Презентация урока по теме: "Австралия"

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Its capital: London Its symbols: Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, the Thames, the Tower of London, the Queen, etc.

The USA Its capital: Washington Its symbols: the White House, the Capitol, skyscrapers, the Mississippi, the Indians, etc.

Guess what country it is

The Land Down Under Amazing Unusual Sunny Tremendous Rare Attractive Lively Impressive Adventurous

Our Aims We need … . We can … . We must … .

Geographical Names Australia, Australian Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne Brisbane, Perth The Indian Ocean, The Pacific Ocean Murray, Darling Equator Southern Hemisphere

New Words Branch - ветка Desert - пустыня Destroy - разрушать Disease - болезнь Empty - пустой Journey - путешествие Leaf - лист Sudden - неожиданный Suddenly - вдруг

Fill the gaps Have you ever been to the Sahara … ? I found this dry … between the pages of my book. The rain began … and it was very heavy. The … from Zheleznogorsk to Kursk takes 2 hours. The terrible storm …some buildings. In the early morning the street was absolutely … . He has some awful … . That is why he has not come to the party. The … fell down on his car.

Australia: a continent or a country? Australia [D'strelia] is the smallest continent and the biggest island in the world. It is a large and rich country too. In fact, only five countries in the world are bigger than Australia. The journey from the city of Perth in the west to Sydney which is the oldest and the biggest city in the east takes four hours by plane. Canberra is the capital of the country, it is situated in the east too. Australia is a fairly low country. thirds of it, mostly in the west. is desert. There are hills and the dry lakes there. It is very difficult to grow anything on these territories In the west and the centre the temperature is often +35 degrees in the summer months and a lot of the territory is empty. Most of Australians live in the south and east of the country where the summers (from November to April) are warm and the winters (from May to October) are too cold. In winter many people go to the north of the country which is a popular place for winter holidays in the sun. When British people came to Australia in 1788, they gave the name aborigine" to the people they found there. The 300,000 Aborigines who lived in Australia at that time belonged to different tribes and each tribe had its land and language. They travelled a lot during the year to find food and water. They ate plants and fruit a caught animals and fish. They made houses from branches and leaves. Their way of life didn't destroy the land where they lived. The Aborigines believe that once upon time animals, plants and people lived together and made the world. That was "Dreamtime". There are many songs, stories and pictures about it. At special times Aborigines came together in big groups. They painted their bodies, danced and sang and made music. After 1788 their life suddenly began to change. Thousands of Aborigines died from fighting the British or from diseases that appeared on their lands. The British took a lot of Aboriginal land, too.

Answer the Questions How many countries are there on the smallest continent of the world? What is the name of the biggest city in this country? Where do people like to spend their winter holidays? What part of the country is practically empty? What were the native people in Australia? What was their way of living? What happened to many Aborigines? Would you like to visit this country?

Find Antonyms Ancient Appear Disease Dangerous Dry Long East Empty Rich Cold Thick Warm Full Safe Poor Disappear West Modern Thin Health Wet Short

What Have You Learnt About… The Size of the Country Its Cities The Climate The Aborigines

At the Airport

Questions 1) Is it his first trip to Australia? 2) Why did he come to this country? 3) How long is he going to stay there? 4) What is he going to do there?

Home Task Interesting facts about Australia (a monologue – 10-12 sentences) Write a letter to you friend: I am going to fly to Australia.