Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему Удивительная Австралия

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Government: A federation of six states and two territories. Until 1901 Australia was a British colony. It is still a monarchy and Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain is also Queen of Australia. But now Australia is an independent state.
National holiday: Australia Day, January 26th (celebrates the first settlement of Australia
Currency: Australian dollar

an island, a continent and a country. It’s the world’s largest island and its smallest (but oldest!) continent. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere, so everything there is the other way round. Summer starts in December, winter starts in June. So Christmas and New Year in Australia are celebrated in summer!

of the land is desert. The driest and hottest place in Australia is the Simpson Desert. Summer temperatures here can be more than 50°C.

only 100,000 people live there. Sometimes, the nearest neighbour is a hundred kilometers away! Most children in the outback use the Schools of the Air. The teachers speak to them by radio, and they send them their homework by post.

is Uluru. This huge rock is 348 meters high and 348 kilometers long, but what you see of Uluru is the tip of the iceberg. There are another 2,100 meters under the ground. Uluru is 600 million years old. Uluru is a sacred place for Australia’s native people, the Aborigines.

their “spirit ancestors” created the land and all forms of life on it. The Aborigines sing songs around campfires with the accompaniment of clapping sticks and the didgeridoo, their national instrument.

Art is very important to the Aborigines. For thousands of years they have painted stories from their Dreamtime on rocks and barks. The have also painted their bodies for ceremonies.

are 60 kinds of kangaroo in Australia. The biggest one is the red kangaroo. It can be more than 2 meters tall and weigh 90 kg.

spread all over the world. The Australians call it a gum tree. There are 700 kinds of eucalyptus in Australia. Some of them are so strong that they don’t die during forest fires!

world and the only living thing on our planet that can be seen from space! There are more than 1,500 kinds of fish and 400 types of coral in the Great Barrier Reef. No place on land has a greater variety of sea life!

GREAT BARRIER REEF

of all. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin, an American architect, in 1912, and became the capital in 1927.

Melbourne, the second largest city, was once the capital of Australia. Today, it’s the “sporting capital” of the country.

Coober Pedy is a small town in South Australia, but it is known as the “opal capital of the world”. But it’s very dry and hot. So most people live under the ground in houses that are dug out of the rock. Aboriginal name Coober Pedy actually means “white man in a hole”.

first settlers were British prisoners. Today, Sydney is the largest city in Australia. It is also home to one of the country’s most famous landmarks, the Sydney Opera House.

Sydney was the host city to the XXVII Olympic Games in 2000.

It’s played by teams of 18 players on an oval field with an oval ball, like a rugby ball. Unlike normal football or rugby, the ball can be passed in lots of ways: kicked, hit with the hand and carried.

Australia you can find a kangaroo pie, a crocodile steak or smoked ostrich.

listen to Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson or Kylie Minogue!

Rock is
a) An enormous sandstone monolith
b) The largest of corals in the world
c) An opal
3. The largest Australian state is
a) Tasmania
b) Western Australia
c) New South Wales
4. The driest of all Australian states is
a) Western Australia
b) Queensland
c) South Australia
5. The most densely populated of the
6 Australian states is
a) Victoria
b) New South Wales
c) Tasmania
6. How many states are there in Australia?
a) 50 b) 6 c) 10
7. When did first Europeans reach Australia?
a) 1606 b) 1770 c) 1788
8. Who claimed New South Wales for Britain?
a) James Cook
b) Abel Tasman
c) William Dampier
9. When was the Commonwealth of Australia formed?
a) 1901 b) 1927 c) 1788
10. Which city is Australia’s capital?
a) Sydney b) Melbourne c) Canberra

of 8 cities of Australia:

Quiz 3

MEL

CASTLE

BANE

NEY

DAR

NEW

BA

BOURNE

CAN

HO

WOOM

SYD

TOO

BERRA

BRIS

WIN

BART

“Australia and New Zealand in brief”

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