7 make up = constitute The girl students make up 80% of our class.
8 particularly the police: The police treated the Kooris badly.
Note making
1 First people arrived in Australia(date): _5_3_,0_0_0__y_e_a_rs__ag_o__
white children.
Choose the right answers. 1 The first people arriving in Australia might be from__C__.
A.Europe B Africa C Asia
2 “Aborigines” means__C____. A the oldest races on the earth
6 be/become experienced at/in sth/doing sth A)She is an experienced teacher. B)They were quite experienced at teaching beginners. C)He is quite experienced in this kind of work.
10 Past number of Kooris languages: _o_v_e_r_2_5_0______
11 Kooris made citizens of Australia : __1_9_6_0________
Thank you for joining us!
7 Percentage of past population of Australia:__1_0_0_%______
8 Percentage of present population of Australia:_a__li_ttl_e_o_v_er 1%
9 Causes of death:
_d_is_e_a_s_e_s,_k_il_l_ed__
after the arrival of foreign settlers. ( F)6 Whenever the Kooris defended their rights,they
killed thousands and thousands of foreign settlers. ( F)7 Koori children enjoy equal rights of education
4 a curiously shaped piece of wood
a widely used language a wrongly pronounced sound
a newly discovered island highly praised deeds
5 gathering =collecting
3 How many languages were spoken in Australia?
Over 250.
Read the story about Australia and then tell whether the sentences are true(T) or false(F). ( F)1 Australia is about 20,000 years old. ( T)2 The first people of Australia were known
--Let’s go to visit Australia!
--A good idea!
Unit 3 Australia Lesson 10
THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA
China
Australia
National Flag
The Opera House in Sydney,with the famous Harbour Bridge,floodlit behind
as aborigines. (T )3 Maybe the aborigines developed the oldest
form of art on the earth. ( F)4 The aborigines lived by farming and fishing. ( T)5 The population of Kooris decreased sharply
Notes 1 were handed down = were passed down
A)The old house has been handed down for three generations.
B)In poor families,clothes may be handed down from one child to the next.
2 the elders = the old people. Elder is used here as a noun.
3 (the oldest form of art )yet discovered on the earth = so far discovered = that has been discovered so far
2 Age of earliest cave paintings:
_2_0_,0_0_0__y_e_a_rs_a_g_o__
3 Food:
an_i_m_a_l_s_,b_i_rd_s_,_fi_s_h_,r_o_o_ts_,_n_u_ts_,_w_i_ld__fr_u_it
4 Tools: 5 Special skills:
B a strong system of society C the first people of a country 3 Their spiritual faith and gods were very important to them.
This means__A__.
A they strongly believed in their spiritual faith and gods B they didn’t develop a civilization of their own C they wanted to be the most important race on the earth
5 The number of aborigines became smaller quickly because_C___.
A foreign settlers brought new disease which killed many of them B foreign settlers seized their land and killed many of them C of both A and B
__fi_s_h_in_g__n_et_s_,s_h_a_p_e_d_p_i_e_c_e_o_f_w__o_o_d_ __fi_n_d_in_g__u_n_d_e_rg_r_o_u_n_d__sp_r_i_n_g_s_____
6 Past Kooris population:
_3_0_0_0_,_0_0_0_—__3_m__il_li_on
4 The Kooris lived by__C___.
A growing different crops and vegetables B inventing and selling different kinds of fishing nets and hunting tools C fishing,hunting animals and gathering roots,nuts and fruits
A section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland
Ayers Rock in the Northern Territories is a sacred site to the Aboriginal people.
Australian cowboys herding cattle on a ranch in the outback
Australia’s capitol building in Canberra
Pre-reading discussion
1 Where did the Australians come from? Asia.
2 What did the Kooris use for hunting? A curiously shaped piece of wood.