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Unit3 Australia Reading

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Teaching aims: 1. Enable the students to learn some information about Australia 2. Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) 3. Ss will be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery and get interested in the wonderful world. 

Teaching Analysis

The students have mastered the vocabulary and some language points. 

Teaching important points: 1. Get some information of Australia in the text 2.

Improve the students’ reading ability. 

Teaching difficult points: 1. Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles 2.

How to train the students’ reading ability in learning the text.

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Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Lead-in What do you know about Australia? (Showing the map) Step2 Quiz 1. What is the capital city of Australia? Canberra 2. What is the most famous city in Australia? Sydney 3. What is the famous building in Australia? Opera House 4. What do you know are the most famous animals in Australia? Kangaroos; Koala bears; 5. In which year were the Olympic Games held in Australia? 2000 And show some beautiful pictures Step3 Fast reading How many parts can the passage be divided into? And what’s the main idea of each paragraph?

Part 1: Geography & flag Part 2: People Part 3: A nation of prisoners (History during the 17th C and 19th C) Part 4: Another new world (History (in the 20th C) Part 5: Language Step4 Careful reading Listen to the radio and answer the following questions 1. How many parts consist of Australia? And what are they? Six states: Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania Two territories: Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory 2. What do the symbols on the Australian flag represent? The Australian flag includes the UK flag and a large star and some small stars. It was once a colony of England. Australians speak English. The large star has six of the points standing for six states of Australia and the seventh for the territories. 3. Who were the first people to arrive in Australia? When did they arrive? The first Australians were the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. They arrived at least 50,000 years ago. 4. Why were prisoners sent to Australia after 1788? Where were they from? The American War of Independence made it impossible for England to send prisoners to North America, so the prisoners were sent to Australia. They were from America. 5. What happened to the original Australians when the European newcomers arrived? When the European newcomers arrived, the original Australians suffered. Many

Aborigines and Islanders were moved and had their land taken away from them. 6. What was the problem with Australia’s Constitution?

The Constitution governing six states stated that men were free and equal, explained their base civil rights and described the new government. But aborigines

and other non-Europeans did not enjoy the same rights. 7. How did the two World Wars change Australia? After the First World War, the country experienced social and economic unrest

and suffered from the Depression of the 1930s. After the Second World War,

Australia began to transform itself into the modern country as it is today. 8. How does Australian English differ from Britain English? And give some examples Step5 exercises Fill in the blanks Australia is an ______–

speaking country, which was formed in_____. On its____________ there are the Union Jack , the state star and the Southern Cross .

The first Australians were________ and Torres Strait Islanders, but later when

many _________ came, they were moved and had their land taken away from them. World Wars had a strong ________on it. After the First World War, the country________ social and economic______and __________from the Great

Depression of the 1930s. After the Second World War, Australia began to ________itself into the modern country it is today. Step6 Retelling and writing Suppose that you are an Australian guide, now you please introduce Australia to your classmates. You introduce as follow: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Australia. Now I’d like to introduce Australia to you……

1. Geograghy and the Australian flag. 2. The first Australians 3.history 4.language…

Step 7 Homework 1. Finish Ex. 2, Page24. 2. Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia