MATURITA TOPICS Australia_General facts II_17 ANJ_Maturita MATURITA TOPICS Australia_General facts II_17 Mgr. Filip Soviš www.zlinskedumy.cz

Anotace Materiál nastiňuje základní obecná fakta k maturitnímu tématu Australia & New Zeland. Část druhá. Umožňuje použití pro samostatnou práci. Je možné jej poskytnou nepřítomným žákům. Autor Mgr. Filip Soviš (Autor) Jazyk Angličtina Očekávaný výstup 23–41–M/01 Strojírenství 26-41-M/01 Elektrotechnika 53-41-M/01 Zdravotnický asistent 65-42-M/01 Hotelnictví Speciální vzdělávací potřeby - žádné - Klíčová slova Australia, General facts II Druh učebního materiálu Prezentace Druh interaktivity Kombinované Cílová skupina Žák Stupeň a typ vzdělávání odborné vzdělávání Typická věková skupina 16 - 19 let Vazby na ostatní materiály Je součástí ANJ konverzace

Australia PART II Geography (landscape, rivers, fauna, flora) Climate People & Lifestyle (culture, sport, etc.) Natural Wonders Tourist attractions Other

Could you describe some of Australian geographical features? the eastern coast: the Australian Alps and the Great Dividing Range Uluru (= Ayers Rock, the largest piece of rock in the world) Kata Tjuta (= "many heads"; also known as Mount Olga) Mount Kosciuszko (AA; 2,228 m) - the tallest mountain rivers: the Murray River (the longest river), the Darling lakes: Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens and Lake Gairdner over 2,000 national parks and nature reserves (UNESCO's List)

What is so special about the Great Barier Reef? Australia What is so special about the Great Barier Reef? along the coast of Queensland in the Coral Sea the world’s largest coral reef (the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms) supports a wide diversity of life CNN labeled it one of the seven natural wonders of the world

Could you describe Australian climate? Central: hot / arid (the Great Sandy Desert, the Great Victoria D.) North: tropical, heavy summer rains (rainforested Cape York Peninsula, woodland, grassland and desert) Southwest: hot dry summer, mild winters (inland mostly plains - bushfires / droughts) summer starts in December

What do you know about Australian wildlife (flora and fauna)? climate and geographical isolation animals: marsupials – kangaroo, koala bear, Tasmanian devil, wombat; mammal: platypus; other: emu, echidna, kiwi, cockatoo, dingo vegetation: grass and eucalyptus trees the national flower is wattle

What are some typical Australian sports and pastimes? cricket (bat‑and‑ball game, the most popular summer sport) rugby (eastern states) and Australian rules football (the rest of the country) soccer diving and surfing

Who are some famous people connected with Australia? literature: Patrick White (the first Australian to win the Nobel Prize for literature), Peter Carey (novelist) singers: Kylie Minogue, Peter Garrett (lead singer of Midnight Oil, now a politician) actors: Nicole Kidman, Mel Gibson director: Bruce Beresford (Sydney – A Story of a City) painters: Sidney Nolan (surrealist), Brett Whiteley (avant‑garde) sportsmen: Cathy Freeman (sprinter), Ian Thorpe (swimmer), Sir Donald Bradman (cricket), Lleyton Hewitt (tennis) others: Steve Irwin (naturalist; unafraid of dangerous animals)

Would you like to go to Australia? Absolutely / sure / yes. I love Australian culture / lifestyle. I think that people living there are more easy‑going / friendly than in the CR. It must be a very interesting place. Australia is a wealthy / prosperous country / nation… I could find a good job there. I would like to go there to learn English and make some money. No / No way… it’s too faraway / I am afraid to fly so far… it’s too hot.

Australia What climate would you expect in the south of Australia? Would you like to live in Australia? Why? Why not? What is Australia famous for?

Bibliografické citace BRIDGE. Australia [online]. 2010-2013 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Soubor typu PDF. Dostupné z: http://www.bridge-online.cz/maturita/maturitni-karty BURNIE, Glen a Rob RAESIDE. Flags of the World. CRW Flags' Online Catalog [online]. 1996-2013, 2013-01-04 [cit. 2013-01-05]. Dostupné z: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/country.html#n LEOPOLD, Corey. Uluru, helicopter view, croped [online]. 2008 [cit. 2013-02-28]. Obrázek typu JPEG, Creative Commons. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uluru,_helicopter_view,_croped.jpg SMITH-DLUHÁ, Gabrielle. Angličtina: otázky a odpovědi nejen k maturitě. 1. vyd. Dubicko: INFOA, 2007, 231 s. Zrcadlový text. ISBN 978-80-7240-489-6.