Warmingup、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending.ppt

Unit3AustraliaReading,AustraliaisinOceania,thesmallestcontinentintheworld.ThecapitalisCanberra.Sydneyisafamouscity,whichhasthewell-knownbuildingSydneyOperaHouse.Intheyearof2000,the27thOlympicGameswasheldinSydney.Australiahassomeuniqueanimals,suchasthekangaroo,theemuandthekoala.,Australia:,Warmingup,Haveyoueverbeenthere?WhatplacesdoyouknowinAustralia?(well-knowncities,famousscenicspots,etc.)Lookatthepictures.Whatdoyouseeinthepictures?Canyourecognizethem?,GreatBarrierReefPerthCanberraUluruKakaduSydney,Sydney:thelargestcityinAustralia,whichisthecapitalofthestateofNewSouthWalesandanimportantfinancial,industrial,andeducationalcenter.ItsknownespeciallyfortheSydneyHarbourBridgeandfortheSydneyOperaHouse.TheOlympicGameswasheldinSydneyin2000.,Perth:thecapitalofWesternAustralia,Australiaslargestcityinthewesternpartofthecountry,Kakadu:anationalparkintheNorthernTerritory.ItisapopulardestinationfortouristsinterestedinAustraliastropicalnorthanditswildlife,includingcrocodiles.,Canberra:TheFederalCapitalofAustralia.ParliamentHousefortheCommonwealthofAustraliaisbuilthere.,Uluru:averylargeredrockintheNorthernTerritory,Australia,whichistheworldslargestmonolith(=blockofstone).ItwasformerlyknownasAyersRock,buttheoriginalAustralianAboriginalnameforit,Uluru,isnowpreferred.Itisanotherpopulartouristdestination.,GreatBarrierReef:achainofcoralreefsstretchingabout2,000kilometersalongthecoastofQueensland.Thisisaworldheritagearea,famousforitsabundanttropicalfishandcorals.,Pre-reading,Whattopiciscommontoallfivetexts?,Glancequicklyatthefivetextsbelowandthenanswerthequestions,ThefivetextsareaboutsomeaspectsofAustralia.,2.WhatdoesText1“GlimpsesofAustralia”mainlytellus?,AgeneraldescriptionofthephysicalfeaturesandecologyofAustraliaanditspoliticalorganization.,3.OnAustraliaDay,_.A.peoplesinganddancetogetherB.peopleenjoyAustraliafoodC.somepeoplefromoverseaswereacceptedasthecitizensinAustraliaD.peoplecantravelalloverAustralia,4.IfyoutripfromSydneytoPerth,youcansee_.A.mountainsandtreesB.mountainsandplainsC.mountains,plainsandwildlifeD.plains,treesandwildlife,5.TherockinUluruisamazingbecause_.A.itisveryhighB.itisverylargeC.itissacredD.itcanchangecolor6.HowmanyWorldHeritageismentionedinthefivetexts?A.1B.2C.34.14,TheBlueMountains,UluruRock,CradleMountainNationalPark,WheredomostAustralianslive?2.Inwhatcitydofederalpoliticianswork?3.HowmanypeopleliveinAustralia?,Thesouth-easterncostalareaofAustralia.,Canberra.,20million.,Skimming,4.WhenisAustraliaDay?5.HowfarisitfromPerthtoSydney?6.HowmanyWorldHeritageSitesarethereinAustralia?,26thJanuary.,4,352kilometers,14.,Reading,Nowreadthefivetextsagainmorecarefullyandfillintheform.SomethingaboutAustralia,CommonwealthofAustralia,Canberra,20,thesouth-easterncoastalarea,7,686,850,sixthlargest,6,MelbourneandSydney,itshuge,openspace,brightsunshine,enormousnumberofsheepandcattleanditsunusualwildlife.,26January,Australian,BlueMountains,plainsoftheNulbarbor,avarietyofwildlife,therollinghills,therustyredsofAustraliascenter,thetropicalsplendorofDarwin,changecolor,grey-redatsunrise,burningredatdusk,itsmountainpeaks,lakes,ancientforests,walking,arangeofshortwalks,True(T)orfalse(F).1.CanberraislocatedbetweenSydneyandMelbourne.2.ThefirstpeopleofAustraliawereknownasaboriginesandTorresStraitIslanders.3.Thepopulationofaboriginesdecreasedsharplyafterthearrivalofforeignsettlers.4.In1902,Aboriginesandothernon-Europeansenjoyedthesamerights.5.“Noworries”inAustraliameans“EverythingwillbeOK.,1.Whatsthewritingstyleofthepassage?2.Whatsthecharacteristicofthepassage?,Illustratingwriting.,Asawhole,classificationdeclarationisusedwithsubtitlestointroduceAustralia,makingthestudentshaveaclearideaofit.Numbers,examplesandpicturesarealsoused,makingtheillustrationmorevividandconcrete.,Discussthequestions,3.Whatsthewritingpurposeofthepassage?,Thepassagenotonlymakesusrea