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What do you know about Aus­tra­lia?

1
Warm up
Look in your New High­light book pages 10-25.

Das Ma­te­ri­al fin­dest du im Eng­lisch Regal bei den Ma­te­ri­a­li­en zu Aus­tra­lia.

2
In­for­ma­ti­on Strips/Matching Pairs (Me­mo­ry)
Look at the pic­tures and read the in­for­ma­ti­on.
If you like, you can also play 'matching pairs' (Me­mo­ry).
3
Sort the in­for­ma­ti­on to the five to­pics:
The big ci­ties
The out­back
Fa­mous sights
Ab­ori­gi­nes
Aus­tra­li­an ani­mals and plants

Write five lists in your exer­ci­se book.
4
Spe­a­king ac­ti­vi­ty
Pick your fa­vou­ri­te ten boxes and ex­plain to your Eng­lish teacher at the Eng­lish Cor­ner why you pi­cked them.
5
Can you re­mem­ber? - Part 1
  • One of Aus­tra­lia's most fa­mous buil­dings con­struc­ted by the Da­nish ar­chi­tect Jorn Utzon.
  • Aus­tra­lia's lar­gest in­land city, po­pu­la­ti­on: about 430.000, ca­pi­tal of Aus­tra­lia
  • One of Syd­ney's most fa­mous sights, built in 1932. Nick­na­me: The Coat­han­ger
  • A collec­tion of li­mes­tone stacks off the shore of Port Camp­bell Na­ti­o­nal Park in the pro­vin­ce of Vic­to­ria.
  • A large red rock for­ma­ti­on, 863 m high. 450 km away from Alice Springs, holy to the Ab­ori­gi­nes
  • Big well-​known coas­tal city.
    Po­pu­la­ti­on: about 1 mil­li­on
  • Area around the ci­ties. Not as far out than 'the out­back'.
  • Unusu­al rock for­ma­ti­on in the Blue Moun­tains of New South Wales. Lo­ca­ted close to the town of Ka­toom­ba.
  • The world's lar­gest coral reef sys­tem com­po­sed of over 2,900 in­di­vi­du­al reefs and 900 is­lands. About 2,300 km long.
  • Big well-​known coas­tal city. Po­pu­la­ti­on: more than 5 mil­li­on. Ca­pi­tal of New South Wales.
  • Spec­ta­cu­lar rock for­ma­ti­on made of se­ve­r­al round gra­ni­te boul­d­ers. Holy to the Ab­ori­gi­nes.
  • Mar­su­pi­al which is na­ti­ve to Aus­tra­lia. Aus­tra­lia's na­ti­o­nal sym­bol.
  • Syd­ney
  • Uluru
  • Syd­ney Har­bour Bridge
  • Twel­ve Apost­les
  • Mel­bourne
  • Can­ber­ra
  • Syd­ney Opera House
  • De­vils Mar­bles/Karlu Karlu
  • The Great Bar­ri­er Reef
  • Kang­a­roo
  • The bush
  • Three Sis­ters
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Can you re­mem­ber? Part 2
  • Large flight­less Aus­tra­li­an bird, re­la­ted to the Aus­trich.
  • Tree-​climbing ani­mal that looks like a bear but is a mar­su­pi­al.
  • In­stru­ment loo­king like a long pipe that was crea­ted by the Ab­ori­gi­nes.
  • De­sert town in the out­back of
    Aus­tra­lia in the Nor­thern Ter­ri­to­ry.
  • Mam­mal with a long, tube-​like mouth, co­ver­ed in spi­nes.
  • Mam­mal that lays eggs and lives in ri­vers and on river banks.
  • Short-​legged, mus­cu­lar mar­su­pi­al of about 1 m length which is na­ti­ve to Aus­tra­lia.
  • Ab­ori­gi­nal art using sto­nes and sand, used for ce­re­mo­nies.
  • A tool ori­gi­nal­ly used by the Ab­ori­gi­nes to hunt
    ani­mals.
  • Large World-​Heritage lis­ted sand is­land, lo­ca­ted in Queens­land.
  • Wild Aus­tra­li­an dog li­ving in packs.
  • White, grey or black par­rot with some co­lou­red feathers.
  • Koala
  • Fra­ser Is­land
  • Boo­me­rang
  • Wom­bat
  • Emu
  • Dingo
  • Alice Springs
  • Did­ge­ri­doo
  • Echid­na
  • Dot pain­ting
  • Pla­ty­pus
  • Cocka­too
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