人教2003课标版《Learning about Language》集体备课PPT课件优质课下载

人教2003课标版《Learning about Language》集体备课PPT课件优质课下载

To discover some useful words and expressions

To review and practice The Predicative

To admire the bravery of the first migrants in Australia

Reading and finding useful words and expressions

Read passage 1 and passage 2 to have an understanding of the passages and to find the useful words and expressions in them.

Useful words and expressions

Complete the sentences with words below.

1.

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.

backgrounds nation citizens tolerance Aboriginal homelands migrants respect

citizens / migrants

Aboriginal

citizens

nations / backgrounds

Most Australians believe that having people from so many different ________________________________ creates _______ and _________ and makes Australia a stronger _______ and a more interesting place to live.

respect

nations / backgrounds/ homelands

tolerance

nation

2.

Read the paragraph below, paying particular attention to the underlined 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 long 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 wasn’t easy to grow enough food for everyone and in the first few years they faced starvation. Despite 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(There is not nearly enough money for a new house.), so many of the men remained bachelors. Many dreamed of having a wife who would share their life and work 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 home and many of their letters still survive. These early settlers owed their survival to hard work and determination to succeed.

difficult or unpleasant conditions of life