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A brief introduction of Australia. Contents: 1. Glance quickly at the five texts below and answer the questions. (1)What topic is common to all five texts? (2)What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text.(Scenery animals politics customs places of interest.) (3)Match each reading passage with a description below. 2. Comprehending The questions help you practice skimming for information .You should try to answer them in the shortest possible time. You do not need to read every word of all five reading passages in order to answer them. (1)

Where do most Australians live? (2)

In what city do federal politicians work? (3)

How many people live in Australia. (4)

When is Australia Day? (5)

How far is it from Perth to Sydney (6)

How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia? (7)

Which part of Australia get the most rainfall? (8)

Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru? (9)

What two World Heritage sites are named in these texts? 3. Discussion: Discuss these questions with others in your class each of 4 groups has topic to discuss Group1: Each year large numbers of people become Australian citizens.Why do you think they choose to become citizens? Group2: When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be more suitable? Give more than one reason. Group3: In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons. Group4: Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. 4. Choose one or two is to present the answers to questions of each group.