• 

  1 слайд

  ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
  

• 

  2 слайд

  Australia
  the smallest continent
  the largest island
  
  the Pacific Ocean
  the Indian Ocean
  

• 

  3 слайд

• 

  4 слайд

  The Commonwealth of AUSTRALIA
  

• 

  5 слайд

  The Commonwealth of Australia is a federal state within the Commonwealth. Its territories are the continent of Australia, the island of Tasmania and a number of smaller islands. It has an area of about 8 million square kilometres.
  

• 

  6 слайд

  It is the world’s largest island and its smallest continent.
  

• 

  7 слайд

  History of Australia
  The east coast of Australia was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770.
  

• 

  8 слайд

  What part of Australia was first used as a colony?
  2. How did the early settlers behave towards the aborigines?
  3. Why did very many people go to Australia after 1851?
  4. When was the new nation born in Australia?
  

• 

  9 слайд

  The continent of Australia is mostly a great plain with mountains in the east and south-east.
  

• 

  10 слайд

  Much of the land is a useless desert. Great deserts cover nearly
  2 000 000 square kilometres.
  

• 

  11 слайд

  
  Most of the continent is sunny most of the year.
  

• 

  12 слайд

  Severe droughts, floods and cyclones happen very often on the continent. The people suffer from limited fresh water.
  

• 

  13 слайд

  The tropical forests are displaced by savanna or grassland. In the south-east and on the sides of the mountains there are forests of eucalyptus and other evergreen trees.
  

• 

  14 слайд

  WILD LIFE OF AUSTRALIA
  

• 

  15 слайд

  THE STRANGE WORLD OF AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS
  
  Australia has been called “the land of differences” and “the continent of contrasts”. There are many ways in which it is different from other countries. The first thing most people think of are the strange native animals
  

• 

  16 слайд

  There are many wild animals in Australia. Some of them, such as
  the kangaroo
  the koala
  the dingo or wild dog
  are not found in any other country of the world
  

• 

  17 слайд

  The native birds of Australia are very interesting. The emu, for example, which with kangaroo is represented on the australian coat-of-arms, is the next-tallest bird in the world after the ostritch.
  

• 

  18 слайд

  The capital of Australia is Canberra.
  

• 

  19 слайд

  There are 5 big cities in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
  

• 

  20 слайд

  What factors explain the following peculiarities of Australia?
  The seasons are the other way round in Australia
  
  

• 

  21 слайд

  The continent is south of the Equator.
  

• 

  22 слайд

  What factors explain the following peculiarities of Australia?
  Australia is sometimes called the Land Down Under.
  

• 

  23 слайд

  New Year is in the middle of summer, the middle of winter is in June, and the winter months are never cold.
  Hot winds blow from the north, cold winds blow from the south.
  

• 

  24 слайд

  What factors explain the following peculiarities of Australia?
  The few rivers play an especially important role in people’s lives.
  

• 

  25 слайд

  Much of the land is a useless desert. Great deserts cover nearly 2 mln sq kms.
  The people suffer from limited fresh water.
  

• 

  26 слайд

  Australia became cut off from the rest of the world.
  

• 

  27 слайд

  By whom was Australia discovered and when was it happened?
  When was the birth of the new nation celebrated?
  What is the official name of Australia?
  What landscape is typical of Australia?
  Name the greatest rivers of Australia?
  What animals live in Australia?
  Name big cities of Australia.
  What is the capital of Australia?
  
  

• 

  28 слайд

Краткое описание материала