Unit3ThelanddownunderReading&Post-readingTeachingAims:1.Trainthestudentsreadingabilityespeciallytheskillsofsummarizingandscanning.2.Studyandhaveagoodgraspofsomekeywordsandphrases.3.Learntoanalyzesomedifficultlongsentences.Pre-reading:Wehavelearnedseveralarticlesaboutintroducingacountrybefore,sobeforereadingpleasetrytofinishtheexerciseonSBP21.Trytotickthequestionsthatyouthinkwillbeansweredinthepassage.Reading:StepI.Readingthearticlequicklyandthenchecktheanswerthatyoutickedbeforereading.keys:2,3,4,7,9StepII:Readingthearticlecarefullytograspsomeimportantfactsandtrytoanswersomequestions.ReadPartOneTHEPORTRAITOFANATIONandanswerquestion1-3.WhatoceansarearoundAustralia?What’sthecapitalcityofAustralia?IsitalsoAustralia’smostfamouscity?3.HowmanystarsarethereintheAustralianflag?keys:1.Australiaissurroundedbymanyoceans:theIndianOcean,theSouthernOceanandthePacificOcean.2.CanberraisthecapitalcityofAustralia,butitisnotthemostfamouscity.SydneyisAustralia’smostfamouscity.3.Therearesixstars.ReadPartTwoTHEFIRSTAUSTRALIANSandanswerquestion4-5.4.WhoarethefirstAustralians?5.Dotheyhavetheirownculture?keys:4.ThefirstAustraliansweretheAboriginesandTorresStraitIslanders澳大利亚最早的居民是土著居民和托雷斯海峡的岛上居民。5.Yes,andtheirculturewashighlydeveloped.ReadPartThreeANATIONOFPRISONERS?andanswerquestion6-10.6.WhenEuropeanexplorersbeganarrivingonthecontinent?7.WhoclaimedtheeastcoastofthecontinentfortheBritishCrown?8.WhysomanyprisonersandcriminalsweresenttoAustralia?9.WhatdayisAustraliaDay?Whathappenedonthatday?10.WhymanyAboriginesandislandersweremoved?keys:6.Intheseventeenthcentury.7.CaptainJamesCook.8.BecauseoftheAmericanWarofIndependence,itwasimpossibleforEnglandtosendprisonerstoNorthAmerica.9.January26.TheBritishGovernorlandedonthecontinentonthatday.10.ThenewcomerscameandintroducednewplantsandanimalsthatwereharmfultotheAustralianecosystems.Asaconsequence,theoriginalAustralianssuffered.ReadthelasttwopartsanddothefollowingTorFexercises:11.Intheearlytwentiethcentury,Australiawasa“newworld”societywithoutarulingclass.用心爱心专心12.Aboriginesandothernon-Europeansenjoyedthesamerights.13.TheFirstWorldWarhadagreatinfluenceonAustralia.14.Intheearly1960s,thegovernmentpassedlawstostrengthentherightsofAboriginesandIslanderstoimprovetheirlivingcondition.15.FrenchistheofficiallanguageofAustralia.16.AustralianEnglishisdifferentIspellingfromBritishandAmericanEnglish.17.“Downunder”means“inAustralia”.18.SomeoftheAboriginallanguagehavebeenlost.keys:T:11,13,17,18F:12,14,15,16StepIII.Booksclosedandlistentothetape.Trytoimitatethepronunciation.DiscussingroupsandanswerthequestionsonSBP23.StepIV.ExplainsomewordsinthetextandthenfinishtheexerciseonSBP24.newcomer:peoplewhocometoaplacelatertheoriginals后来者，新来者differ:bedifferent不同于diverse:bevarious不同的，多种多样的govern:beinthechargeof统治，控制immigration:peoplewhogototheanothercountry移民resemble:lookslike看来象transform:change改变，变动strengthen:make…strong强化，加强TheAborigineshavebeenlivinginAustraliaforthousandsofyears.Theirpresentlifestyleandculture(1)_____littlefromthoseoftheirancestors.However,aftertheearlyEuropeanexplorerssetfootonthisvastlandintheseventeenthcentury,theAborigines,who(2)______theNativeAmericansduringthesameperiodoftime,wereforcedtoleavetheirownland.Thewhite(3)______tooktheirlandandkilledmanyofthem.ManymoreAborigineshadtomovetoinlandareas.Thecontinentwas(4)________bythewhitesettlers.Townsandfarmswerebuiltrapidly.AfterWorldWarII,amass(5)_______fromnearly200countries(6)______Australiaintoamodernnation.Inastrugglethatlastedformanyyears,theAboriginesclaimedequalrightsforallAustralians,Butitwasnotuntilthe1960sthattheAustraliangovernmentcametorealizetheimportanceofpassinglawsto(7)________therightsofthe“firstAustralians”.OnlyinthiswaycouldthepeopleinAustraliabuildasocietyof(8)________cultures.Keys:differ,resembled,newcomers,governed,immigrations,transformed,strengthen,diverseHomework:Readthetext.用心爱心专心
