--Let’sgotovisitAustralia!--Agoodidea!Unit3AustraliaLesson10THEDISCOVERYOFAUSTRALIAAustraliaChinaNationalFlagTheOperaHouseinSydney,withthefamousHarbourBridge,floodlitbehindAsectionoftheGreatBarrierReefoffthecoastofQueenslandAyersRockintheNorthernTerritoriesisasacredsitetotheAboriginalpeople.AustraliancowboysherdingcattleonaranchintheoutbackAustralia’scapitolbuildinginCanberraPre-readingdiscussion1WheredidtheAustralianscomefrom?2WhatdidtheKoorisuseforhunting?3HowmanylanguageswerespokeninAustralia?Asia.Acuriouslyshapedpieceofwood.Over250.ReadthestoryaboutAustraliaandthentellwhetherthesentencesaretrue(T)orfalse(F).()1、Australiaisabout20,000yearsold.()2、ThefirstpeopleofAustraliawereknownasaborigines.()3、Maybetheaboriginesdevelopedtheoldestformofartontheearth.()4、Theaborigineslivedbyfarmingandfishing.()5、ThepopulationofKoorisdecreasedsharplyafterthearrivalofforeignsettlers.()6、WhenevertheKoorisdefendedtheirrights,theykilledthousandsandthousandsofforeignsettlers.()7、Koorichildrenenjoyequalrightsofeducationwithwhitechildren.FTTFTFFChoosetherightanswers.1.ThefirstpeoplearrivinginAustraliamightbefrom____.A.EuropeB.AfricaC.Asia2.“Aborigines”means______.A、theoldestracesontheearthB、astrongsystemofsocietyC、thefirstpeopleofacountry3.Theirspiritualfaithandgodswereveryimportanttothem.Thismeans____.A、theystronglybelievedintheirspiritualfaithandgodsB、theydidn’tdevelopacivilizationoftheirownC、theywantedtobethemostimportantraceontheearth4.TheKoorislivedby_____.A、growingdifferentcropsandvegetablesB、inventingandsellingdifferentkindsoffishingnetsandhuntingtoolsC、fishing、huntinganimalsandgatheringroots,nutsandfruits5.Thenumberofaboriginesbecamesmallerquicklybecause____.A、foreignsettlersbroughtnewdiseasewhichkilledmanyofthemB、foreignsettlersseizedtheirlandandkilledmanyofthemC、ofbothAandBCCACCNotes1.werehandeddown=werepasseddownA)Theoldhousehasbeenhandeddownforthreegenerations.B)Inpoorfamilies,clothesmaybehandeddownfromonechildtothenext.2.theelders=theoldpeople.Elderisusedhereasanoun.3.(theoldestformofart)yetdiscoveredontheearth=sofardiscovered=thathasbeendiscoveredsofar4.acuriouslyshapedpieceofwoodawidelyusedlanguageawronglypronouncedsoundanewlydiscoveredislandhighlypraiseddeeds5.gathering=collecting6.be/becomeexperiencedat/insth/doingsthA)Sheisanexperiencedteacher.B)Theywerequiteexperiencedatteachingbeginners.C)Heisquiteexperiencedinthiskindofwork.7.makeup=constituteThegirlstudentsmakeup80%ofourclass.8.particularlythepolice:ThepolicetreatedtheKoorisbadly.Notemaking1.FirstpeoplearrivedinAustralia(date):_______________2.Ageofearliestcavepaintings:_______________3.Food:_____________________________4.Tools:_____________________________5.Specialskills:_____________________________6.PastKoorispopulation:________________7.PercentageofpastpopulationofAustralia:___________8.PercentageofpresentpopulationofAustralia:________9.Causesofdeath:_____________10.PastnumberofKoorislanguages:_____________11.KoorismadecitizensofAustralia:_____________53,000yearsago20,000yearsagoanimals,birds,fish,roots,nuts,wildfruitfishingnets,shapedpieceofwoodfindingundergroundsprings3000,000—3million100%alittleover1%diseases,killedover2501960Thankyouforjoiningus!Copyright:DennisChengwuE-mail:DennisChengwu@China.com
