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Unit 3 Australia

(GLIMPSES OF AUSTRALIA) Introduction

In this period, after warming up, students will first be helped to go over the text by reading it by themselves.Then they will be reading the text focusing on answering questions and discussion in groups. Objectives ■

To help students learn to read an exposition about Australia

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To help students better understand “Australia”

Aids Multimedia facilitie, photos,map

Procedures 1.

WARMING UP A

let students watch viedo to arose their interests about Australia

B

Introduce some interesting places of Australia (showing pictures) to learn about the country.

Sydney: Opera House and Harbour Bridge, the capital of New South Wales.

Great Barrier Reef: This is a world heritage area, famous for its abundant tropical fish and corals.

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Uluru: known as Ayers Rock, a huge pink rock It is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area. It is another popular tourist destination.

Kakadu: a national park It is a popular destination for tourists interested in Australia's tropical north and its wildlife, including crocodiles.

Canberra: the Federal Capital of Australia. Parliament House for the Commonwealth of Australia is built here. C mark these places on the map of Australia

设计意图：热身活动新颖活泼，帮助学生熟悉主题，深入主题。熟悉的图片和地名可以引起学生对单元主题的兴趣，而不熟悉的图片和地名则可以激发学生学习的动机。

2.

PRE-READING AND READING

1)Skimming A Let students match each reading passage with a description below after a quick

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reading.

A postcard from someone on holiday text1 part of a text in an encyclopedia text2 part of a tourist brochure text3 a newspaper article text4 an advertisement text5

B Match the main idea of each part about the passage. •

Text1 Uluru •

Text2 A citizenship ceremony on Australian Day •

Text3 A general description of the physical features and •

ecology Australia and its political organization •

Text4 Cradle Mountain National Park •

Text5 Two rail journeys across the length and breadth of Australia 设计意图：训练略读技巧。学生快速浏览五篇主题相同却风格各异的短文，帮助学生识别不同题材不同风格的文章，体会各篇不同的语言特点。

2)Scanning Read the five texts again more carefully and do the following.

Answer some questions 1 Where do most Australian live/? Why?

In the south-eastern.coastal areas..Because there are adequate rainfall.

2 When is Australia Day? How will people become Australia citizens? On 26 January, Australia Day, poople welcome those migrants from different social and cultural backgrounds by some citizenship ceremonies. 3 What are two rail journeys in text3？

The Indian-Pacific and The Ghan 4 Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru? Most people don”t climb the rock out of respect for Aboriginal people who consider the rock to be sacred. 5 If you are a active tourist, what is your popular attraction?

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The 80 kilometers’ walking track. 6 How many World Heritage Sites are mentioned in these text？what are they? Two. Uluru and Cradle mountain National Park. 7 Can you think of some words and phrases. to describe Australia? Large

Unique ecology 设计意图：训练阅读能力。借用课文中提到的事实提问，激发学生对文章内容的深层思考。学生慢读后，能够从课文中找出这些问题的答案，从多角度对澳大利亚进行了解。

3.DISCUSSION If you have a chance to visit Australia, where would you go most？

Give me you reasons. 设计意图：通过小组讨论，检测学生对课文的理解，使其补充延申课文内容，能够用英语口头描述这个国家你感兴趣的地方。

4.HOMEWORK Write a short passage about Australia 设计意图: 结合课堂口头表述，练习英语书写能力。

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