VII. Choose an animal occurring only in Australia and write about it. Draw a poster how to protect the kangaroo.
Speak on:
Australia
Memory work. Riddles.
What is the country of Oz?
How did the Dutch name the land?
Lesson 6
1. Famous People. Outstanding Places.
• Reading and speaking.
You are going to read about the family of Yuriy Kostenko.
Pre-reading task.
1). Check the meaning of these words in your dictionary.
2) “Brainstorm”
What words will describe Australia. Let’s revise.
The Pacific Ocean
The Commonwealth of
Australia
Commonwealth of Nations
The Pacific Ocean
A continent island
S
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states and two territories
Australian climate
No extreme cold
The south hemisphere
Geological isolation
Many species
Peculiar animals and birds
The Murray and the Darling
The House of Representatives
Adelaide
Sydney
3) Lexical Drills
а) Agree or disagree with the statements.
T: Students, you know much about Australia. Imagine, that I am a reporter and have some information about this country, but I’m not sure if it is true. Your task is to agree or disagree with my sentences.
T - P1, P2, P3…P9
1. Australia is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. (+)
2. It is washed only by the Indian Ocean. (-)
3. The official name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia. (+)
4. There are two hot deserts in Australia. (+)
5. Australia is famous for its pigs. (-)
6. The Commonwealth of Australia consists of two states and two territories. (-)
7. Australia is the flattest of the continents. (+)
8. Australia is the country where all the rivers run into one lake. (+)
9. It leads the world in wool production and is a significant supplier of grains. (+)
В) Thank you for your answers. Now I am going to describe a country. You are to guess its name and what the favourite sport and dish of this country are.
It is the country where the climate is warm and dry with no extreme cold and frost. There is comparatively little seasonal temperature change, winds are light to moderate, except along the coasts, where cyclones have occurred. Their favourite sport is surfing, their favourite dish is kangaroo meat.
(Australia)
4. Put the sentences in order to make a short story. But all the sentences are separated. You are to read them in the right logical order. ( роздаткові картки). Work in groups.
HO1
The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state.
There are many islands of which Tasmania is the most important.
Australia has an area of nearly 3 mln sq. miles.
The population of Australia is 16 mln people.
The capital of the country is Canberra.
The official language is English.
Australia’s climate is relatively warm and dry.
It has winter when we have summer.
Geological isolation has resulted in many species not fount elsewhere.
10)Australia’s greatest rivers are the Murray and the Darling, other rivers do not reach the sea but fall into lake Eyre in South Australia.
11) It leads the world in wool production.
12)There are five big cities in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
5. T: After the discovery of Australia by Tasman and later by James Cook it was first used as a colony for convicts. They worked hard to make this country better. Will you recite a poem about their hard labour.
“Old Botany Bay”
by Mary Gilmore
I’m old Botany Bay Stiff in the joints, Little to say;
I am he Who paved the way That you might walk At you ease today;
I was the conscript Sent to hell To make in the desert The living well;
I bore the heat, I blazed the track Furrowed and bloody Upon my back.
I split the rock I felled the tree: The nation was Because of me!
Old Botany Bay Taking the sun From day to day… Shame on the mouth That would deny The knotted hands That set up high! |
Я старый Ботани Бей Крепкий как сталь, Не гнусь, хоть убей.
Это я мостил дороги, Чтобы вы, потомки, Не сломали ноги.
Я – каторжник, Посланный в ад, Чтобы сделать из пустыни Цветущий сад.
Мой тяжкий труд, Как в страшном сне Оставил след кровавый На моей спине.
Я скалы взрывал, Деревья срубал, И, если б не я, Не было б и тебя.
Старый Ботани Бей Живуч, хоть бей иль не бей. Позор тому, Что вдруг забыл, Кто эту жизнь Ему добыл. |
Audition “Sydney”
SYDNEY
Sydney is the chief city and port of Australia, capital of NSW on Port Jackson, an inlet /I mile e and 8 mils long/ of the Pacific. Population of Sydney is over 3, 5 million. Sidney has few thousands f aborigines. Sidney has no slums but some Aborigines live in substandard housing.! The city covers 4,700 miles. Sydney is gateway to Australia. Kingsford Smith International airport is the nation's busiest' It s in beautiful hills near 60-km wonderful beaches] The people of the capital, "Sydneysiders", say that Sydney is the "most beautiful city on earth". It has a perfect Mediterranean climate, and fresh sea air.
Sydney is Australia's oldest city. Captain Cook stopped near here in Botany, Bay in 177O.Sydney received its first shiploads of convictsJ750 men and women on January 26,1788.'Captain Phillips, the first governor chose the sit and named it for Viscount Sidney. About 1800, a farmer named John Macarthur brought the first Merino sheep to the area. This breed created wool industry and attracted many free settlers.
Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay /1846-1888/ visited Sidney in 1878. He took part in the intellectual and -scientific life of the city. He established a marine biological station in Australia. He worked there for several years. He married Margaret Robertson / d.1938 / in 1848. They had 2 sons. He died in Russia at 42.J n the wedding rings and on the grave of Miklouho-Maclay at his request was written "NDCDU" - Nothing but Death Can Divide Us.Miklouho-Maclay's parents were by origin from Malyn, Zhytomyr Region, Ukraine. There is a collection of his papers in Sydney. A bronze sculpture was brought to Sydney from Russia in 1996 to mark his 150th anniversary. His grandsons live in Sydney.
Sydney also is the most modern place in Australia.; Its buildings are the highest and its colours are the brightest! A lot of Australia's cultural life is found here. Artists, writers, opera singers all live here. ? 3ine people call the city 'the Paris of the Pacific". But Paris hasn't got such sea, sand, sun, surf and Bondi Beach to relax and have rest.
Sydney has one of the most spectacular harbours in the world where snow-white yachts sail lazily _nder the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The center of Sydney consists of elegant buildings. The Centerpoint Tower stands majestically beside David Jones Department Store, "the most beautiful store in the world".
George Street, the^ city's main street, runs to the center of downtown side. The down town area in-.!udes high-rise buildings! Eat of the town includes Hyde-Park, the Domain and the Royal Botanic Gardens and the Parliament Housed King Cross includes many nightclubs and restaurants. Hyde Park Barracks, n'ow a museum, originally housed male convicts. An Island in Sydney Harbour is called Pinchgut because it served as a prison where it inmates often went hungryJ_Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Tunnel which runs under the harbour, links downtown with the suburbs. The large recreation areas are Royal National Park and Ku-Ring-Gai Chase.
Peddington is an area of beautiful houses one hundred years old near the center of Sydney. The Australians call it "Paddo". It is a good place to live in but very expensive.
The famous Sydney Opera House / 1973/ looks like sails or waves when they break on the beach. It is set like a diamond against the blue waters. It was designed by the Danish architect J. Utson. It is one of the finest buildings built in the 1990s. The State Library owns a huge collection of books. The Art Gallery displays works by Australian and European artists. You can see here Tom Roberts' /1856/ picture "Bailed,up" - a story of the gold-rush; Margaret Preston's /1875-1963/ "Implement Blue" 1X9211 - a "still life" of shadows.
Sydney has 30 beaches, among them a surfing beach, Bondy and Manly. The Festival of Sydney begins with fireworks on January 1 and lasts the entire months. The royal Easter show, held in April, resembles a country fair.
Sydney is an industrial city of textiles food processing, foundries, motorcars, machinery, plastics and petrol refining.14, 300 plants employ 1,2 millions workers. The Sydney's exports include coal, meat, wheat and wool. To reduce pollution, Sydney built 3 outfalls; they run under the seabed up to 4 km out to sea. But water pollution remains a problem. Port Jackson id crossed by a single-span arch bridge built in 1932. Sidney has 5 universities. University of Sidney / 18,000 students/ was founded in l850 and University of NSW in 1958.
Sidney is the host of the 27th Olympic Games 2000. The Sidney 2000 Games, and the Paralym pics Games for disabled athletes to follow enjoyed wide community support.200 countries participate. There are 27 sports on the program. The 2000 Olympic Games focus on two primary zones -Sydney Olympic Park and the Sydney Harbour Zone. Sydney Olympic park at Homebush is being built on former industrial land. It is an environmental triumph for Sydney. It will be the site of the Olympic Stadium for 110,000 spectators and the Athletes' Village for 10,000 sportsmen and 5,000 team officials.
Work in groups:
HO2
Group 1
Choose the words from the text to complete the sentence.
Opera House |
Sydneysiders |
Sydney |
Paris |
gateway |
_______ is a chief city and port of Australia and the capital of the New South Wales.
Sydney is _____ to Australia.
_______say, that Sydney is “the most beautiful city on earth”.
Some people call Sydney the _____ of the Pacific.
The famous Sydney______ was designed by the Danish architect J.Utson.
Group 2
Listen to the text and circle the correct letter.
1. Sydney is a) the chief b)the second grade city.
2. Population of Sydney is over a)3,5 or b)10 million.
3. a)Miklouho-Maclay or b)Catherine II visited Sydney.
4. East of the town includes a) Park of Nature or b) Hyde Park.
5. Sydney Opera House looks like a) clouds or b) sails.
Group 3
Discuss the answers to the questions with your groupmates.
What is the capital of the state New South Wales.
As for you, what is “the most beautiful city on earth”?
(Kyiv), (East or west – home is the best)
What is the difference between Paris and the Paris of the Pacific?
What surfing beach is the most popular?
Which city is the host of the 27th Olympic Games 2000?
9. Переказ тексту “Sydney”