《英语国家社会与文化入门》课程PPT教学课件（上册）The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries An Introduction Book 1 Unit 15 The Land of the Peoples of the Dreaming（Australia）

Australia Unit 15 The Land of the Peoples of the Dreaming

Australia Unit 15 The Land of the Peoples of the Dreaming

Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1.梦创时代 2.大分水岭 3.大堡礁 4.无人拥有的土地 5.土著人

Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1. 梦创时代 2. 大分水岭 3. 大堡礁 4. 无人拥有的土地 5. 土著人

Focal Points the natural environment of Australia distinctive features of the land distinctive animals of the land the indigenous peoples Dreaming and Dreamtime the concept of Terra Nullius impact of colonization on the indigenous peoples policies of segregation and assimilation

Focal Points • the natural environment of Australia • distinctive features of the land • distinctive animals of the land • the indigenous peoples • Dreaming and Dreamtime • the concept of Terra Nullius • impact of colonization on the indigenous peoples • policies of segregation and assimilation

This Unit Is Divided into Two Sections I.The II.The Peoples

This Unit Is Divided into Two Sections I. The II. The Peoples

I.The Land The continent of Australia lies between equatorial South East Asia and the Antarctic. The coastline of 30 000 of Australia is kilometres and its land area is 7 682 300 km2,almost equals that of the United States. The country also includes Tasmania,an island just to the south, the Torres Straits Islands off the northern coast of the mainland and a small number of islands in the Pacific and the Indian Oceans

I. The Land • The continent of Australia lies between equatorial South East Asia and the Antarctic. • The coastline of 30 000 of Australia is kilometres and its land area is 7 682 300 km2 , almost equals that of the United States. • The country also includes Tasmania, an island just to the south, the Torres Straits Islands off the northern coast of the mainland and a small number of islands in the Pacific and the Indian Oceans

I.The Land The continent of Australia lies between equatorial South East Asia and the Antarctic

I. The Land The continent of Australia lies between equatorial South East Asia and the Antarctic

I.The Land AUSTRALIA ⊙ 5 Arhhem 55 I N D I A N 15 D C E A N Lake Argyle Cairns Lake Wood Lake Gregory Great Sandy NORTHERN Townsville Desert四 TERRITORY apnonihaea QUEENSLAND Alice Springs Gibson WESTERN Loke Comegie AUSTRALIA Brisbane victorla Desert SOUTH Lake Eyre (North] AUSTRALIA Grey 305 Lake Barlee Lake Frome NEW SOUTH Perth Mungo National Park WALES Sydney LEGEND 16a G allan Overseas Territores Houay Opera VICTORIA CANBERRA Melbourne 1" 0 PACIFIC d.com TASMANIA O C E A N Mt Peak 20 150

I. The Land

I.The Land ·Isolated from other major land masses, Australia's distinctive flora and fauna evolved through its long period as an island continent. One of the animals that are unique to the continent is the platypus -often described as the world's most unusual animal

I. The Land • Isolated from other major land masses, Australia’s distinctive flora and fauna evolved through its long period as an island continent. One of the animals that are unique to the continent is the platypus – often described as the world’s most unusual animal

I.The Land ●1 The kangaroo-a macropod (meaning large footed')is sometimes as much as two metres in height.It is a marsupial which means that the young joeys',or baby kangaroos,live in the mother's pouch until they are ready to fend for themselves

I. The Land • The kangaroo – a macropod (meaning ‘large footed’) is sometimes as much as two metres in height. It is a marsupial which means that the young ‘joeys’, or baby kangaroos, live in the mother’s pouch until they are ready to fend for themselves

I.The Land ·The koala is another marsupial but one looks like a small,woolly,grey and white bear.It lives mainly in the branches of trees,especially the eucalyptus whose leaves are the koala's main food

I. The Land • The koala is another marsupial but one looks like a small, woolly, grey and white bear. It lives mainly in the branches of trees, especially the eucalyptus whose leaves are the koala’s main food