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TO AUSTRALIA Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» My name is Mikhailova Alina Vitalievna. I am pleased “Welcome to Australia” to present you my project This project will introduce you to many aspects of Australian Life: history, geography, language, town life, flora and fauna. I hope you’ll enjoy using this wonderful project and learning about Australia. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» AUSTRALIA Australia is situated in the southThe Commonwealth west of the Pacific Ocean. of Australia is a federation of 6 former colonies: New South Wales (Sydney), Victoria (Melbourne), Queensland (Brisbane), Western Australia (Perth), Tasmania (Hobart), South Australia Australia is the largest island (Adelaide). Михайлова А. В. and it is the smallest continent. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» AUSTRALIA’S UNIQUE HISTORY James Cook was sent to discover the huge land that many people believed was south of the equator. He landed south of present day Sydney in New South Wales. In 1901 Australia became a nation within the British Empire under Queen VIcToRIA’S rule. It was called the Commonwealth of Australia. Captain James Cook discovered Australia in 1770. In 1931 Australia gained independence from Great Britain. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» ABORIGINES Every Aborigine had one main job. That was to find Both men andAustralian’s women were good It food. is supposed that hunters, andinhabitants, everyone had to know what was native the Aborigines, safe People to eat and whatBritain wasat not. Their weapons arrived in Great Australia least 40.000 of came to Australia Some people were made of wood and Aborigines spent overyears 200 ago. years ago torocks. takethink the that Aborigine’s they came in of boats, and gathering others food. over the day land.three-quarters They had diseases that killed many think thatbuild there houses was a land bridge They did not because they were Aborigines. Aborigines fought for their land they walked across. No one really constantly moving to newToday placesthere hunting for but knows they were defeated. are few for sure. food. They did not true Aborigines left.wear clothes because they had no need for them. Water was the most important thing they needed to live. Aborigines became experts in finding water in the driest land. They were very good people. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» Sometimes Australia is called “the down Australia is the hottest place in upside the Southern world”. Can you guess Because Australia liesare in Hemisphere. In why? July usual temperatures the Southern Hemisphere, where comes July from 12° to 20° C. in winter January the inusual and temperatures summer begins in December. During are 20° to 30° C above zero the or Christmas holidays people often sunbathe on the higher. beach or swim and surf in the ocean. American British Australia’s Australian official candy lollies languagesweets is English. Australian English year does grade form not differ store shopsignificantly shop from other forms of mailbox postbox letterbox English, although some mom mum mum expressions are unique to fallAustralia. autumn autumn Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» Sydney Opera House The capital of isand Melbourne Sydney is is the aAustralia very largest multiCanberra. theis oldest cultural city city.It Melbourne inis not Australia. biggest and Sydney the acknowledged is city. homeSydney to nearly Culture four Melbourne are Sydney's much million Capital ofpeople. Australia, with population world-class is music, mainly isEnglish dance, larger. Canberra a in opera, background, comedy andmore theatre. than beautiful city but with parks, aThere quarter arebig ofa lot itsstreets residents of interesting were lakes, and born sights overseas! in Melbourne: the buildings. ItSydney is Opera an House National is Gallery one of of theVictoria, greatest international city full of examples the Melbourne of 20th Concert Century Hall, offices. Canberra is architecture. the Victorian It Arts was conceived Centre, situated in the Australian by the Danish Melbourne architect Joern zoo. CapitalIt Territory insecond the of Utzon. Melbourne is isthethesymbol Sydney’s largest city cultural in Australia. life. southeast corner of New South Wales. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» AUSTRALIA 450 species of mammals, 300 species of lizards, 140 species of snakes, 2 species of crocodiles, 2,000 species of bony sea fish, 180 species of fresh water fish, 100 species of sharks, 50 species of rays, 750 species of birds, 2,000 species of flies, 5,000 species of bees, 110,000 species of insects and 2,000 species of spiders. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» Australia’s best-known animals are the kangaroo, the koala and the dingo. There are 55 species of parrots in Australia. They are very colourful. The emu is the most interesting bird in Australia. It is big and cannot fly. The kookaburra is another interesting Australian bird. It cannot sing, but laughs like a human! THE MOST EXTRAODINARY COUNTRY TO EXPLORE Kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. The kangaroo is perhaps the best known of Australia’s animals. There are more than 40 different kinds of kangaroos in Australia, in many different sizes and colours. The big red kangaroo and the grey kangaroo may be as tall as a grown – up man. Some kangaroos are about the size of a large dog. The smallest kangaroo is the rat kangaroo. They can often be seen in many of the forests and parks. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» Kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» Kangaroos are the largest living marsupials in the world and are usually red or grey. The Australian Coat of Arms has a Kangaroo and Emu holding a shield with symbols representing the six states on it. Kangaroos have greatly enlarged hind legs, a strong, muscular tail, small forelegs, a relatively small head, and large ears. They usually move around with a hopping gait. The long, strong tail is used as a balance when hopping and as a prop when resting or fighting. Koala Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» Koala is one of the bestknown and most loved animals in Australia. Koalas live in wooded areas containing suitable food. They are very fussy eaters, feeding almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves. The koala is often incorrectly called a “Koala Bear”. It is not related to the bear family at all as it is a marsupial mammal, not a placental. The koala sleeps in a fork of a tree for most of the day and moves about and feeds at night. How did the Koala get its name? The Australian Aborigines used Though its range extends across eastern and southeastern Australia the word "koala" when they did not wish to drink from a roughly from Cairns to Adelaide), the koala's distribution is far from communal water vessel. They adapted the usage of this word to continuous. Today it is still absent from large areas of apparently include the tree dwelling animals that did not drink. The koala, suitable habitat. On the other hand, it has been successfully called a native bear by the first settlers, is not a bear but a introduced into many areas where it apparently did not occur before marsupial. A series of advertisements in America run by QANTAS European settlement. Its habitat requirements are not yet clearly featuring the koala led to a lot of Americans referring to them as understood but, in general, koalas seem to prefer open forests over "QANTAS bears". dense forests and lowlands over highlands. The koala has a large head, hairy ears fringed with white, and a The koala sleeps during the day, usually huddled up in a fork in large nose. It has dense, woolly, grayish white fur. It grows up to 84 cold weather, sprawled along a branch with legs dangling in warm cm long, and weighs up to 14 kg. Selective eaters of eucalyptus weather. Most feeding occurs just after sunset. A typical koala leaves and young bark, koalas are solitary or live in small harems spends about 20 per cent of its time feeding, nearly 80 per cent led by a single male. The young are born after a gestation sleeping, and less than one per cent grooming, traveling and seeking (pregnancy) period of 25 to 30 days and weigh about 5.5 g (0.2 oz) mates. Koalas are solitary animals occupying home ranges normally at birth. They spend about 6 months in the mother's pouch and are about three hectares in extent, though this varies widely with habitat weaned on predigested eucalyptus leaves. After this the young cub and population density. They are not particularly sedentary, and takes to riding on its mothers back. At one year of age it leaves the wanderings of up to 20-30 kilometres have been recorded. mother, fends for itself and finds it own tree. AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CROSSWORD DOWN: DOWN: 1. 70% of Australian is … 1. fauna marsupial 3. These animals often have pouches to carry 3. kangaroo the young. 5. koala 5. A marsupial bear. 7. This reptile is killed every year for skin. 7. alligator 9. Many of these Australian colourful birds 9. parrot are illegally transported overseas. 11. Animals with no backbone. 11. invertebrate 13. Another word for “animals”. 1 3 4 2 7 14 13. fauna ACROSS: 2. Australia has nearly half a million species ACROSS: of plants and … 2. animals 4. These animals produce milk to suckle their young. 4. mammals 6. A native dog of Australia. 6. dingo 8. A mammal that lays soft-shelled eggs. 8. platypus 10. This animal is killed because of the ivory. 12. This animal is the10. most destructive in elephant Australia. 12.birds rabbit 14. You can meet these not only in Australia. 14. seagull 15. A mouse that can fly. 15. bat Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» 11 6 8 9 10 5 13 12 15 TEST Complete the sentences or guess. Then check it. 1. The Commonwealth of Australia is a federation of 6 ______________former colonies. James Cook 2. Captain __________________ discovered Australia. the Aborigines 3. Australia's native inhabitants were ___________________ . English 4. Australia’s official language is _______________________ . Canberra 5. The capital of Australia is ___________________________ . The kookaburra . 6. It can’t sing, but laughs like a human. _________________ kangaroo 7. The symbol of Australia is ___________________________ . a Kangaroo and Emu . 8. The Australian Coat of Arms has ______________________ 9. It has got a large head, hairy ears fringed with white and a large nose. It has dense, woolly, grayish white fur. ________ Koala . 10. Australia is the largest island and it is the smallest ___________________ . continent МИХАЙЛОВОЙ А. В., учителем английского языка МОУ «СОШ п. ОПЫТНЫЙ ЦИВИЛЬСКОГО РАЙОНА ЧУВАШСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ» E-mail: [email protected] Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики» http://www.apex.net.au/~mhumphry/austwild.htm/ Клементьева Т. Б., Shannon J. A., «Счастливый английский», учебник английского языка для учащихся 7-9 классов. – Обнинск: Титул, 1996. http://www.images.google.ru http://www.nova.rambler.ru http://www.google.com Михайлова А. В. МОУ «СОШ п. Опытный Цивильского района Чувашской Республики»