(
课件网) 高三年级 英语 选修九 人教版 Unit 3 Australia Learning objectives 1 2 3 Discovery of tips on describing a place Cooperation in dealing with study difficulties Practice describing a place Australia Australia Vocabulary Revision STEP ONE Reading comprehension STEP THREE Warming up STEP TWO STEP FOUR Reading makes one concise TEACHING PROCEDURE Homework STEP FIVE Practice writing Revision of words 1.continent n. _____ adj. 2.adequate adj. _____adv. 3.main adj._____adv. 4.coast n._____ adj. 5.dry adj. _____v. 6.approximate adj._____ adv. 7.southeast n. _____adj. 8.center adj. _____n. 9.settle v. _____n. 10.universe n. _____adj. continental adequately mainly coastal dry approximately southeastern central settlement universal Warming up First watch a video Today we are going to learn about Australia. It is a country and also a continent. Australia is in Oceania, the smallest continent in the world. The capital is Canberra. Sydney is a famous city, which has the well-known building Sydney Opera House. In the year of 2000, the 27th Olympic Games was held in Sydney. Australia has some unique animals, such as the kangaroo, the platypus and the koala. Australia: Where does Australia lie? Australia lies in south hemisphere and is surrounded by oceans: the Indian Ocean in the West, the Southern Ocean in the south and the Pacific Ocean in the northeast. Have you ever been there? What places do you know in Australia? (well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc. ) Look at the pictures. What do you see in the pictures? Can you recognize them? The map of Australia The Opera House in Sydney,with the famous Harbour Bridge, floodlit(灯光照明的) behind A section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland Great Barrier Reef Ayers Rock (Uluru乌卢鲁) in the Northern Territories is a sacred(神圣的 )site to the Aboriginal(土著的) people. Australian cowboys herding cattle on a ranch(大农场) in the outback(内地). Australia’s capitol(国会大厦) building in Canberra Koalas Platypus（鸭嘴兽） Kangaroos Pre-reading Glance quickly at the five texts below and then match each passage with a description below a postcard from someone on holiday part of a text in an encyclopedia part of a tourist brochure a newspaper article an advertisement 百科全书 THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA Australia China Reading There is no need to go through the whole text. You should pay attention to the words appearing the most frequently in the text and also their relevant words in meaning. Take the first text for example, words frequently appearing are: Australia, country, continent, six states. P1:country,capital, area, population, P2:only country, continent,sixth,dry,support 80% (coastal, rainfall, desert, dry grassland) P3:famous for, popular destination→tourists experience unique ecology P4:states, autonomous, federal government, federal parliament, (general information) (climate) (what to see) (administration) practice Find the ... ...
