Read the passage about Native Americans and Australian Aborigines.Then fill in the form.

Native Americans Australian Aborigines

origin

time

population

appearance

culture

Reason for their smaller population

Asia Asia

Between12,000and25,000 years ago

More than 40,000Years ago

Between1.8 million and

10 million, became

smaller and smaller

About 350,000,became

smaller and smaller

Thick straight black hair, dark eyes,brown skin

Hunting,fishing,speaking many languages, many kinds of society

Hunters and gatherers,

Battles and diseases

The Europeans took more and more land

Read the passage and answer the

question.

In what way are the Native American

and the Australian Aborigines’ cultures

similar?

They both moved from Asia to where

they now live. Both groups were

hunter-gatherers. The populations of

both groups decreased after the arrival

of western colonists.

Answer:

The population of Native Americans and Australian Aborigines are becoming smaller and smaller, while in China the population of ethnic minority is becoming larger and larger. why?

Language points

1. Whereas conj. 然而，但是，尽管

我们班大部分同学学习很刻苦，然而有些同学不。

Most of the students in our class study hard, whereas some don’t.

2. Remain link. 1 ）仍然是，保持不变

保持沉默

坐着不动

仍然站着

2 ）仍需去做 It remains to be seen whether you are right.

There remains one important question.

vi.1) 剩余，遗留 With only 10 minutes ______ we had to hurry.

2) 逗留， 不离去 They remained in Beijing until last year.

Remain silent

Remain seated

Remain standing

remaining

Replace the last sentence

Today , just over 1.5% of Australia’s population ____________________ ____ Aborigines.is made up of /consists of