Unit2ReadingandThinking1WhatdoyouknowaboutAustralia?*AustralialiesbetweenthePacificandIndianoceansintheSouthernHemisphere.

*Australia'scapitalisCanberra,anditslargestcityisSydney.*Thekoala,isAustralia'snationaltreasureandarareandpreciousprimitiveanimalinAustralia.

*Famousscenicspots:·TheGreatBarrierReef·AyersRock(艾爾斯巨石)*Australiaisanationofimmigrants.*ThemajorityofAustraliansspeaksEnglishastheirfirstlanguage.Itislocatedtothesouthoftheequator,belowmanycountries.Warmingup2Whatothericonicattractionscanyoulearnaboutfromthevideo?koalakangarooRedCentreAustralianRainforest

NextweekI’mtravellingtoAustraliatovisitafriendthereovertheschoolholidays.IplantokeepthisblogtorecordmyexperiencesandwhatIlearn.Ihavealready

donesomeresearchonthe

country.Locatedtothesouthoftheequator,belowmanyothercountriesontheglobe,it’softeninformallyreferredtoas“downunder”.blog1

Ihavealsoreadaboutsomeiconicsites,suchastheSydneyOperaHouseandtheGreatOceanRoad,andanimalslikethecutekoalasandkangaroos.Ican’twaittoseeallofthem!However,asImajorinsocialstudies,I’mmoreinterestedinmeetingpeopleinAustraliaandexperiencetheirculture,food,andwayoflife.

I’mhereinSydney!SinceIarrived,myfriendhasbroughtmetomyfirstopen-airbarbecueandhasalsosharedmanydifferentbutyummymealswithme,somyfirstimpressionsofAustraliahavebeenallaboutfood!AlotoftypicalAustralianfood,suchastheSundayroast,isoriginally

British.

Bakeries,fast-foodjoints,butchershops,cafes,andrestaurantseverywhereprovidesomeofthepremierfoodexperiencesintheworld.TheinfluenceofAsiancultures,ontheotherhand,ledtotheintroductionofbeancurdandAsianherbs,alongwithAustralianversionsof

foodsliketheChinese-inspireddimsim.blog2

MyfriendandIhavearrivedinKatherine,atowninAustralia’sNorthernTerritory.We’reheretolearnaboutthelifeandcustomsoftheAborigines,whoarenativetoAustralia.TheAboriginalpopulationmightbesmall,butitsinfluenceisstillvisible.Forexample,“Bondi”in“BondiBeach”isanAboriginalwordmeaning“waterbreakingoverrocks”.blog3

Tosurviveinthisvastlandontheocean,theAborigineshadtobeinclosecontactwithnature.Thisshowsintheirmusic,too,

whichcelebratesthenaturalworldandthespiritualworldaroundthem.Mostoftheirmusicalinstrumentsarereallyjuststicksfoundontheground,amongwhichthereisanamazinginstrumentcalledthedidgeridoo.）1.Canyoutellmetousethesemachines_________whichIamnotsure.2.Hewrotemanychinldren’sbooks,halfof_________werepublishedinrecentyears.3.Ourclassismadeupof52students,allof_________arefriendlyandhard-workingaboutwhichwhomMostoftheirmusicalinstrumentsarereallyjuststicksfoundontheground,amongwhich

thereisanamazinginstrument

called

thedidgeridoo.介詞加關系代詞，關系代詞指人時常用whom，指物時常用which。

Thedidgeridooismadefromatreebranchwhichishollow.Toplaythedidgeridoo,youputyoumouthononeendandblowwhilevibratingyourlips.

Unlikeahorn,therearenofingerholesThedidgeridooplayerhastochangetheshapeofhismouthinordertochangepitch.Askilledplayercanplayforalongtimewithoutstoppingtobreathe.Hedoesthisbycontinuallybreathinginthroughhisnosewhilebreathingoutthroughhismouthandintothedidgeridoo.Itriedtolearnhowtoplayit,butaftertryingforhours,IwasconvincedthatIcouldnevermakeamusicalsoundwiththisinstrument!Sowhilesittingintheclassroomanddoingmypapers,Ifeltconfidentandwasfullofenergy.因此，當我坐在教室做試卷時，感到精力旺盛，信心十足①Shegavemeacomfortingsmile,noddedwhile________(listen)patiently.②When________(wait)forthebus，wetalkedabouthowtochangetheplan.③If________(interest)intheChinesefolkart，youcane--mailme.listeningwaitinginterestedwhen，while,though,evenif,unless,if,asif等引導的狀語從句中的主語與主句主語一致或從句主語為it，并且狀語從句謂語中含有be動詞，省略從句中的主語和be動詞：

It’salmosttimeformetosaygoodbyetoAustralia.I’veenjoyedmytimehereverymuch.Afterbeinghereforawhile,mybiggestimpressionisthecomplicatedmixofpeoplesandculturesthatmakeupthenation.

Althoughthemainculturalinfluencesince1788hasbeenWesternculture,minoritycultureshavealsoplayedapartinshapingtheuniqueAustralianculture,withmany

ofthenewculturalinfluencescontributedbyimmigrants.

ItissaidthatnownearlyhalfofallAustraliancitizenswereeitherbornoverseasorhaveparentswhowerebornoverseas.blog4with+賓語+賓補1.InpartofAsia,youmustn’tsitwithyourfeet__________(point)atanotherperson.2.Withtheproblem__________(solve),weallrelievedwithasigh.3.Withtheteacher_________(help)us,wewillmakegreaterprogress.pointingsolvedtohelp

Personallyspeaking,whatIlikemostaboutAustraliaisthepeoplethemse