Презентация к уроку по учебнику «Английский язык» 6 класс для учащихся гимназий, колледжей, лицеев и школ с углубленным изучением английского языка. Авторы: Верещагина, Афанасьева. Раздел 19. Австралия. Тема: Канберра – столица Австралии.

Australia as the upside down world Say “true”, “false” or “don’t know”.Correct the false statements. Australia is the largest continent in the world.It is situated in the Southern Hemisphere.Vast areas of desert cover most of Central and Western Australia.Melbourne is the capital of Victoria.The official name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia.There are 6 states in Australia.Tasmania is an island state.Australia is washed by the waters of three oceans.Most people live in the north of the country.Queensland’s beaches are a popular place for holidaymakers. Queensland is the tropical corner of Australia Answer the question: What is Northern Territory famous for? Much of the land is a useless desert. Great deserts cover nearly 2 000 000 square kilometres Answer the question: In what places of Australia are fruit, wheat and potatoes grown? Tasmania is called the apple island Practice the pronunciation: Australia the Southern Hemisphere the Indian Ocean the Pacific Ocean the Murray River the Gibson Desert the Great Sandy Desert the Great Victoria Desert New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia Northern Territory Tasmania Canberra Sydney Melbourne Adelaide upside down / down under Answer the questions: What city is Australia’s capital? Where is it? The capital of Australia is Canberra Answer the question: What other big cities in Australia do you know? There are 5 big cities in Australia: - Sydney, - Melbourne, - Adelaide, - Perth - Brisbane 1. Sometimes Australia is called … .2. In Australia winter comes in … and summer begins in … .3. During the Christmas holidays people … .4. Australia is the hottest place … .5. Only one sixth of the continent is comfortably … .6. … which explains Australia’s small population.7. Australia has an extraordinary collection of ….8. Early explorers described Australia as the land where birds and animals … . Look through the text and complete the sentences: Fill in least or most to make the sentences complete: The centre of the continent is its …populated part.The eastern coast is the … populated part of Australia.The Northern Territory is the … developed part of Australia if we speak of its industry.Problems of ecology, water and air pollution are the … often discussed problems at all meetings of different ecological clubs. Homework Ex. 27, p. 292 Imagine you are having a geography lesson tomorrow. Get ready to speak about Australia. or Ex. 3, p. 312 Give 5 reasons why you would like to go to Australia.