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Lead-In. Do you know what the following pictures are about?. Kangaroos—large animals jump about on two legs carrying their Young in a stomach pocket. Australia aboriginal. Australia harbour. Australia map. Unit 3. Australia. Learning Goals. Knowledge Goals. Topic.
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Lead-In Do you know what the following pictures are about?
Kangaroos—large animals jump about on two legs carrying their Young in a stomach pocket.
Unit 3 Australia
Learning Goals Knowledge Goals • Topic History and geography of Australia; Tourism in Australia; Australia wild life; Australia customs and culture;
Functional Items The sentences about expressing prohibition; Expressing warning; Expressing permission; • Grammar Review The Pridicative: 各种不同的词类做表语
Ability Goals Know the history, the custom, the culture, the tourism, and geography of Australia. Learn to express the prohibition, warning and permission; Learn to use the Predicative. Learn how to reply an E-mail.
Emotion Goals Learn and master the key words and expressions. Train the students’ reading ability. Develop the spirit of love to the motherland.
Impotant and Difficult Points • Important Points Discover useful words and expressions. Revise useful structures. • Difficult Points How to improve the students’ reading ability; How to choose a proper predicative according to its subject;
Warming up Look at the pictures. What do you see in the picture? Can you recognize them?
Perth Kakadu Kosciusko Australia Hobart Adelaide Nullarbor Blue mountains Sydney Brainstorming Do you know the names of these places in Australia? Melbourne Great Barrier Reef Cook
Pre-reading Get information about Australia
kangaroo, koala bear, parrot, snake, digo, sheep, cattle Animals:____________________________ ___________________________ Distance: ____________________________ ____________________________ Size:________________________________ Population:_____________ Agriculture:_________________________ _____________ Natural resources:_____________________ ___________________ 3220 km from north to south 3860 km from east to west the same as the USA (without Alaska) 18 million wheat,fruit,vegetables, eat,wines metals, precious stones, coal, iron
Climate:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Climate:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sports:_____________________________ cool and wet winters, warm and dry summers in the south; warm and dry winters, hot and wet summers in the north dry or desert tennis, sailing, swimming
Reading Fast reading 1. When was Australia founded? 2. Who lives in Australia? 3. What is the capital of Australia? 4. What does the Australia flag look like? 5. How is Australian English different from British and American English?
Can you describe it? What do they symbolize? The national flag of Australia Southern Cross six states all territories UK flag
What are the famous cities in Australia? Sydney—the biggest city in Australia Canberra——the capital city
Detail Reading • Why does the author say “Australia is a • young nation on an ancient continent?” The first Australians, Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, came to the continent at least fifty thousand years ago and created complex societies. In 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia was formed.
2. Why were prisoners sent to Australia after 1788? Where were they from? Because of the American War of Independence. They were from England. 3. What happened to the original Australians when the European newcomers arrived? They were moved and had their land taken away from them.
Explanation • Australia is a popular destination with tourists • from all over the world who come to experience its unique ecology. • 澳大利亚是一个受人欢迎的旅游胜地,世界各地的游客来到这里体验它独特的神态环境。 who come to experience its unique ecology是定语从句, 和介词短语from all over the world并列修饰tourists。 popular的意思是“受欢迎的”, 常跟介词with表示“受到......的欢迎”
2. On this 4,352-km journey from Sydney to Perth via Adelaide you'll view some of Australia's unique scenery from the superb Blue Mountains to the treeless plains of the Nullarbor. Along the way spot a fascinating variety of wildlife. 从悉尼途经阿德莱德到达伯斯长达4352公里的旅途中, 你将欣赏到澳大利亚所特有的美景,既有巍峨秀美的蓝山,也有满眼望不到树木的娜拉波平原 。沿途中,你还将看到各种各样引人入胜的野生动物。
via是介词, 意思是“经过; 经由; 通过”。 如: This flight is from Beijing to Sanya via Changsha. 这趟航班从北京出发, 经由长沙, 到达三亚。 You'd better send the letter via airmail. 你做好通过航空邮件把这封信寄出去。
3. I'll be back in Sydney in a fortnight because I've made a reservation on the Indian Pacific train to Perth. 我两星期后返回悉尼,因为我已经预定 了印度洋—太平洋号火车火车票前往珀斯。 fortnight是fourteen nights的缩写,意思是14天,2周。如: a fortnight's vacation 两周的假期。
4. Drive 250km northwestwards from Hobart along the A10 highway and you'll arrive at the southern end of the magnificent Cradle Mountain National Park and World Heritage area. 从霍巴特沿A10号公路沿西北方向行驶 250 公里,你就来到景色壮观的摇篮上国家 公园暨世界遗产保护区的南端。 do sth. and sb. will是一个固定结构,省略了从句中的if you, 意思是“如果......就会......”。
5. However although they look dangerous because of their wide mouths and sharp teeth, all but two or three kinds are harmless to humans. 尽管他们有宽大的嘴巴和锋利的牙齿,看 上去很危险, 然而除了两三种之外,其余的 对人类并没有危害。 all but的意思是“除了......以外,全都”。
6. You might think that with all these dangerous animals Australia is an unsafe place to live in or to visit. However, this is far from the truth. 澳大利亚有这么多危险动物,你也许会 认为在这里居住或到这里旅游很不安全。 但 事实并非如此。 with all these dangerous animals是原因状语, 修饰think that后面的宾语从句。 far from在本句的意思是:“远非;绝不是”, 后面可接名词、动名词或者是形容词。
7. There are no more than a handful of shark attacks each year and only three deaths have been reported in the last five years. 每年仅有少量的鲨鱼袭人事件,而且在过 去五年中, 只有三例死亡报道。 no more than表示”只有;仅仅“。 a handful of一撮;一把; 少数。
1. 由….组成,构成 2. 被….环绕 3. 代表 be made up of be surrounded by represent/stand for 4. live in a similar way to their ancestors 5. 在十七世纪 过着与祖先相似的生活 in the seventeenth century
6. 对….有害 7. 改善生活条件, 8. 通过法律, Be harmful to/ do harm to Improve one’s living conditions pass laws 9. 与……不同, 10. as a consequence of, differ from/be different from 因此,结果
Learning about language 1. Words camp, ash (tray), dirt, valley, beyond, cave, thirst, system, spiritual, faith, elder, curiously, underground, starve, thus, percentage, precious, fence, task, outdoors, shave, argue; Bonny, Italy, Italian, Kooris, aborigines, koala, dingo
2. Morphology related words: taxation, taxed, taxable, taxman; homework, homely, homeland, timely, timing, timer, timetable, defence, defender, defensive, national, nationality, nationally birthplace, birthdate, birthday, reservation, reserved, citizen, citizenship, citywide, tax home time defend nation birth reserve city
3. Expressions fix up, hand down, rather than, give birth to, round up, be experienced at, at the mercy of jaws of death Why are you...? How could you...? Why did you...? Because of... It was because... The reason is that... As he... Since she... Now that...
Therefore,... He was due to.... It is ..., so I’m afraid.... That's why.... He.... so he is ill with fever after the voyage
The Predicative 4.structures 表语的构成及用法
(1) 概念 表语是由系动词引导的主语补足语,补充说明主语。 常见的系动词有: be, become, feel, grow, prove, smell, taste, appear, get, go, remain, sound, turn, look, seem, stay, keep
(2) 表语词类 充当表语成分的有形容词、名词、代词、数词、 副词、介词短语、 词组、不定式、 -ing形式、过去分词、从句等。 如: Australia is the only country that is also a continent. (名词作表语) The area of Australia is 7,686,850 square kilometers. (数词做表语)
That's something you gave to remember when walking in long grass. (代词做表语) It smells strange./ It sounds dangerous. (形容词作表语)
I will be back in Sydney in a fortnight. (副词作表语) 我两周之后将会回悉尼。 I will be with you in a moment. (介词短语作表语) 我会和你在一起呆一会。
This rock is really amazing. At different times of the day it appears to change colour. I am more interested in learning about the Aboriginal people's day-to-day life. (非谓语动词作表语) 这太令人吃惊了。 在一天之中的不同时间它会变换不同的颜色。我对学习土著人的日常生活越来越有兴趣。
What keeps me from going camping is that I am terrified of snakes. 我不能去露营的原因是我怕蛇。 Australia is no longer what is used to be. 澳大利亚不再是它过去的那个样子了。 The question is who should go there. (从句作表语) 问题是谁应该去那。
(3) 形容词作表语,一般用来修饰和说明主语。 如: You don't look well today. Are you sick? 你今天看起来不是太好。你生病了吗? The weather turns cold, you should wear more clothes. 天气变冷了,你做好多穿点衣服。
(4) 有些形容词只能做表语, 不能作定语。 afraid, asleep, ready, unable,alive, aware, glad, sorry,well, alone, sure,
(5) 名词或名词词组作表语,一般用来确定主语的性质, 或者表达对主语的看法。 eg: He became a doctor. 他成为了一个医生。 He's not the right man for this job. 他不适合这份工作。 She seemed an ideal wife for him. 她看起来似乎是他理想中的妻子。
6. 可以接不定式的系动词有: be, appear, prove, seem eg: The only aim was to get success. She appears to have many beautiful dresses.
专项练习: himself 1. He is not quitetoday. (he) 2. The coat seems.(shrink) 3. I am morein English. (interest) to be shrinking interested