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Australia•Amazing叹为观止•Unexpected超乎想象•Stylish时尚之巅•Tempting诱人魅力•Relaxing悠然一刻•Adventurous体验极限•Liberating自由自在•Inspiring灵感无限•Attractive梦萦魂牵AustralianSceneriesAustralianSceneriesWhatandhowmuchdoyouknowaboutAustralia?AustraliaMapofAustraliaAustraliaismadeupofsixstatesandtwoterritories:WesternAustralia,SouthAustralia,Queensland,NewSouthWales,Victoria,Tasmania,AustralianCapitalTerritoryandNorthernTerritory.Australiaissurroundedbytwooceans:theIndianOceaninthewestandthesouth,andthePacificOceaninthenortheast.TheAustralianflagshowstheUKflagandalargestarwithsevenpoints.Sixofthepointsrepresentthestatesandtheseventhstandsforalltheterritories.TheotherstarsontheflagrepresenttheSouthernCross(南十字星座)–agroupofstarsinthesouthernskythatcanbeusedtofindtheSouthPole.TheUKflagNationalday：January，26thNationalflower：GoldenwattleCapitalcity：CanberraAustralia’sNationalFloralEmblemisthegoldenwattle.IthasbeenusedinthedesignofAustralianstampsandmanyawardsintheirhonourssystem.AsonespeciesofalargegenusoffloragrowingacrossAustralia,thegoldenwattleisasymbolofunity.EnglishistheofficiallanguageofAustralia.AustralianEnglishdiffersinpronunciationfromBritishandAmericanEnglish,andsomeofthevocabularyuseddownunderisquitedifferentfromwhatyoumayhavelearntinyourEnglishclass.Australiansarefondoftheirlanguageandlovetohavefunwithit.•NoworriesisAustralianforeverythingwillbeOK.Mateusuallymeansfriendorcompanion,butcanbesaidtoanyone.Asheilaisafemale,theoutbackisthewilderness,abillabongisawaterholeinadryriverbed,auniisauniversity,andtogowalkaboutistotakealongjourneytogetawayfromone'sdallylife.TheSydneyoperahouseinSydney,Australiaisthe20thcenturymostmagnificentarchitecture,andalsooneoftheworldfamousperformingartscenter,andhasbecometheiconicSydney.TheOperaHousesymbolizesbothSydneyandAustralia.TheOperaHouse’sdesignlooksabitlikeshellsonabeachorsailsonthewater.AlsoknownastheAyersRock(艾尔斯巨石),restinginthemiddleoftheAustraliancontinent.Uluru乌卢鲁巨岩Standingataheightofmorethanonethousandfeetfromthedesertground,themonumentwasnamedbyAnangu,澳大利亚中部艾尔斯巨石（AyersRock）又名乌卢鲁巨石(UluruRock属澳大利亚土著人语言)，位于北领地艾丽斯泉市（AliceSprings）西南方向约340公里处，是世界最大的整体岩石，俗称我们人类地球上的肚脐，号称世界七大奇景之一，距今已有4-6亿年历史。因此每年吸引着来自澳大利亚国内外约40万游客前去观赏。艾尔斯巨石是澳大利亚土著人（Anangu阿南格族）的圣山，是澳大利亚的发祥地。艾尔斯巨石基围周长约9公里，海拔867米，距地面的高度为348米，长3000米。她位于澳大利亚大陆的正中央，孤零零地奇迹般地凸起在那荒凉无垠的平坦荒漠之中，好似一座荒凉礼赞般的、超越时空与地空间的天然丰碑。对这块世界上独一无二的巨大岩石，至今科学家仍破解不出其确凿的出处来源，有的说是数亿年前从太空上坠落下来的流星石，其三分之二沉入了地下，三分之一浮在了地面。有的则说是一亿两千万年前与澳洲大陆一起浮出水面的深海沉积物，恐怕这个难题将成为千古之谜。1873年一位来自南澳的测量员，名叫威廉•克里斯蒂•高斯横跨这片荒漠，正当他饥渴难耐之时，突然一座巨大的石山展现在他的面前，当时他还以为自己是因疲劳而产生的幻觉，没想到竟是一座奇特的整体巨大岩石。因为他来自南澳，因此就以时任南澳洲总理亨利•艾尔斯的名字命名了这座大岩石。1985年澳大利亚政府正式把这座圣岩交给当地土著居民阿南格族管理，现在这里已开辟成了一座国家公园，英文名字为Uluru-KataTjutaNationnalPark，这个公园现在已被世界自然文化遗产组织列入保护名单。TheGreatBarrierReefTheGreatBarrierReef,istheworld'slargestcoralreefs,locatedinthesouthernhemisphere,itthroughoutmuchofthenortheastcoastinAustraliaTheGreatBarrierReefhasahistoryofover25millionyears.Itsareaarestillgrowing.TheGreatBarrierReefTheGreatBarrierReefistheonlylivingorganiccollectivevisible（明显可见的）fromEarth’sorbit（范围）.AustraliaKoalaKoalasliveinAustralia,isanationaltreasureofAustralia,andAustraliapreciousoriginalarborealanimalsKeywordstoknowpopulationweatherplacesofinterestTheSydneyOperaHouse,onthe_____________,isoneofthemostrecognizable_________.Everyyearthenumberofaudiencesgoingforitsvariousperformancesisabout________.Thearchitectureofitisinthestyleof_____________.Thehouse,whichhasahistoryof___yearsorso,is___meterslongand___meterswide,including1000rooms.Beforetheperformancesareon,visitorscanalsotakepartin____________insidethebuilding.TheharborBridgeisanother_______ofSydney.Youcanwalkacrossandalso____________oneofthestone______.SydneyHarborlandmarks2millionaship’ssails40185120guidedtourssymbolclimbinsidepylons悉尼歌剧院内部，共有四个厅，分别为音乐大厅、歌剧院、剧场和音乐厅。音乐大厅座位有3千余个，其余各厅从420个到一千五百个不等。歌剧院的设计有许多独特的地方：比如它的外墙上数以万计的白色瓷砖，是从欧洲进口的，造价昂贵，最大的特点，可以进行自我清洁；屋内每一块地砖四角都有小螺丝，可随意拆卸，所有的线路都在地砖下；座椅的密度=人体的密度=座套的密度，让音乐产生最佳的效果。