高中英語選修課：旅游英語 Lesson5 commonwealth of Australia

1、commonwealth of Australia,Australia,Amazing 嘆為觀止 Unexpected 超乎想象 Stylish 時尚之巔 Tempting 誘人魅力 Relaxing 悠然一刻 Adventurous 體驗極限 Liberating 自由自在 Inspiring 靈感無限 Attractive 夢縈魂牽,Australian Sceneries,Australian Sceneries,What and how much do you know about Australia?,Australia,Map of Australia,Australia is m

2、ade up of six states and two territories: Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. Australia is surrounded by two oceans: the Indian Ocean in the west and the south, and the Pacific Ocean in the northeas

3、t.,The Australian flag shows the UK flag and a large star with seven points. Six of the points represent the states and the seventh stands for all the territories. The other stars on the flag represent the Southern Cross (南十字星座) a group of stars in the southern sky that can be used to find the South

4、 Pole.,The UK flag,National day：January，26th,National flower：Golden wattle,Capital city： Canberra,Australias National Floral Emblem is the golden wattle. It has been used in the design of Australian stamps and many awards in their honours system.,As one species of a large genus of flora growing acro

5、ss Australia, the golden wattle is a symbol of unity.,English is the official language of Australia. Australian English differs in pronunciation from British and American English, and some of the vocabulary used down under is quite different from what you may have learnt in your English class. Austr

6、alians are fond of their language and love to have fun with it.,No worries is Australian for everything will be OK. Mate usually means friend or companion, but can be said to anyone. A sheila is a female, the outback is the wilderness, a billabong is a water hole in a dry riverbed, a uni is a univer

7、sity, and to go walkabout is to take a long journey to get away from ones dally life.,The Sydney opera house in Sydney, Australia is the 20th century most magnificent architecture, and also one of the world famous performing arts center, and has become the iconic Sydney.,The Opera House symbolizes b

8、oth Sydney and Australia. The Opera Houses design looks a bit like shells on a beach or sails on the water.,Also known as the Ayers Rock(艾爾斯巨石 ), resting in the middle of the Australian continent.,Uluru烏盧魯巨巖,Standing at a height of more than one thousand feet from the desert ground, the monument was

9、 named by Anangu,澳大利亞中部艾爾斯巨石（Ayers Rock）又名烏盧魯巨石(Uluru Rock屬澳大利亞土著人語言)，位于北領(lǐng)地艾麗斯泉市（Alice Springs）西南方向約340公里處，是世界最大的整體巖石，俗稱我們?nèi)祟惖厍蛏系亩悄殻柗Q世界七大奇景之一，距今已有4-6億年歷史。因此每年吸引著來自澳大利亞國內(nèi)外約40萬游客前去觀賞。艾爾斯巨石是澳大利亞土著人（Anangu阿南格族）的圣山，是澳大利亞的發(fā)祥地。 艾爾斯巨石基圍周長約9公里，海拔867米，距地面的高度為348米，長3000米。她位于澳大利亞大陸的正中央，孤零零地奇跡般地凸起在那荒涼無垠的平坦荒漠之中，好

10、似一座荒涼禮贊般的、超越時空與地空間的天然豐碑。對這塊世界上獨一無二的巨大巖石，至今科學(xué)家仍破解不出其確鑿的出處來源，有的說是數(shù)億年前從太空上墜落下來的流星石，其三分之二沉入了地下，三分之一浮在了地面。有的則說是一億兩千萬年前與澳洲大陸一起浮出水面的深海沉積物，恐怕這個難題將成為千古之謎。,1873年一位來自南澳的測量員，名叫威廉克里斯蒂高斯橫跨這片荒漠，正當(dāng)他饑渴難耐之時，突然一座巨大的石山展現(xiàn)在他的面前，當(dāng)時他還以為自己是因疲勞而產(chǎn)生的幻覺，沒想到竟是一座奇特的整體巨大巖石。因為他來自南澳，因此就以時任南澳洲總理亨利艾爾斯的名字命名了這座大巖石。1985年澳大利亞政府正式把這座圣巖交給當(dāng)?shù)?/p>

11、土著居民阿南格族管理，現(xiàn)在這里已開辟成了一座國家公園，英文名字為Uluru-Kata Tjuta Nationnal Park，這個公園現(xiàn)在已被世界自然文化遺產(chǎn)組織列入保護(hù)名單 。,The Great Barrier Reef,The Great Barrier Reef , is the worlds largest coral reefs ,located in the southern hemisphere, it throughout much of the northeast coast in Australia,The Great Barrier Reef has a histor

12、y of over 25 million years. Its area are still growing.,The Great Barrier Reef,The Great Barrier Reef is the only living organic collective visible（明顯可見的） from Earths orbit（范圍）.,Australia Koala,Koalas live in Australia, is a national treasure of Australia, and Australia precious original arboreal an

13、imals,Key words to know,The Sydney Opera House, on the _, is one of the most recognizable _. Every year the number of audiences going for its various performances is about _. The architecture of it is in the style of _. The house, which has a history of _ years or so, is _ meters long and _ meters wide, including 1000 rooms. Before the performances are on, visitors can also take part in _ inside the building. The harbor Bridge is another _ of Sydney. You can walk across and also _ one of the stone _.,Sydney Harbor,landmarks,2 million,a ships sails,40,185,120,guided tou