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高中英语Unit3Australia-Readingtask课件新人教选修9.ppt

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ThecomputersatSusan’sschoolareallconnectedtoeachotherandtheschoolhasanonlinenoticeboardwherestudentscanaskquestionsandgivetheiropinions.SusanpostedaquestionaboutthediscoveryofAustraliaontheonlinenoticeboard.Readthequestionsandwhatherfellowstudentsreplied.DiscoveryofAustralia1421SomepeoplethinkaChinesefleetledbyZhengHemayhavevisitedAustralia.1606ADutchseacaptainfirstmappedthenorthcoast.1644AbelTasmanmadeamaponwhichhecombinedallknownlandandguessedtherest.1770CaptainCooksaileduptheeastcoastofthecontinent1802MathewFlinderssailedaroundthecontinent,mappeditandcalleditAustralia.1.WhydoyouthinkschoolchildreninAustraliainthe1950sweretoldthatCaptainCookdiscoveredAustralia?CaptainCookclaimedthelandforBritainandasAustraliawasoriginallysettledbypeopleformBritain,thisisthepartofthehistorythattheyweretaught.2.WhydoesMaryWhitethinkEuropeanexplorersdidn’tdiscovertheAustraliancontinentuntilthe17thcentury?Before1644,explorersdidn’tknowtheyhadfoundacontinent.Theyjustvisitedsmallpartsofit.3.WhydoesNickChancethinkChineseexplorersreachedthecontinentsomuchearlier?HereadabouttheChineseexplorersontheInternet.4.PatrickHallsaysthattheancestorsoftheAboriginesdiscoveredAustraliaatleast40,000yearsago.Whydoyouthinktheotherchildrendidn’tgivethisanswer?TheymayhavethoughtthatAboriginesalwayslivedonthecontinentsotheydidn’tthinktheydiscoveredit.5.Whichofthestudent'sanswersdoyouagreewithandwhy?Remember,thatyoufirstneedtodecidewhat“discovered”meansandwhat“Australia”means.Homework