1、Complete the sentences with words below.1.backgrounds nation citizens tolerance Aboriginal homelands migrants respect The majority of Australians are _ from many different _.In fact,the only _ whose ancestors have lived here for more than 200 hundred years are the _ people.citizens/migrants Aborigin
2、alcitizensnations/backgroundsMost Australians believe that having people from so many different _ creates _ and _ and makes Australia a stronger _ and a more interesting place to live.respectnations/backgrounds/homelandstolerancenation2.Read the paragraph below,paying particular attention to the und
3、erlined words,some of which may be new to you.Try to work out the definitions of these words and write them down in the second column.Then check your answer using an English-English dictionary and write the dictionary definitions in the third column.The first migrants arrived in Australia after a lo
4、ng voyage on small sailing ships.Life was very tough at first because they did not have adequate equipment or food.One of the first things they did was to dig the soil and sow vegetable seeds.However,it wasnt easy to grow enough food for everyone and in the first few years they faced starvation.Desp
5、ite all the hardships of those early years,many of the migrants succeeded in building a good life for themselves.In the early days there were not nearly as many women migrants as there were males,so many of the men remained bachelors.Many dreamed of having a wife who would share their life and work
6、alongside them as they built houses and established farms.Within a reasonably short time some had established large sheep farms and began to export meat and wool back to England.We know a lot about these early years of European settlement because most migrants corresponded with their families at hom
7、e and many of their letters still survive.These early settlers owed their survival to hard work and determination to succeed.例句 根据语境推断 owe 一词在1-3句中的含义，并从a-c中找出与每句话中的owe 相符合的含义。1.He owes me five dollars.2.You owe it to me to be honest with me.3.She owes her good health to diet and exercise.b.归因于，归功于c
8、.欠（情）a.欠债owing to由于，其中to为介词，其同义短语有：because of，as a result of，on account of，due to，thanks to 等。翻译下列句子。1.买食品要4英镑，可玛丽只付了3英镑，2.因此她还欠1英镑。The food cost4,but Mary only paid 3,so she still owed1.2.我们欠父母很多。3.这个学生把自己的成功归于教授的鼓励。4.约翰没有出席会议,因为他病了。We owe our parents a lot.The student owed his success to his profe
9、ssors encouragement.John didnt attend the meeting because of being ill.Word Dictionary definitionmigrantadequatesowhardshipa person who goes from one place to live in another(also immigrant)enoughput seeds in the ground so they will growdifficult or unpleasant conditions of lifeWord Dictionary defin
10、itionbachelorcorrespondoweto need to pay or give sth.to sb.because they have given or lent sth.to you or have done sth.for youcommunicate by writing an unmarried maleYou will find it easier to learn English words in clusters.Read aloud the following words and write down as many words related to them
11、 as possible.Compare your lists with a partner.3.Example:rain,rainbow,rainfall,rainy,raindrop,raincoat,rainforest,rain waterrain tax home rust time night autonomy defend tolerate celebrate nation city birth associate reserve waytax:taxation,taxed,taxable,taxman taxpayerhome:homework,homely,homeland,
12、homeless,homemaker,homecoming,homesickrust:rusty,rustprooftime:timely,timing,timekeeper,timer,timepiece,timesaving,timetable,timelessnight:nightly,nightime,goodnight,nightclothes,nightclub,nightfallautonomy:autonomous,autonomouslydefend:defence,defender,defenceless,defendant,defensive,defensibletole
13、rate:tolerance,tolerant,toleration,tolerantly,tolerable,tolerably,tolerabilitycelebrate:celebration,celebratory,celebrated,celebrant,celebritynation:national,nationality,nationalize,nationally,nationalist,nationwidecity:citizen,citizenship,citywide,cityscapebirth:birthplace,birthdate,birthday,birthp
14、lace,birthmark,birthrightassociate:association,associative,associatedreserve:reservation,reservedway:pathway,roadway,waylay,wayside,waywornRead through this paragraph and underline all the predicatives.1.A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo.Knowing that he was a good jumper,the zo
15、o authorities increased the height of the fence around him,but,the next morning,the kangaroo was out of his enclosure again.So the keepers solution was to build an even higher barrier.However,the next morning,the result was disappointing-the kangaroo was not in his enclosure.The authorities,being de
16、sperate,increased the height of the fence again and again and it was soon over forty metres high.A camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo,“How high do you think theyll go?”The kangaroo said,“Thats a good question.It seems to me,theyll just keep going higher until somebody remembers to shut t
17、he gate at night!”Underline the predicatives in this conversation and then practise it with a partner.2.KIM:The meat seems to be shrinking!SAM:Maybe theres too much fat in it.KIM:What can I do?SAM:Its probably the wrong kind of meat for a barbecue.The best thing is to cook it very slowly.KIM:You kno
18、w,it smells strange too.SAM:Is it rotten?Lets smell.Hey!This isnt steak!KIM:So,what is it?SAM:Where did you get it?KIM:It was in the bottom of the fridge.SAM:Oh,no!Thats the dogs meat!KIM:Are you sure?3.Working with a partner,try to find as many different kinds of predicative in the reading passage
19、as you can.Australia is the only country It is the sixth largest country in the world and is in the smallest continent Oceania.Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.1.1.If you associate _ criminals,you are likely to get in trouble with the police too.2._ of respect for my family,I try
20、to lead an honest life.3.I have been corresponding _ my penfriend for over five years now.withOutwith4.We tried to talk Jim _ changing his mind,but with no success.5.That all Australians are blond and blue-eyed is far _ the truth.Australians are of many different races and almost every eye,hair and
21、skin color is represented.6.I am not responsible _ keeping a record of the meeting.Jim is.intofromfor2.defend/defence/defensive1.We must take _ action immediately to protect ourselves from the enemy.2.I am taking karate lessons to learn how to _ myself.3.The villagers only _ against the enemies were
22、 sticks and stones.defensivedefenddefenceChoose the correct words to complete the sentences.4.They fought _ against the wind to bring the boat into shelter before the storm broke.5.There is a _ need to get food and blankets to the earthquake victims.6.In _ they jumped out the window of their fifth f
23、loor apartment to escape the fire.desperately/desperation/desperatedesperatelydesperationdesperatetolerate/tolerant/tolerable/tolerance7.Having friends at work is the only thing that makes my job _.8.I think his parents are far too _ with him and thats why he is so badly behaved.9.I think you need t
24、o develop more _ towards people who are different from you.10.I cant _ his heat any more.Im going inside where its cooler.tolerabletoleranttolerancetolerate11.Im sorry you cant sit there.This table is _.12.I would like to make a _ for four people on the 23rd at 8 pm.13.Im sorry I cant go on Sunday.I
25、 14.always _ Sundays for visiting my 15.grandparents.reserve/reserved/reservationreservedreservationreserve14.If you change your mind about going on the tour,your deposit is not _.15.After they arrested him,the police went to the thiefs house to _ the stolen jewellery.16.After the accident his _ was
26、 slow and he was in hospital for nearly six months.recover/recovery/recoverablerecoverablerecoverrecoveryMy name is Steve Papas.Although my _ is Greece,I have lived in Australia for a long time and I am now an Australian _.Even though I havent visited my original _ for over 20 years,I am still proud
27、 of my Greek _.heritage birthplace homeland celebrations fortnight citizenhomelandcitizenbirthplace4.Complete the paragraph with the words.heritageI live in Melbourne where a lot of other Greek migrants live.As well as celebrating great events in Australia we hold _ for Greek events too.When Greece won the 2004 European Soccer Championship,for example,we celebrated in Melbourne for a _.celebrationsfortnight
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