T: Where does it live? Do you know?

S: In Australia, of course.

T: Open your books at Page 22, let's come to Australia.

T: Do you know the name of the capital city?

S: Canberra.

T: Do you know how many people live there?

S: About 20 million.

T: What do you think the central part of the country is like?

S: Desert.

T: Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?

S: On the east/southeast coast.

T: What Australian animals do you know about?

S: Koala bear, Kangaroo, Duck billed platypus, echidna and dingo(澳洲野犬).

T: Yes, very good, thanks a lot, some of these animals are marsupials, that is, the mother keeps the baby in a pouch on her stomach.

T: Now, you've known much about Australia.

 Step 4 Learning to Read

(Show a passage on the screen.)

T: Well, let's look at the screen. Read through the passage, you'll learn something more about Australia.

Culture Box: Australia

Australia is 7 686 850 square km, with 25 760 km of coastline. It is the 6th largest country in the world, but has a relatively small population, because much of the central and western part of the country is uninhabitable, being desert. There are 19 731 984 people (July 2003 estimate) living there. Of these,6.2 million live in New South Wales, and 3 789 000 live in Sydney,3.3 million in Melbourne,1.5 million in Brisbane, and only 313 000 in the Capital,Canberra.85% of the population occupy 1% of the land! There are 386 049 aborigines living there, they are the indigenous people of Australia.

The climate is variable. The center and west is arid desert and semi desert, the south and east is temperate and the north is tropical. The lowest point is Lake Eyre(15 m below sea level) and the highest point is Mount Kosciusko(2229 m above sea level).6.86% of the land in arable.

The country is divided into 6 states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia) and 2 territories (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory).

 Step 5 Word Study

T: Before we read the passage, my first ride on the train, check the meaning of these words.

(Show them on the screen.)

abandoned adj.被遗弃的，camels，cassette，clouds，colorful，desert，diamonds, distance，experts，famous，farms，fields, food，products，recently，sand，scenery，shine，shoot，soil，supply，weather 1. Read through the words as the students follow, make sure the students understand the words.

2. Pay attention to the correct pronunciation of them.

3. Tick the words you will see in the passage.

4. (Brainstorm) get the students to match some of the words with these definitions quickly.