课标人教实验版高二 Module 9

Unit 3

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 having 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, et. Do you know which country it is?

Lead in

Warming-up

Have you ever been there? What places

do you know in Australia? (well-know

cities, famous scenic spot, etc. ) Look at

the pictures. What do you see in the

pictures? Can you recognize them?

Sydney

Perth

Kakadu

Canberra

Uluru

Great Barrier Reef

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Sydney: Opera House and Harbor Bridge, the capital of New South Wales. The bridge and the Opera house are two world famous landmarks of Sydney and often appear on souvenirs and on travel brochure.

Perth: the capital of Western Australia, Australia’s largest state in area.

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: formerly known as Ayers Rock, is a huge pink rock in the middle of flat, desert in Northern territory. It is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area. 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.

There is no need to go through the whole

text. You should pay attention to the

words appeared the most frequently in the

text and also their relevant words in

meaning. Take the first text for example,

words frequently appear-eared are:

Australia, country, continent, state.

Their relevant words respectively are:

country, continent, world, area, population, people, city, settlement

famous, popular, destination, tourists, wildlife, sunshine, ecology

coastal, desert, grassland, rainfall, dry

states, autonomous, government, federal, parliament, only, unusual, unique

So according to the above clue, we

get to know that this passage is a

general introduction to Australia,

including its geography, population,

environment, climate, tourism,

nature and administration.

a postcard from someone on holiday

part of a text in an encyclopedia

part of a tourist brochure

a newspaper article

an advertisement

booklet containing information about sth or advertising sth ( 作介绍和宣传用的 ) 小册子

Skimming the five short passages and

find the answers to the questions in

Exercise 1, Comprehending part.

Task 1

1. 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

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7. Which part of Australia get 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 &

Uluru

Task 2

Now read the five texts again more

carefully. Underline any information

about Australia that you didn’t know

before. Write down five facts that you

consider to be the most interesting. Share

your facts with others in your class.

Now read the five texts again more

carefully. Underline any information

about Australia that you didn’t know

before. Write down five facts that you

consider to be the most interesting. Share

your facts with others in your class.

Task 3

Discuss questions with others in

Exercise 3 in Comprehending part.

1.What kind of people do you think make Australia their home?

2.Each year large numbers of people became Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens?

3.When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be most suitable? Give more than one reasons.

4.In what part of Australia do you think

most agriculture takes place? Give

reasons.

5.Why do you think the population of Australia is so small when it is such a large country?

6. Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia.

1.What kind of people do you think make Australia their home?

People chose to settle in Australia might be : 1) want a better life than they had at home , a change of lifestyle or a challenge; 2) attracted by the climate, the beauty of the country or the opportunity to improve the situation that they had in their original country; 3) forced to leave their country for some reason and must find somewhere else to live.

So we have a reason to believe that people

who go to a new country to start again are

likely to be courageous, curious and strong

minded, and they enjoy challenges, since

there might be tremendous hardships.

They are probably confident of their

abilities and open to new ideas and ways of

doing things.

2. Each year large numbers of people became Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens?

They choose to become Australian citizens in order to feel truly a part of their new country, to feel secure in their new country and know they cannot be made to leave, or to gain an Australia passport and enjoy the rights of a citizen. Only Australian citizens can vote so some may take a greater part in political life of the country.

3. When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be most suitable?

Obliviously, if you have to get to your destination quickly, you would travel by plane. It is also cheaper to travel by plane as these long distance train is luxurious and therefore expensive. You might travel by train for the experience or to view the scenery on your journey. You might travel by train because you are frightened of flying.

4.In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons.

(Text 1 is most relevant for this question.) As you need water to grow things, farming is most suitable in the wetter, coastal areas of the country.

5. Why do you think the population of Australia is so small when it is such a large country?

Part of the reason is that much of the centre of Australia is uninhabitable desert. Another reason is that the Aboriginal population was fairly stable for thousands of years and others settled in the country just over two hundred years ago. A third reason is that the government has strict quotas on how many people can immigrate to the country.

1. Australia is a popular destination wit

h tourists form all over the worlds wh

o come to experience its unique ecolog

y. 澳大利亚是一个受人欢迎的旅游胜地，世界各

地的游客来到这里体验它独特的生态环境。

Language points

who come to experience its unique ecology

是定语从句，和介词短语 from all over th

e world 并列修饰 tourists

popular 意思是“受欢迎的”，　常跟介词 wi

th 表示受欢迎His song are popular with young people.

She is a popular teacher with her students.

2. On this 4,351-km journey form Sydney to Pe

rth via Adelaide you’ll vie some of Australi

a’s unique scenery form the superb Blue M

ountain to treeless plains of the Nullarbor.

Along the way spot a fascinating variety of

wildlife. 从悉尼经阿德莱德到达佩思长达 4352 公里的旅途中，

你将欣赏到澳洲所有的美景，既有巍峨秀美的蓝山，也有满眼望不见树木的那勒博平原。沿途中，你还将看到各种各样引人入胜的野生动物。

via 是介词，意思是“经过；经由；通过”．如：　This flight is form Beijing to Sanya via Cha

ngsha.

You’d better sent the letter via airmail.

Along the way spot a fascinating variety of

wildlife 是个省略句， spot 和上一句的 view

并列， spot 之前省略了 you’ll

３ . I’ll be back in Sydney in a fortnight beca

use I’ve made a reservation on the Indian

Pacific train to Perth.

我两个星期后返回斯尼，因为我已预订了印度洋 --- 太平洋号火车票前往佩思。

fortnight 　是 fourteen nights 的缩写，意思是“ 14 天，两周”如： a fortnight’s vaca

tion

Her daughter’s birthday is Monday fortni

ght. 两周后的星期一是她女儿的生日．

the Indian Pacific train “ 印度洋 --- 太平洋号火车，澳大利亚主要的洲际

火车之一，其它的还有大陆号（ The Overland)

和加恩号 (The Ghan) 。这趟列车在悉尼（临太平洋）和佩思（临印度洋）之间双向对开，全程 435

2 公里，是世界上唯一穿越整个洲的铁轨。（ 478

公里 , the world’s longest straight stretch of

railway track ）中途停靠 Broken Hill, Adel

aide, Kalogeria, Cook 等风景点，三天三晚后到达目的地。火车上有淋浴，冷热水，插座等，并有空调，设备齐全的卫生间和酒吧。

4. Drive 250 km northwestwards from Hobart

along the A10 highway and you'll arrive at t

he southern end of the magnificent Cradle

Mountain National Park and World Herita

ge area. 从霍巴特沿 A10 号公路朝西北方向行驶 250 公里，

你就来到景色壮观的摇篮山国家公园暨世界遗产保护区的南端。

do sth and sb will 　是一个固定的结构，省 了句中的 if you, 意思是“如果…，就会…”

如

Go on a vacation, and you’ll forget

unhappy things.

去度个假，你就会忘记所有不愉快的事情．

Talk to him, and he’ll help you.

你跟他说，他就会帮助你．

Hobart 霍巴特 澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚岛东南部的一座城市，位于塔斯曼海的一个海湾旁，塔斯马尼亚州的首府。 1804年作为罪犯的充军地建立，是澳大利亚仅次于悉尼最古老的城市。

Cradle Mountain National Park an

World Heritage area 摇篮山国家公园暨世界遗产保护区 . 其全称是 Cradle mountain-lake St Clair

National park ( 摇篮山－圣嘉利湖国家公园）．摇篮山位于国家公园的北端，也是塔斯马尼亚野生生态世界遗产保护区的一部分，因为山形象婴摇篮，故得此名。圣地嘉利湖位于国家公园南端，是澳大利亚最深的湖，同时也是散步的好去处。塔斯马尼亚野生生态世界遗产保护区保存了澳大利亚大部分珍贵的动植物，内有热带雨林、松树林和原始动植物，很多是地球上其它地方没有的。

5. A popular attraction for active tourists is

80-km walking track that joins the southe

rn and northern ends of the park. 喜爱运动的旅游者还有一个好去处，那就是穿 公园南北的一条８０公里长的徒步旅行的路线。

　 track 在这里的意思是“路径、路线”。

丛林徒步旅行 (bushwalking) 是一项很受欢迎的休闲运动，在塔斯马尼亚野生生态世界遗产保护区里，共有 1000多公里的步行线路。每年都有超过两万名游客前来体验丛林步行的挑战和乐趣。在众多路线中，最著名的长途路线是奥华兰经 (The Overland

Track ，它以摇篮山为起点，圣嘉利湖为终点，贯穿塔斯马尼亚野生生态区中心地带，全长为 80 公里，通常需要 6-10 天才能走完全程。此外，还有三天行

程的 Frenchmans Cap以及七天行程的 South Coast 也很有名。

Homework

1. Finish Ex.1,2,3, Page24-25.

2.Write an article about the reasons

why people want to travel in

Australia.