraliansPart3:AnationofprisonersPart4:AnothernewworldPart5:SpeakAustralian?Noworries!2.Careful-reading:Choosethebestanswer.1.TheAustralianflagshows______.2.FromthenationalflagofAustralia,wecanknow_____.3.WhowerethefirstpeopletoarriveinAustralia?4.Accordingtothetext,Asiancountrieshave_____onAustraliaculture.5.In1770,CaptainJamesCookclaimedtheeastcoastofthecontinentforthe_____Crown.6.Whatdoestheword‘‘claim’’meaninParagraph3?7.Itwas______thatmadetheoriginalAustralianssuffer.8.AftertheSecondWorldWar,Australiabeganto____9.Thelastpartofthetexttellsus__.10FromthetextwecaninferAustraliacameintobeing_____thecontinentbegantoexist.1.TheAustralianflagshows____.

A.theUKflagandsevenstarsB.theUSAflagandalargestarwithsevenpointsC.theUKflagandsixlargestarswithsevenpointsD.theUKflag,alargestarandagroupofsmallstars2.FromthenationalflagofAustralia,wecanknow________.

A.thereare5statesaltogetherinAustraliaB.peopleofAustralialikeAmericansocietyC.peopleofAustraliathinktheyhavesomethingtodowiththeEnglishpeopleD.Australiasufferedfromimmigration3.WhowerethefirstpeopletoarriveinAustralia?Spanish,PortugueseandDutch.B.PrisonersandcriminalsfromEngland.C.AboriginesandTorresStraitIslanders.D.Asianexplorers.4.Accordingtothetext,Asiancountrieshave_______onAustraliaculture.

A.greatinfluenceB.littleinfluenceC.noinfluenceD.noeffect5.In1770,CaptainJamesCookclaimedtheeastcoastofthecontinentforthe____Crown.A.BritishB.SpanishC.PortugueseD.American6.Whatdoestheword‘‘claim’’meaninParagraph3of‘‘Anationofprisoners”?

A.needB.demandC.believeD.buy7.Itwas________thatmadetheoriginalAustralianssuffer.

A.theAmericanWarofIndependenceB.CaptainJamesCookC.theEnglishprisonersD.thefirstfleetof11ships8.AftertheSecondWorldWar,Australiabeganto_______

A.formthecommonwealthB.transformitselfintothemoderncountryasitistodayC.changeitsattitudetowardsimmigrationD.sufferfromtheDepressionofthe1930s

9.Thelastpartofthetexttellsus__.

A.AustralianEnglishisthesameasBritishEnglishB.therearedifferencesbetweenAustraliaEnglishandBritishEnglishC.allthewordsinAustralianEnglishhaveadifferentmeaningfromBritishwordsD."downunder"meansthecountryofAustraliatoAustralians10.FromthetextwecaninferAustraliacameintobeing____thecontinentbegantoexist.longbefore

longafterC.atthesametimewhen

D.shortlyafterPost-readingAnwerthequestions.1)WhatdothesymbolsontheAustralianflagrepresent?2)Whendidthefirstpeoplearrive?3)WhywereprisonerssenttoAustraliaafter1788?Whereweretheyfrom?4)WhathappenedtotheoriginalAustralianswhennewcomersarrived?5)WhatwastheproblemwithAustralia'sConstitution?6)HowdidthetwoWorldWarschangeAustralia?7)HowdoesAustralianEnglishdifferfromBritishEnglish?1)WhatdothesymbolsontheAustralianflagrepresent?Sixofthesevenpointsrepresenttheoriginalstates(WesternAustralia,SouthAustralia,Queensland,NewSouthWales,Victoria,Tasmania)andtheseventhstandsforalltheterritories.TheotherstarsontheflagrepresenttheSouthernCross.

2)WhendidthefirstpeoplearriveinAustralia?Atleast50,000yearsago.3)WhywereprisonerssenttoAustraliaafter1788?Whereweretheyfrom?TheAmericanWarofIndependencemadeitpossibleforEnglandtosendprisonerstoNorthAmerica.TheywerefromAmerica.4)WhathappenedtotheoriginalAustralianswhentheEuropeannewcomersarrived?ThenewcomerschangedthewaylandwasmanagedandintroducednewplantsandanimalsthatwereharmfultotheAustralianecosystems.Asaconsequence,theoriginalAustralianssuffered.5)WhatwastheproblemwithAustralia'sConstitution?

TheConstitutiongoverningsixstatesstatedthatmenwerefreeandequal,explainedtheirbasecivilrightsanddescribedthenewgovernment.Butaboriginesandothernon-Europeansdidnotenjoythesamerights.6)HowdidthetwoWorldWarschangeAustralia?AftertheFirstWorldWar,thecountryexperiencedsocialandeconomicunrestandsufferedfromtheDepressionofthe1930s.AftertheSecondWorldWar,Australiabegantotransformitselfintothemoderncountryasitistoday.7)HowdoesAustralianEnglishdifferfromBritishEnglish?AustralianEnglishdiffersfromBritishEnglishinpronunciationandsomeofthevocabulary.

LanguagePoints1.ModernAustraliaismadeupofsixstatesandtwoterritories.(由…組成)e.g.Thesolarsystemismadeupofastarandnineplants.

makeup和解,和好;虛構(gòu),編造;化妝;補償,彌補;湊錢

e.g.Itisveryhardtomakeupthequarrelbetweenthecouple.Don’tmakeupanyexcusetocheatme.Ifindnotimetomakemyselfupeveryday.Hardworkcanmakeupforalackofintelligence.Haveyoumadeupthemoneyforyourclass?2.Australiaissurroundedbymanyoceans.

（被…環(huán)繞，被…包圍）

e.g.Thehousewassurroundedbyhighwalls

3.claimvt（根據(jù)權(quán)利）要求，認領(lǐng)，索賠;自稱；主張

e.g.Didyouclaimontheinsuranceafteryourcaraccident?e.g.SheclaimsthatsheisrelatedtotheQueen.e.g.SheclaimstoberelatedtotheQueen.asaconsequence=inconsequence/asaresult4.asaconsequence結(jié)果，后果e.g.Aftergraduation,hebecamequitelazy.Asaconsequence,helostwhatheowned.inconsequenceof=asaresultof/becauseof/dueto/owingtoInconsequenceofhisrudeness,hewasfiredbyhisbosse.g.Asaconsequence,shelosteverythingsheowned.5.haveaninfluenceon/upon對…有影響

haveaninfluenceon/upon=haveaneffecton/upon

influencesb./sth. affectsb./sth.

Idon’tthinkthiskindofsystemwillhaveagreatinfluenceonourschool.

e.g.SARShasastronginfluenceon

human

behaviour.6.transformvt.轉(zhuǎn)換,改變,改造,使...變形[(+into)]e.g.TheGreenshavetransformedtheirgarageintoaguesthouse7.resemblevt.相似,像,類似[(+in)]e.g.Hestronglyresembleshisfatherinappearance8.differvi.不同；不像；相異[(+from)]=bedifferentfrom①不同,相異AdifferfromBin…e.g.Wedifferfromeachotherintastes.②意見不同(from/with)Wedifferfrom/with