Do you know what the following pictures are about?

Lead-InLead-In

Kangaroos—large

animals jump about

on two legs carrying

their Young in a

stomach pocket.

Australia aboriginal

Australia harbour

Australia map

Australia

Unit 3

History and geography of Australia;

Tourism in Australia;

Australia wild life;

Australia customs and culture;

Learning GoalsLearning Goals

Topic

Functional Items

The sentences about expressing prohibition;

Expressing warning;

Expressing permission； Grammar

Review The Pridicative:

各种不同的词类做表语

Know the history, the custom, the culture, the

tourism, and geography of Australia.

Learn to express the prohibition, warning and

permission;

Learn to use the Predicative.

Learn how to reply an E-mail.

Learn and master the key words and

expressions.

Train the students’ reading ability.

Develop the spirit of love to the motherland.

Discover useful words and expressions.

Revise useful structures.

How to improve the students’ reading ability;

How to choose a proper predicative according

to its subject;

Important Points

Difficult Points

Warming upWarming up

Look at the pictures. What do you see in the picture? Can you recognize them?

Cook

Great Barrier Reef

Melbourne

Australia

Perth

Hobart

Adelaide

Blue mountains

Nullarbor Sydney

Kosciusko

Kakadu

Do you know the names of these places in Australia?

Pre-Pre-readingreading

Get information about Australia

Animals ： ____________________________

___________________________

Distance: ____________________________

____________________________

Size: ________________________________

Population:_____________

Agriculture:_________________________

_____________

Natural resources:_____________________

___________________

kangaroo, koala bear, parrot,

snake, digo, sheep, cattle

3220 km from north to south

3860 km from east to west

the same as the USA (without Alaska)

18 million

wheat, fruit, vegetables,

eat, wines

metals, precious stones,

coal, iron

Climate:_______________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

____________________

Sports:_____________________________

cool and wet winters, warm

and dry summers in the south; warm and

dry winters, hot and wet summers in the

north dry or desert

tennis, sailing, swimming

ReadingReading

Fast reading 1. When was Australia founded?

2. Who lives in Australia?

3. What is the capital of Australia?

4. What does the Australia flag look like?

5. How is Australian English different from

British and American English?

The national flag

of Australia

UK flag

six statesall

territories

Southern Cross

Can you describe it? What do they symbolize?

What are the famous cities in Australia?

Canberra——the capital city

Sydney—the biggest city in Australia

A View of Australia

1.Why does the author say “Australia is a

young nation on an ancient continent?”

Detail Reading

The first Australians, Aborigines and Torres St

rait Islanders, came to the continent at least fift

y thousand years ago and created complex socie

ties. In 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia w

as formed.

2. Why were prisoners sent to Australia after

1788? Where were they from?

Because of the American War of Independence.

They were from England.

3. What happened to the original Australians

when the European newcomers arrived?

They were moved and had their land taken

away from them.

1. Australia is a popular destination with tourists

from all over the world who come to experience

its unique ecology.

澳大利亚是一个受人欢迎的旅游胜地，世界各地的游客来到这里体验它独特的神态环境。 who come to experience its unique ecology

是定语从句，和介词短语 from all over the

world 并列修饰 tourists。 popular “ ” 的意思是 受欢迎的 ，常跟介词 with “表示 受到 ...... ”的欢迎

2. On this 4,352-km journey from Sydney to Perth via

Adelaide you'll view some of Australia's unique

scenery from the superb Blue Mountains to the

treeless plains of the Nullarbor. Along the way spot a

fascinating variety of wildlife.

从悉尼途经阿德莱德到达伯斯长达 4352 公里的旅途中， 你将欣赏到澳大利亚所特有的美景，既有巍峨秀美的蓝山，也有满眼望不到树木的娜拉波平原 。沿途中，你还将看到各种各样引人入胜的野生动物。

via 是介词， 意思是“经过； 经由； 通过”。 如：This flight is from Beijing to Sanya via

Changsha.

这趟航班从北京出发，经由长沙，到达三亚。You'd better send the letter via airmail.

你做好通过航空邮件把这封信寄出去。

3. I'll be back in Sydney in a fortnight because

I've made a reservation on the Indian Pacific

train to Perth.

我两星期后返回悉尼，因为我已经预定 了印度洋—太平洋号火车火车票前往珀斯。

fortnight 是 fourteen nights 的缩写，意思是 14天， 2周。如：a fortnight's vacation 两周的假期。

4. Drive 250km northwestwards from Hobart

along the A10 highway and you'll arrive at

the southern end of the magnificent Cradle

Mountain National Park and World Heritage

area.

从霍巴特沿 A10号公路沿西北方向行驶 250 公里，你就来到景色壮观的摇篮上国家 公园暨世界遗产保护区的南端。 do sth. and sb. will 是一个固定结构，省略了从句中的 if you, “意思是 如果 ......就会 ......”。

5. However although they look dangerous

because of their wide mouths and sharp teeth,

all but two or three kinds are harmless to

humans.

尽管他们有宽大的嘴巴和锋利的牙齿，看 上去很危险，然而除了两三种之外，其余的 对人类并没有危害。

all but “的意思是 除了 ...... ”以外，全都 。

6. You might think that with all these

dangerous animals Australia is an unsafe

place to live in or to visit. However, this is

far from the truth.

澳大利亚有这么多危险动物，你也许会 认为在这里居住或到这里旅游很不安全。但 事实并非如此。

with all these dangerous animals 是原因 状语，修饰 think that 后面的宾语从句。

far from “ ” 在本句的意思是： 远非；绝不是 ，后面可接名词、动名词或者是形容词。

7. There are no more than a handful of shark

attacks each year and only three deaths have

been reported in the last five years.

每年仅有少量的鲨鱼袭人事件，而且在过 去五年中，只有三例死亡报道。

no more than ” “表示 只有；仅仅 。 a handful of 一撮；一把；少数。

1. 由… . 组成，构成

2. 被… . 环绕

3. 代表

be made up of

be surrounded by

represent/stand for

4. live in a similar way to their ancestors

5. 在十七世纪

过着与祖先相似的生活in the seventeenth century

6. 对… . 有害

7. 改善生活条件，

8. 通过法律，

Be harmful to/ do harm to

Improve one’s living conditions

pass laws

9. 与……不同，

10. as a consequence of,

differ from/be different from

因此，结果

1. Words

Learning about Learning about languagelanguage

camp, ash (tray), dirt, valley, beyond,

cave, thirst, system, spiritual, faith, elder,

curiously, underground, starve, thus,

percentage, precious, fence, task,

outdoors, shave, argue; Bonny, Italy,

Italian, Kooris, aborigines, koala, dingo

2. Morphology

related words:

taxation, taxed, taxable, taxman;

homework, homely, homeland,

timely, timing, timer, timetable,

defence, defender, defensive,

national, nationality, nationally

birthplace, birthdate, birthday,

reservation, reserved,

citizen, citizenship, citywide,

tax

home

time

defend

nation

birth

reserve

city

3. Expressions

fix up,

hand down,

rather than,

give birth to,

round up,

be experienced at,

at the mercy of

jaws of death

Why are you...?

How could you...?

Why did you...?

Because of...

It was because...

The reason is that...

As he...

Since she...

Now that...

Therefore,...

He was due to....

It is ...,

so I’m afraid....

That's why.... He....

so he is ill with fever after the voyage

4.structures

表语的构成及用法

The Predicative

常见的系动词有：be, become, feel, grow, prove, smell, taste,

appear, get, go, remain, sound, turn, look,

seem, stay, keep

(1) 概念

表语是由系动词引导的主语补足语，补充说明主语。

(2) 表语词类 充当表语成分的有形容词、名词、代词、数词、 副词、介词短语、 词组、不定式、-ing 形式、过去分词、从句等。如：Australia is the only country that is also a

continent. (名词作表语）The area of Australia is 7,686,850 square

kilometers. (数词做表语）

That's something you gave to remember

when walking in long grass. ( 代词做表语 )

It smells strange./ It sounds dangerous.

( 形容词作表语 )

I will be back in Sydney in a fortnight.

( 副词作表语 )

我两周之后将会回悉尼。

I will be with you in a moment.

( 介词短语作表语 )

我会和你在一起呆一会。

This rock is really amazing. At different times

of the day it appears to change colour. I am

more interested in learning about the

Aboriginal people's day-to-day life.

( 非谓语动词作表语 )

这太令人吃惊了。 在一天之中的不同时间它会变换不同的颜色。我对学习土著人的日常生活越来越有兴趣。

What keeps me from going camping is that I

am terrified of snakes.

我不能去露营的原因是我怕蛇。Australia is no longer what is used to be.

澳大利亚不再是它过去的那个样子了。The question is who should go there.

( 从句作表语 )

问题是谁应该去那。

(3) 形容词作表语，一般用来修饰和说明主语。

如：You don't look well today. Are you sick?

你今天看起来不是太好。你生病了吗？The weather turns cold, you should wear

more clothes.

天气变冷了，你做好多穿点衣服。

(4) 有些形容词只能做表语， 不能作定语。

afraid ， asleep ， ready ， unable ， alive ， aware ， glad ， sorry ， well ， alone ， sure ，

(5) 名词或名词词组作表语，一般用来确定主语的性质， 或者表达对主语的看法。

eg: He became a doctor.

他成为了一个医生。He's not the right man for this job.

他不适合这份工作。She seemed an ideal wife for him.

她看起来似乎是他理想中的妻子。

6. 可以接不定式的系动词有：

be, appear, prove, seem

eg:

The only aim was to get success.

She appears to have many beautiful

dresses.

专项练习：

1. He is not quite today. (he)

2. The coat seems . (shrink)

3. I am more in English. (interest)

himself

to be shrinking

interested

Using LanguageUsing Language

Speaking

You are not allowed...

You mustn't...

You can't...

You have to...

SWIMMING PROHIBITED

NO SMOKING

NO DOGS ALLOWED

Expressing prohibition 表示禁止

Expressing warning 表示警告

Be careful!

Be careful not to...!

Look out!

CAUTION

Mind your step!

Watch out for...!

Watch it!

WARNING

Expressing permission 表示许可

You can...

It's OK to...

Of course.

Go ahead.

Yes, why not?

That's OK.

I can see no objection.

Reading

dangerous creatures in Australia

A brown snake A box jellyfish

A funnel web spider A great white shark

The text describes some of the dangerous

animals found in Australia. The text point out

that most of these creatures are not dangerous

to humans, only to the animals prey.

Then answer the following questions.

1. How many poisonous snakes and how many

poisonous spiders are there in Australia? Are

they all capable of killing humans?

115 different kinds of snakes and most of the

2,000 different kinds of spiders. Only a few

spiders and snakes are capable of killing

humans.

2. What effect do most jellyfish have on humans?

What about box jellyfish?

3. How many kinds of shark are there in Australia

waters? How many kinds are likely to attack

humans?

Most jellyfish can cause severe pain to anyone

who touches them but only the box jellyfish can

kill a human.

160 different kinds of shark but only 2 or 3 kinds

are likely to attack humans.

writing

Read the email and write a reply. You need to

1. list all the reasons for and against the trip.

2. decide on your point of view with reasons.

3. Put the reasons in the order of importance.

4. Write you e-mail in this way:

tell Li Haidi what you suggest.

give each of your reasons in a separate paragraph.

•重点单词：重点单词：Commonwealth Oceania Canberra tax Commonwealth Oceania Canberra tax

taxation citizenship tolerance migrant taxation citizenship tolerance migrant

via rust rusty splendor heritage via rust rusty splendor heritage

aboriginal reservation cradle sow aboriginal reservation cradle sow

correspond enclosure shrink wind limb correspond enclosure shrink wind limb

venom venomous paralyze funnel venom venomous paralyze funnel

snatch amongst snatch amongst

Summing upSumming up

•重点短语：重点短语：

at the mercy of,

even though,

work out,

be used to,

in relation to,

aim to , …

fix up,

hand down,

rather than,

give birth to,

round up,

be experienced at,

功能功能 ::

语法语法 : : The predicative

话题话题 : : History and geography of Australia;

Tourism in Australia;

Australian wild life;

Australia customs and culture;

The sentences about expressing

prohibition/warning/permission

ExercisesExercises

单句改错1. Men must die is a fact.

2. If he comes or not matters a lot.

3. The reason why he didn’t go to

school was because he was ill.

That men must die is a fact.

Whether he comes or not matters a lot.

The reason why he didn’t go to school was that he was ill.