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1Unit3AustraliaPartOne:TeachingDesignPeriod1:Alessonplanforreading(GLIMPSESOFAUSTRALIAandothers)AimsTohelpstudentsdeveloptheirreadingabilityTohelpstudentslearnaboutAustraliaProcedures■WarmingupbyleaningsomethingaboutCommonwealthofAustraliaTheCommonwealthofAustraliaisacountryintheSouthernHemispherecomprisingtheworld'ssmallestcontinentandanumberofislandsintheSouthern,IndianandPacificOceans.Australia'sneighbouringcountriesareIndonesia,EastTimorandPapuaNewGuineatothenorth,theSolomonIslands,VanuatuandNewCaledoniatothenortheast,andNewZealandtothesoutheast.ThecontinentofAustraliahasbeeninhabitedforover40,000yearsbyIndigenousAustralians.AftersporadicvisitsbyfishermenfromthenorthandbyEuropeanexplorersandmerchantsstartinginthe17thcentury,theeasternhalfofthecontinentwasclaimedbytheBritishin1770andofficiallysettledasthepenalcolonyofNewSouthWaleson26January1788.Asthepopulationgrewandnewareaswereexplored,anotherfivelargelyself-governingCrownColoniesweresuccessivelyestablishedoverthecourseofthe19thcentury.On1January1901,thesixcoloniesfederatedandtheCommonwealthofAustraliawasformed.Sincefederation,AustraliahasmaintainedastableliberaldemocraticpoliticalsystemandremainsaCommonwealthRealm.Thecurrentpopulationofaround20.4millionisconcentratedmainlyinthelargecoastalcitiesofSydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,PerthandAdelaide.■WarmingupbylookingandsayingLookatthephoto?Whatisit?Yes,itisaTammarWallaby.TheTammarWallabyisasmallmemberofthekangaroofamilyandisthetypespeciesforresearchonkangaroosandmarsupials.TheyarefoundonoffshoreislandsontheSouthAustralianandWesternAustraliancoast.TheyareclassifiedasverminonKangarooIsland,wheretheyseasonallybreeduptolargenumbersanddamagetheechidnahabitatontheisland.TammarWallabiesarealsofoundinNewZealandwheretheyweretransportedfromtheSouthAustralianmainlandpopulationwhichhassincebeendriventoextinctionbyferalcatsandfoxes.AlsoknownastheDarmaWallaby,theTammarWallaby'ssmallsize(approx8kg,similartoalargecat)andeaseofkeepingincaptivitymakesitapopularzooanimal.■WarmingupbylisteningtoTHESONGOFAUSTRALIATHESONGOFAUSTRALIA2I.Pre-readingReadingaloudtoyourself(frombooksthatareageandcontentappropriate)isanexcellentwaytofamiliarizeyouwithanewlanguage.Itisimpossibletoreadandcomprehendwhatyoureadunlessyoualreadyknowmostofthevocabularyincludedinthereading.Solet’sgotothevocabularylistfirsttomakeastoryoutofthelist,usingyourknowledgeofEnglishgrammarandyourimaginationoflifeevents.II.ReadingforformsReadtheGLIMPSESOFAUSTRALIAandothersonpage22to:cut/thesentenceintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicative,darkentheconnectivesandunderlinealltheusefulexpressions.GLIMPSESOFAUSTRALIAAUSTRALIACapital：CanberraArea：7,686,850km2Officialname：CommonwealthofAustraliaPopulation：20millionHighestpoint：MountKosciuszko，2,228metresabovesealevelLowestpoint：LakeEyre，15metres/belowsealevel/Australiaistheonlycountry/thatisalsoacontinent．Itisthesixthlargestcountry/intheworld/andisinthesmallestcontinent—Oceania．Itisamainlydrycountry/withonlyafewcoastalareas/thathaveadequaterainfall/tosupportalargepopulation．Approximately80%ofAustralians1iveinthesouth-easterncoastalarea,whichincludesAustralia’stwolargestcities—Melbourne/andSydney．Thecentreofthecontinent，whichismainlydesert/anddrygrassland，hasfewsettlements．Australiaisfamousforitshuge，openspaces，brightsunshine，enormousnumberofsheep/andcattle/anditsunusualwildlife,whichincludekangaroos/andkoalas．Australiaisapopulardestination/withtourists/fromallovertheworld/whocometoexperienceitsuniqueecology．Australiaismadeupofsixstates．Likethestates/inAmerica，Australianstatesareautonomous/insomeareasofgovernment．However,Australiahasafederalgovernmentresponsible/formatters/thataffectpeoplealloverthecountry,suchasdefence，foreignpolicy/andtaxation.ThefederalparliamentislocatedinCanberra．CITIZENSHIPCEREMONIESPLANNEDAROUNDAUSTRALIAOn26January，AustraliaDay，inover200locations/acrossthenation,morethan9,000peoplewillbecomeAustraliancitizens．Bythesecitizenshipceremonies/wewelcomethose/whohavecomefromoverseas/frommanydifferentcultural/andsocialbackgrounds/intoourcommunities/andournation，saidtheMinister/forCitizenship/andMulticulturalAffairs．“AustraliaDaycelebrations/thatincludepeople/fromsomanybirthplaces/areanexcellentway/toencouragetolerance，respect/andfriendship/amongallthepeopleofAustralia．Mostcitizenshipceremonieswillbefollowedbydisplaysofsinging/anddancing/frommanyofthemigrants’homelands/andthetastingoffood/fromalloverthe3world．GOBYPLANEANDSEETHECLOUDSGOBYTRAINANDSEEAUSTRALIAEnjoy3nightsonboardtheIndian-PacificOnthis4,352-kmjourney/fromSydney/toPerthviaAdelaide/you'llviewsomeofAustralia'suniquescenery/fromthesuperbBlueMountains/tothetreelessplainsoftheNullarbor．Alongtheway/youwillspotafascinatingvarietyofwildlife．Enjoy2nightsonboardtheGhanAsyoutravelfromAdelaide/toDarwinviaAliceSprings，you'llobservesomeofAustralia'smostspectacularlandscapes---fromtherollinghillssurroundingAdelaide/totherustyredsofAustralia'scenter/andthetropicalsplendourofDarwin．Formoreinformation，timetables/andfaresgoto，Iwish/youco