MATURITA TOPICSAustralia_General facts II_17

Mgr. Filip Soviš

ANJ_Maturita

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Autor Mgr. Filip Soviš (Autor)

Jazyk Angličtina

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Klíčová slova Australia, General facts II

Druh učebního materiálu Prezentace

Druh interaktivity Kombinované

Cílová skupina Žák

Stupeň a typ vzdělávání odborné vzdělávání

Typická věková skupina 16 - 19 let

Vazby na ostatní materiály Je součástí ANJ konverzace

Australia

• Geography (landscape, rivers, fauna, flora)• Climate• People & Lifestyle (culture, sport, etc.)• Natural Wonders• Tourist attractions• Other

PART II

Could you describe some of Australian geographical features?

• the eastern coast: the Australian Alps and the Great Dividing Range• Uluru (= Ayers Rock, the largest piece of rock in the world)• Kata Tjuta (= "many heads"; also known as Mount Olga)• Mount Kosciuszko (AA; 2,228 m) - the tallest mountain• rivers: the Murray River (the longest river), the Darling• lakes: Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens and Lake Gairdner• over 2,000 national parks and nature reserves (UNESCO's List)

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What is so special about the Great Barier Reef?

• along the coast of Queensland in the Coral Sea• the world’s largest coral reef (the world's biggest single structure

made by living organisms)• supports a wide diversity of life• CNN labeled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world

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Could you describe Australian climate?

• Central: hot / arid (the Great Sandy Desert, the Great Victoria D.)• North: tropical, heavy summer rains (rainforested Cape York

Peninsula, woodland, grassland and desert)• Southwest: hot dry summer, mild winters (inland mostly plains -

bushfires / droughts)• summer starts in December

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What do you know about Australian wildlife (flora and fauna)?

• climate and geographical isolation• animals: marsupials – kangaroo, koala bear, Tasmanian devil,

wombat; mammal: platypus; other: emu, echidna, kiwi, cockatoo, dingo

• vegetation: grass and eucalyptus trees• the national flower is wattle

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What are some typical Australian sports and pastimes?

• cricket (bat and ball game, the most popular summer sport)‑ ‑• rugby (eastern states) and Australian rules football (the rest of the

country)• soccer• diving and surfing

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Who are some famous people connected with Australia?

• literature: Patrick White (the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for literature), Peter Carey (novelist)

• singers: Kylie Minogue, Peter Garrett (lead singer of Midnight Oil, now a politician)

• actors: Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson• director: Bruce Beresford (Sydney – A Story of a City)• painters: Sidney Nolan (surrealist), Brett Whiteley (avant garde‑ )• sportsmen: Cathy Freeman (sprinter), Ian Thorpe (swimmer), Sir Donald

Bradman (cricket), Lleyton Hewitt (tennis)• others: Steve Irwin (naturalist; unafraid of dangerous animals)

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Would you like to go to Australia?

• Absolutely / sure / yes.• I love Australian culture / lifestyle.• I think that people living there are more easy going / friendly than ‑

in the CR.• It must be a very interesting place.• Australia is a wealthy / prosperous country / nation… I could find a

good job there.• I would like to go there to learn English and make some money.• No / No way… it’s too faraway / I am afraid to fly so far… it’s too hot.

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• What climate would you expect in the south of Australia?

• Would you like to live in Australia? Why? Why not?

• What is Australia famous for?

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BURNIE, Glen a Rob RAESIDE. Flags of the World. CRW Flags' Online Catalog [online]. 1996-2013, 2013-01-04 [cit. 2013-01-05]. Dostupné z: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/country.html#n

LEOPOLD, Corey. Uluru, helicopter view, croped [online]. 2008 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Obrázek typu JPEG, Creative Commons. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uluru,_helicopter_view,_croped.jpg

SMITH-DLUHÁ, Gabrielle. Angličtina: otázky a odpovědi nejen k maturitě. 1. vyd. Dubicko: INFOA, 2007, 231 s. Zrcadlový text. ISBN 978-80-7240-489-6.