Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending第一课时教学实录

Warming-up

Have you ever been there? What places do you know in Australia? (well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc. )

Sydney悉尼

Perth珀斯,佩思

Kakadu卡卡杜湾

Canberra堪培拉 Uluru 乌卢鲁

Great Barrier Reef

New words 

commonwealth 共和国; 联邦,

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Oceania 大洋洲

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Melbourne 墨尔本

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kangaroo

袋鼠

koala 考拉

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ecology 生态；生态学

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autonomous 自治的；自主的

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federal parliament 联邦议会

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Adelaide 阿德莱德

blue mountain蓝山

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Nullarbor纳拉伯

Ghan “甘”号火车

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Darwin

Alice Springs Rolling hills波状丘陵

Pre-reading Match each reading passage with a description below. a postcard from someone on holiday part of a text in an encyclopedia part of a tourist brochure

a newspaper article an advertisement

Skim the five short passages and find the answers to the questions in Exercise 1, Comprehending part.

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1.Where do most Australians live?

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2. In what city do federal politicians work?

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3. How many people live in Australia?

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4. When is Australia Day?

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5. How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 

6. How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia?

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7. Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall? 

8. Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?

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9. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

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.

Discuss questions with others in your class. 

What

kind of people do you think make Australia their home? 

People chose to settle in Australia might be :

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1) want a better life than they had at home, a change of lifestyle or a challenge;

2) are attracted to the climate, the beauty of the country or the opportunity to improve the situation that they had in their original country;

3) have been 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 become 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 Australian passport and enjoy the rights of a citizen. Only Australian citizens can vote so some may take a greater part in the political life of the country. 3. When do you think travelling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think travelling 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 trains are 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.