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Unit3
Australia
马燕
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[词组详解]
1.fix up (=put up) 安装；修理
Will you help me fix up this sheet? Then it'll
give us some shade.
帮我支上这个床单，这样我们就有遮阳处了。
fix one's attention on…集中注意力于……
fix (up) a watch/bike修表/自行车
fix one's eyes on…注意看……，凝视……
2.hand down (pass down)传下来
The story was handed down from mouth to mouth by the elders.
这故事是老一辈们口传下来的。
你知道学过的hand词组吗？
hand词组大列表，注意划线部分哦！
reach out one's hand伸手
put up a hand举手
lend me a hand帮我一把
on every hand在各个方面
on one hand,…one the
other hand,…一方面，…另一方面…
by hand用手
Hand off! 请勿动手！不许碰！
Hands up!举起手来！
Hand sth. to sb.把某物递给某人
hand in (=turn in)上交
hand out分发，交出
3.rather than (=instead of)
He will wait for the lift rather than climb the stairs.
他宁可等电梯，也不爬楼梯。
She's pretty rather than beautiful.
她漂亮但并不美丽。
would do…rather than do…
=would rather do…than do…
=prefer to do…rather than do…宁可…… 不做……
I would go home rather stay here doing nothing.
=I would rather go home than stay here doing nothing.
=I prefer to go home rather than stay here doing nothing.
我宁可回家，也不愿意呆在这什么都不做。
4.give birth to sb.生，生产
She's given birth to five children.她已经生了五个孩子了。
5.round up赶拢，使聚集
It's a difficult job to round up so many sheep.
圈起这么多的羊可不容易啊。
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[课文剖析]
1.Kooris developed a way of life that was suitable for this hot
and in many places dry country.
古利人形成了适应这种炎热、干燥环境自己的生活方式。
be suitable for…适合，适应
be fit for合适，适合，胜任
suitable:强调适合某种环境、情况或某种特殊需要。
fit:常用来表示适合某种目的、用途或某人有能力胜任某工作或职务等。
The man is not fit for the job.
These clothes are suitable for a weekend.
2.Just over 200 years ago Kooris made up 100% of the population,
but today they only make up a little over 1% of the population.
就在200多年前，古利人占澳大利亚人口总数的百分之百，但今天他们只占据澳大利亚人口的百分之一多一点。
make up组成，占据；化装；弥补；虚构
The table makes up too much room.
She was making herself up when she heard a knock at the door.
Can you make up for the loss caused by the fire?
He likes to make up stories.
population人口（不可数）；人（可数）
What is the population of China?
About two thirds of the population in China are peasants.
3.One strange animal lays eggs, yet feeds its young on its milk.
有一种怪兽会产卵，但又给幼仔哺乳。
lay (vt.) laid laid 放置，摆放（桌子）；下（蛋）
Hens lay eggs.
区别：
lay laid laid (vt)摆，放 The furniture should be laid in a proper
place.
lie lay lain (vi)躺；位于He lay on the grass and enjoyed the warm
sun shine.
lie lied lied (vi)说谎 Can't you see he is lying to you all the time?
feed (vt) fed fed喂，喂养
feed sb. on sth.用……喂养
bring up sb.抚养…，养育…
We feed sheep on grass.
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[考考你]
Do you know the useful phrases in the text?
1.throw sth. out of sb.
2.beyond the tree
3.tie sth. to…
4.get sunburnt
5.It is possible that…
6.be known as sb.
7.a strong system of society
8.live by doing…
9.become experienced at (doing) sth.
10.die from lack of sth.
11.take sth. as one's own
12.treat sb. well/badly
13.be connected to…
14.be separated from…
15.varieties of…
16.in area =in size
17.keep out…
18.depend on…
19.all the year round =the whole year =throughout the year
20.at weekend(s)
21.catch sb. doing
22.be (get) drunk
23.break into sb.
24.get (be) caught in the traffic/rain
25.come across…
26.in the past forty years
27.in great numbers
28.get rid of… |
1.把某物从某处扔出去
2.在树那边
3.把某物栓在……上
4.晒黑
5.有可能……
6.作为…人而闻名
7.一种牢固的社会制度
8.靠做……谋生
9.（做）某事有经验
10.因为缺少……而死亡
11.把某物占为己有
12.对待某人好/坏
13.连接到……
14.与……隔开，分开
15.各种各样的
16.在面积上
17.把……挡在外边
18.由……而定，依靠
19.全年，一年到头
20.在周末
21.碰上/遇上/逮住某人做……
22.喝醉
23.闯入/闯进某地
24.赶上堵车/下雨
25.（偶然）遇上/碰上
26.近四十年（多用于完成时态）
27.大批地
28.摆脱，赶走，除掉
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改错练习
| No one know how many Kooris lived in Australia, |
1._______ |
| maybe beween 300,000 to 3 million. Just over |
2._______ |
| 200 years before Kooris made up a little over 1% |
3._______ |
| of the population. Then foreign settler started to |
4._______ |
| arrive, taking with them new diseases which killed |
5._______ |
| many Kooris and seizing the land on that the Kooris |
6._______ |
| had lived for thousands of years. Kooris do not |
7._______ |
| believe in owning possessions or land and we could |
8._______ |
| not understand how settlers took land for their own. |
9._______ |
| Whenever the Kooris defended their rights, they killed. |
10._______ |
1.know →knows 2.to→and 3.before→ago 4.settler→settlers
5.taking→bringing
6.that→which 7. 8.we→they
9.for→as
10.were^killed
Reading comprehension:
The arts of Australia tended to be strongly imitative ( 模仿) of European forms until late in the
19th century, when a new Australian culture began to emerge (出现) that reflected the lives of the
settlers. Leading contemporary (当代)writers include Patrick White, who won the 1973 Nobel Prize for literature, and
Mrs, L. C. Rodd, who wrote under the pen names of Kylie Tennant, Morris West, George
Johnston, etc.
In music some Australian artists have achieved international renown.
The most famous of all was the singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861?/FONT>1931). Today, musical activity is encouraged by the Australian
Broadcasting Commission, which sponsors some of the world's finest musicians on the tours
of the country. There are symphony orchestras and music societies in each of the six
states.
Australian painters have also achieved widespread reputaions (声望).
Among the contemporary artists, William Dobell, William Dargie, and lvor Hele are noted as
portrait painters. A related development is the widespread use of simplified aboriginal
line drawings of animals, fish, and birds in interior decoration and commercial are. Some
of Australia's most exciting and imaginative sculpture is by Danila Wasillief, Tom Bass,
and Tom Sanders.
1.When did the culture begin to reflect the lives of settlers?
A. Before the 19th century.
B. Late in the 19th century.
C. As soon as the early settlers arrived.
D. Until this century.
2.Who won the 1973 Noble Prize for literature?
A. Patrick White.
B. Morris West.
C. Mrs. L. C. Rodd.
D. George Johnston.
3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. Music is quite popular in Australia.
B. All the people in Australia love painting.
C. Many writers of Australia have won the Nobel Prize.
D. Australia is a country of a long history.
4.From the text we can infer ______.
A. the arts of Australia were independent in the beginning
B. some musicians enjoy the world fame but painters don't
C. art plays an important part in people's life in Australia
D. the arts keep the same as European forms up to now
5. The passage is mainly about _______.
A. some famous artists of Australia
B. the arts of Australia used to copy European forms
C. Australia artists have won some international fame
D. the arts of Australia
Key: B A A
C D
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[英语多棱镜]
Can you explain why?
Uncle Albert was visiting his sister Eve in the big
city.
“While I'm here,”he said,“I'll call at the
hospital and visit young Tommy. After all, he's a sick boy and I am his uncle.”
“Well,”said Eve,“I'm
certainly not his aunt, so I'll just go and do some shopping.”
(Eve is Tommy's mother.)
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