17. Correct the false statements as in the example.

E.g. - It’s believed that the Maori came from Australia.

-They didn’t come from Australia. They came from Polynesia.

1.They were not good hunters.

2.They didn’t use songs and dances to tell the stories to the young.

3.Maori culture is not very strong.

4.The Pakeha (the Maori name for white people) didn’t bring guns, strong drinks and cigarettes, and diseases that were new to the Maori.

18. Write a short article about one of the small nationalities in your country. Write about:

Australia

kangaroo

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20. Read the text and make a list of facts discussed. E.g. Australian’s population is only about 22 million.

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21. Match the words to make word combinations. Look through the texts below to check your ideas. Choose any three to make sentences

7) snake; С

8) duck-billed platypus;

9) dwarf penguin;

10) emu;

11) dingo;

12) kiwi.

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During most of this strange journey, the continent was isolated from all others. Isolation allowed unique forms of plant and animal life to develop. Among the animals, marsupials became dominant. Marsupials are mammals that place the newborn offspring in maternal pouches for additional development. Marsupials existed before continental drift began, and in the Americas the opossum is an example.

In isolated Australia, the marsupials developed into many distinctive animals, such as kangaroos, wombats, and koalas. Other unique species also developed, such as the duck-billed platypus, an egg-laying, webfooted water creature. Australia shares with Africa the crocodile, a danger to swimmers in many waterways. Another danger is the wide variety of Australian snakes – all of them deadly. The continent also evolved its own

southern coast, demonstrates the continent’s former link to Antarctica.

versions of the giant flightless birds of southern Africa, represented in Australia by the emu. Another flightless bird, the dwarfИpenguin of Australia’s

Phillip Island, near Melbourne, is the bestДplace to see those endangered

penguins. Until about 50,000 years ago, no invader animal species except birds and fish reached Australia. Then Aborigines came, bringing dogs with them, and some of those caninesАevolved into the wild dingo, a meateating predator. With the European colonization of Australia came many wild animals. The most destructiveбwere the rabbit and the fox (introduced so the English could continue their pastime of fox hunting). Repeated attempts to eradicate theиrabbit have proven futile. An enormous fence was erected across Australia to try to stop the spread of rabbits, but it has proven only partiallyСsuccessful.

25. Read the text again. For questions (1 – 4), choose the correct answer (A, B or C).

1. The separate Australian Capital Territory houses… a) ACT;

b) Canberra;

c) the District of Columbia.

2. “Red heart, dead heart” stands for …

a)huge expanse of desert land;

b)reddish hue of soil and rocks;

c)an Australian superhero.

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3.Among the animals … became dominant. a) marsupials;

b) snakes; c) birds.

4.An enormous fence was erected to …

a)stop the spread of rabbits;

b)continue fox hunting;

c)see endangered penguins.

26. Read the sentences. Do you think they are true? Read the text and check your answers.

How Many of Us

As of 26 January 2010, the population of Australia was 22 140 000. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, this figure rises by one person every 1 minute and 12 seconds (or 1200 a day). On average, there is a birth every 1 minute and 44 seconds, a death every 3 minutes and 39 seconds, and a net gain of one international immigrant every 1 minute and 53 seconds.

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Our population grows at 1.7 per cent a year (faster than Indonesia’s, at 1.2 per cent, and India’s, at 1.6 per cent). But some parts of the country are more popular than others: this decade the populations of Western Australia and Queensland have been growing at 2.5 per cent a year.

The bureau predicts that Australia will reach 30 million by 2025 and 38 million by 2050. Entrepreneurs think we should aim to reach 50 million, the tipping point to make us a world economic player. Environmentalists think we should reduce our population because the continent’s resources can’t sustain more than 18 million people. The bureau says neither of those scenarios can be achieved this century.

Australia is the 55th most populated country in the world (China is top with 1.35 billion) and the 12th most spacious country in the world (Russia is biggest with 17 million square kilometres, while we have 7.7 million). We have one of the lowest population densities: 2.8 people per

29. Look at the charts (pic. 186 – 187) and fill in the missing information. Comment on the charts.

Ex. As the charts show Australian population is steadily growing. In 2010…

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Population growth

30. Read about Australian mysteries and complete the table.

Mrs Chamberlain

was sentenced to twenty years in gaol for …

Tasmanian tiger Harold Holt

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31. Now ask and answer questions as in the example: Ex. What happened to Mrs Chamberlain? – She was … Who was sentenced to 20 years in goal? Why? – …

What happened to Azaria Chamberlain?

In 1980, a two-month-old girl disappeared from a tent a camping ground near Uluru. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, said she was dragged away by a dingo. In 1982, Mrs Chamberlain was convicted of the child’s murder and spent four years in gaol before being declared innocent.

Who put the dope in Schappelle Corby’s bag?

In 2005, a 28-year-old Queensland woman, described as a ‘beauty student’, was arrested at Denpasar Airport in Bali after customs officers found a four-kilogram package of cannabis in her boogie-board bag. After trial, she was sentenced to twenty years in gaol. She says she was the victim of an international smuggling racket. Conspiracy theories flourish about Australian airport baggage handlers, drug dealers and even members of her family.

Who carvedСthe Marree Man?

In 1988, a four-kilometre-long carving of an Aboriginal hunter appeared in the desert sands of Lake Eyre South, 60 kilometres from the town of Marree in South Australia. In order to create the landmark, the site must have been surveyed from space and the figure would have taken months to plough.

What killed Bogle and Chandler?

On New Year’s Day, 1963, the bodies of Gilbert Bogle, a CSIRO scientist, and Margaret Chandler, the wife of another CSIRO scientist, were found on the banks of the Lane Cove River near Chatswood Golf Course in Sydney. No cause of death has been determined. There was speculation they were working on secret drug projects for the CIA.

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Who was attacking the Family Court?

In 1980, Judge David Opas of the Family Court was shot dead at the front door of his Sydney home. In 1984, a bomb went off at the Family Court in Parramatta, Sydney, and later that year the wife of Family Court judge Ray Watson was killed by a bomb at their home. No one has been charged with these crimes.

32. Complete the missing information about Australia. Use Wikipedia to help you. Be ready to tell about Australia.

Name origin:

Total area:

Population:

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Self-Assessment

Module 6

1. Look through Module 6 to find the answers to the questions 1 – 20.

1. How many provinces are there on the territory of Canada? 2. What oceans is Canada surrounded by?

3. How many national parks are there in Canada?

4. What is the largest city in Canada?

5. What is Quebec famous for?

6. What territory is associated with the Klondike Gold Rush? 7. What is the national anthem of New Zealand?

8. What trilogy was screened in New Zealand?

9. What is a land of volcanoes?

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2. There are at least 28 hidden words. Find them!

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