Unit3Period2ReadingThePortraitofaNationStep1Lead-in:(1)WhatdoyouknowaboutAustralia?Listthreethingsthatinterestyou.(2)TalkaboutthemapofAustralia.Step2Fastreading1.Howmanypartscanthepassagebedividedinto?_____________2.What’sthemainideaofeachparagraph?Para1:___________________________________Para2:___________________________________Para3:___________________________________Para4:___________________________________Para5:___________________________________Step3Carefulreading1.TheAustralianflagshows________.A.theUKflagandsevenstarsB.theUSAflagandalargestarwithsevenpointsC.theUKflagandsixlargestarswithsevenpointsD.theUKflag,alargestarandagroupofsmallstars2.WhowerethefirstpeopletoarriveinAustralia?A.Spanish,PortugueseandDutch.B.PrisonersandcriminalsfromEngland.C.AboriginesandTorresStraitIslanders.D.Asianexplorers.3.Accordingtothetext,Asiancountrieshave_________onAustraliaculture.A.greatinfluenceB.littleinfluenceC.noinfluenceD.noeffect4.In1770,CaptainJamesCookclaimedtheeastcoastofthecontinentforthe_______Crown.A.BritishB.SpanishC.PortugueseD.American5.Itwas________thatmadetheoriginalAustralianssuffer.A.theAmericanWarofIndependenceB.CaptainJamesCookC.theEnglishprisonersD.thefirstfleetof11ships6.AftertheSecondWorldWar,Australiabeganto_______A.formthecommonwealthB.transformitselfintothemoderncountryasitistodayC.changeitsattitudetowardsimmigrationD.sufferfromtheDepressionofthe1930s7.FromthenationalflagofAustralia,wecanknow________.A.thereare5statesaltogetherinAustraliaB.peopleofAustralialikeAmericansocietyC.peopleofAustraliathinktheyhavesomethingtodowiththeEnglishpeopleD.Australiasufferedfromimmigration8.FromthetextwecaninferAustraliacameintobeing________thecontinentbegantoexist.A.longbeforeB.longafterC.at.thesametimewhenD.shortlyafterStep4Post-readingAnswerthefollowingquestions.(P23)1)WhatdothesymbolsontheAustralianflagrepresent?2)WhowerethefirstpeopletoarriveinAustralia?3)WhywereprisonerssenttoAustraliaafter1788?Whereweretheyfrom?用心爱心专心115号编辑4)WhathappenedtotheoriginalAustralianswhentheEuropeannewcomersarrived?5)WhatwastheproblemwithAustralia'sConstitution?6)HowdidthetwoWorldWarschangeAustralia?7)HowdoesAustralianEnglishdifferfromBritishEnglish?8)HowdidthetwoWorldWarschangeAustralia?Step5.LanguagePoints1.ModernAustraliaismadeupofsixstatesandtwoterritories.(由…组成)e.g(1)TheGradeThreeinourschoolismadeupof19classes.___________________________(2)19classesmakeuptheGradeThreeinourschool._________________________makeup和解,和好;虚构,编造;化妆;补偿,弥补;凑钱e.g.(1)Itisveryhardtomakeupthequarrelbetweenthecouple.(2)Don’tmakeupanyexcusetocheatme.(3)Ifindnotimetomakemyselfupeveryday.(4)Becauseyouwereill,youwillhavetomakeupthefinalexam.(5)Hardworkcanmakeupforalackofintelligence/thelosttime.(6)Haveyoumadeupthemoneyforyourclass?2.Australiaissurroundedbymanyoceans.（被…环绕，被…包围）e.g.Thehousewassurroundedbyhighwalls.______________________________________surround包围surroundsb./sth.withsthe.g.(1）Theyhavesurroundedthetownwithtroops.______________________________surround常用于被动语态中“被……包围（2）Thehouseissurroundedby/withhighwalls/trees.（3）Whenhecameback,hefoundhimselfsurroundedbyhisfamilyandfriends.surroundings(周边环境)environment(与人类相对的环境)3.represent代表,象征;表现;描绘,塑造;声称e.g.(1)Inalovesong,peoplewilltellhisloverthatthemoonrepresentshisheart.(2)I’dliket...
