1、返回目录 Australia Unit 3 返回目录 单元话题链接The Sydney Opera HouseThe Sydney Opera House is one of the most famous buildings in the world.It is considered to be one of the most recognizable images of the modern world although the building has been open for only about 40 years.The Sydney Opera House is as repre
2、sentative of Australia as the pyramids are of Egypt.返回目录 6,225 square meters of glass and 645 kilometers of electric cable were used to build the Opera House.It includes 1,000 rooms.It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide.The buildings roof sections weigh about 15 tons.There are 1 million tiles on
3、 the roof.It provides guided tours to 200,000 people each year.返回目录 But do you know the Opera House with a roof was designed by a famous Danish architect，Utzon？In the late 1950s the Australian Government established an appeal fund to finance the construction of the Sydney Opera House,and conducted a
4、 competition for its design was chosen.Utzon spent a few years reworking the design and it was 1961 before he had solved the problem of how to build the distinguishing featurethe sails of the roof.返回目录 The venture experienced cost blowouts.In 1966 the situation reached crisis point and Utzon resigne
5、d from the project.The building was finally completed by others in 1973.Sydney Opera House was opened by Queen Elizabeth on 20th October 1973.The Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point,which reaches out into the harbour.The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge,the blue water of the harbour and t
6、he Sydney Opera House,viewed from a ferry or from the air,is dramatic and unforgettable.返回目录 Period Warming Up and Reading返回目录 课前教材预案目录Contents 返回目录 课前教材预案基础自测.重点单词1_ adj.适当的；足够的_ n适当；足够_adv.适当地；足够地2_ n生态学；生态_adj.生 态 学 的；生 态 的 _adv.生 态 地_n生态学家adequateadequacyadequatelyecologyecologicalecologicallyec
7、ologist返回目录 3_ n防卫；辩护_v.保 护 某 人(某 物)免 受 伤 害；保 卫 某 人(某物)_n.后卫_adj.没有防卫的；不能保护自己的_adj.防御用的；防御性的_adj.可保卫的；可防御的；可辩护的4_ n税；税款 v对征税_ n征税；税款_adj.应纳税的，可纳税的_adj.累人的；烦人的；繁重的defence(defense)defenddefenderdefencelessdefensivedefensibletaxtaxationtaxabletaxing返回目录 5_ n庆祝；庆典_v.庆祝；祝贺_adj.著名的；驰名的6_ vt.忍受；容忍_n.容忍；忍受；
8、宽容_adj.可容忍的，可忍受的_adj.容忍的；忍受的7_ n移民者；移民；候鸟_n.迁居；移民；迁徙_adj.有迁徙习惯的celebrationcelebratecelebratedtoleratetoleration/tolerancetolerabletolerantmigrantmigrationmigratory返回目录 8_ n保留；预定_v.保 留；订 位 _adj.预 定 的；保 留 的_adv.保留地9_ vt.&vi.播种；传播_(过去分词)_n.播种者10_ vi.通信；符合_n.通信；符合；对应_adj.对应的；相当的；符合的reservationreserveres
9、ervedreservedlysowsown/sowedsowercorrespondcorrespondencecorrespondent/corresponding返回目录 11_ n围地；围场_v.围绕12 _ adj.不 顾 一 切 的；绝 望 的_n.绝望；失望；神经过敏13 _ vt.&vi.收 缩；(使)皱 缩；缩 短_(过 去 式)_(过 去 分词)_n.收缩，缩小14_ adj.不省人事的；未发觉的；无意识的_adv.无意识地；不知不觉地_n.无 意 识，失 去 意 识_adj.有意识的，意识清醒的enclosureenclosedesperatedesperationshr
10、inkshrankshrunk/shrunkenshrinkageunconsciousunconsciouslyunconsciousnessconscious返回目录.重点短语1associate_ 与联系2be made up_ 由组成3be responsible_ 对负责4correspond_ 与通信5owe_ 把归功于；欠withofforwithto返回目录.重点句型1_(驾车)250km northwestwards from Hobart along the A10 highway_(你们会到达)the southern end of the magnificent Cra
11、dle Mountain National Park and World Heritage area.2Why do you think the population of Australia is so small_(尽管)it is such a large country?3In the early days there were not nearly_ many women migrants_ there were males,so many of the men remained bachelors.Driveand youll arrive atwhenasas返回目录 课文理解.
12、课文大意理解1Whats the main purpose of writing the first text?ATo encourage tourists to visit Australia.BTo encourage people from overseas to settle in Australia.CTo introduce the uniqueness of Australia.DTo give a brief introduction to Australia.答案 D返回目录 2Which of the following is probably one of the rea
13、sons why the population of Australia is so small?AIn order to protect the enviroment,the government has limited the number of population.BMuch of the center of Australia is inhabitable desert.CAgriculture is less developed in Australia.DIndustry is less developed in Australia.答案 B返回目录 3How many kind
14、s of dangerous creatures are mentioned in the second text?A4.B5.C6.D7.答案 B返回目录 4Which of the following is probably the most poisonous animal in the world according to the second text?AThe brown snake.BThe funnelweb spider.CThe box jellyfish.DThe saltwater crocodile.答案 C返回目录.课文语法填空Australia is in the
15、 1._(small)continentOceania.It is a mainly dry country with only a few coastal area 2._(have)adequate rainfall.Most Australians live in the south-eastern coastal area.The centre of the continent has few 3._(settle)Australia is 4._ popular destination with many tourists coming to experience its uniqu
16、e 5._(ecologic).smallesthavingsettlementsaecology返回目录 6._ Australian states are autonomous,it has a federal government 7._(responsibility)for matters that affect people all over the country.The federal parliament is 8._(locate)in Canberra.On Australia Day,in over 200 locations across the 9._(national),over 9,000 people will become Australian 10._(citizen)Though/Althoughresponsiblelocatednationcitizens