1、Unit 3AustraliaTheFirstPeriodAims:Motivate is to know about Australia by conversation and prepare the is for the listening and speaking activities that follow.Contents:1. Warning up:The students are given a map of Australia and asked to think about what they know about the country and which places t

2、hey would like to visit.Where is AustraliaName the famous cities in AustraliaHere is a map of a world give the names of the oceans and continents.4 Oceans:ArcticOceanAtlanticOceanIndianOceanPacificOcean7 continentsAfricaAsia Antarctic Oceania Europe North America and South America2. Listening and Di

3、scussing:Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.(1) What is Wei Ping worried about?(2) Does Bob share his worry?(3) Do you think by the end of the conversation Bob has talked Wei Ping into goingcamping?Listen again and then discuss and complete the poster on the right of page 27.3. Writ

4、ing a reply:Read the mail on page 29 then write a reply you need to list all the reasons for and against the trip decide on your point of view with reasons.Tell what you suggest. Give each of your reasons in one paragraph.Starting:I hop you will find my advice useful .The SecondPeriodAims:A brief in

5、troduction of Australia.Contents:1. Glance quickly at the five texts below and answer the questions.(1)What topic is common to all five texts?(2)What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text.(Scenery animals politics customs places of interest.)(3)Match each reading passage with a description b

6、elow.2. ComprehendingThe questions help you practice skimming for information .You should try to answer them in the shortest possible time. You do not need to read every word of all fivereading passages in order to answer them.(1) Where do most Australians live?(2) In what city do federal politician

7、s work?(3) How many people live in Australia.(4) When is Australia Day?(5) How far is it from Perth to Sydney(6) How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia?(7) Which part of Australia get the most rainfall?(8) Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?(9) What two World Heritage sites a

8、re named in these texts?3. Discussion:Discuss these questions with others in your class each of 4 groups has topic to discussGroup1: Each year largenumbers of people become Australiancitizens.Whydo you thinkthey choose to become citizens?Group2:Whendo you thinktravelingby trainacrossAustraliawould b

9、e appropriateand when do you thinktravelingby planewould be more suitable?Give more than onereason.Group3: In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons.Group4: Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia.4. Choose one or two is to present the answers to qu

10、estions of each group.The Third PeriodAims:To discover useful words and expressions and keep key sentences in mind.Contents:1.Complete the sentences with words below.backgrounds nation citizens tolerance Aboriginal homelands migrantsrespectThe majorityof Australiansare_ from many different_. Infact,

11、theonly_ whose ancestors have lived here for more than 200 hundred years arethe_ people. Most Australians believe that having people from so manydifferent_ creates_ and_ and makes Australia a stronger_ and amore interesting place to live.2. You will find it easier to learn English words in clusters.

12、 Read aloud the following words and write down as many words related to them as possible. Compare your lists with a partner.EXAMPLE: rain,rainbow,rainfall, rainy, raindrop,raincoat, rainforest, rainwaterrain tax home rust time right autonomy defend toleratecelebrate nation city birth associate reser

13、ve way3. Explain key words and phrases adequate adj. sufficientenough inadequateadequate: 著重符合一個客觀要求或標準 . 兼有適合之意sufficient:較偏重分量或數量的 足夠 多用書面語enough: 常用語 , 也較偏重分量或數量的足夠eg: His mages are adequate to support the familyapproximately: adv. Nearly be most the same as sth.approximate: adj.大概的 大約準確的v.The co

14、st approximates 30000 dollars. (vt)associate: vt. join togetherThe story approximated to the truth. (vi)Connect ideas in one s mindAssociate.with 將 ( 不同的事物 ) 聯系起來Red is usually associate angerassociation: n.聯合 聯盟 協會 社團association football英式足球in association with與 . 有關連 / 聯合defence/ defense: n.防御 防御措施

15、國防部The Ministry of Denfense國防部defend: v. keep safe from harm;protect against attack保衛 防守 為 . 辯護He defended me from the drunken man.They defened very well in that game.比賽中他們放手的非常好He is prepared to defend my ideas.他準備好為自己的構想辯護in defense of保衛 speak in defense of為辯護The Fourth PeriodAims:Main sentences e

16、specially compounded sentences ask is to read fluently and recite it freely.Contents: key sentences:1. Australia is the only country that is also a continent.2. Do not you know that Australia was as a matter of fact what used to be a nation of prisoners.3. The centre of the continent, which is mainl

17、y desert and dry grassland has few settlements4. The rest of the furniture is made up of a bed, a table and four chairs, which are made of steel and wood.5. She is dressed in which like a nurse, which she is not6. He told me, which was believable, who did all this.7. He said nothing, which made her

18、angry.8. Like the states in America, Asutralian states are autonomous in some areas of government.9. I wish you could see this amazing rock.I wish I were you.I wish he had finished his homework.10. Drive250 km northwestwardsfrom Hobart along the 10 highway and you willarriveof the southern end of theAnalyze the structuresof sentencebelow and underlineallpractice with a partner.KIM: The meat seems to be shrinkin