Let’s travel Australia!

Do the quiz.

• What is the official name of the country?a) Australia b) The Commonwealth of Australia• What is the capital of Australia?a) Melbourne b) Canberra• Who discovered Australia?a) James Cook b)Christopher Columbus• What is the official currency?a) Pound b) Australian dollar

Do the quiz.

• In which city is the Opera House located?a) Brisbane b) Sydney• What is the most popular tree?a) eucalyptus b)palm tree• What is the world’s largest rock mass?a) Uluru b) Twynam• What is Australia's national flower?a) The golden rose b)The golden wattle

• Australia• Sydney• The Botanic Gardens• Sydney Harbour Bridge• Sydney Opera House• Aboriginal rock drawings• Uluru • Ayers Rock• Central Australia• Melbourne • Victoria

Read the texts and match the columns. Which place gives a good opportunity:

to enjoy the beauty of nature

to see the art of native Australians

to enjoy good music

to visit a museum

to do sports

to do something on rainy days

Sydney National Park

The Harbour bridge

Botanic Gardens

Melbourne

Sydney Opera House

Replace the underlined adjectives with the words in the list.

picturesque, impressive, spectacular, magnificent

• the magnificent Botanic Gardens• Uluru is always impressive• a picturesque place

Replace the underlined phrases with the words or phrases in bold.

A full range of, attractions, make a reservation, package tour, accommodation

• The Great Barrier Reef is one of the main places that many tourists visit.• Sydney offers all sorts of places to stay: hotels, motels, hostels and apartments.• Book a completely planned holiday arranged by a company at a fixed price, which includes travel, hotels, meals.• Being the Olympic capital, Sydney offers to do all kinds of sport.• We advise all travellers to make an arrangement for a seaton a plane, bus or train to be kept for you as early as possible.

Comparisons of short adjectives

large larger

largest

I’ve got a large balcony in my flat. The balcony in my flat is

larger than the balcony of my neighbour.

I’ve got the largest balcony of all.

Comparisons of long adjectives

famous more famous

the most famous

The world- famous Opera House is in Sydney.

Sydney is more famous than Canberra.

Uluru is the most famous rock mass.

Translate into Russian.

Sydney is Australia’s oldest and largest city.Sydney is the oldest and largest city in Australia.The world’s largest rock mass, Uluru, is impressive.Uluru is the largest rock mass in the world.

Australia’s cityThe world’s rock mass

In pairs translate the sentences into English.

• Сидней- самый красивый город в Австралии.• Сидней- самый солнечный город Австралии.• Улуру- самая большая скала в мире.• Мельбурн- второй по величине город в

Австралии.• Улуру- самое зрелищное место для туристов.• Ботанические сады- самые впечатляющие.• Мельбурн- самый живописный город

Австралии.

In groups rewrite the texts using your own ideas. Start like this…

Sydney is one of the most impressive cities in the world! It has…

Uluru is one of the main tourists’ attractions and the most famous rock mass.

Melbourne is one of the largest cities in Australia. It has so much to offer: music, sport, museums…

The Commonwealth of Australia

2

Canberra

2

James Cook

2

Australian dollar

2

Sydney Opera house

3

eucalyptus

3

Uluru

3

The golden wattle

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