Theme 6 : Down Under

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THEME 6 : Down Under

Planning

Australia Project (still working on it)

Listening test

Reading test 

What is Australia's national bird?

1. Dove
2. Kiwi
3. Emu
4. Ostrich

AE or BE: iemoe

Aussie way of saying it: IEMJUU

The world's biggest coral reef, which is in Australia, is called ...

1. The Great Reef
2. The Great Barrier
3. The Great Barrier Reef
4. The Great Coral Reef

What is the Capital of Australia?

1. Sydney
2. Canberra
3. Perth
4. Melbourne

What is the other name for Australia?

1. Aussie
2. Down Under
3. the Outback
4. Kangoo Island

Who are the original inhabitants (inwoners) of Australia?

1. Maori
2. Indians
3. Inuits
4. Aboriginals

Inuit --> Canada, Greenland, Alaska

Maori --> New Zealand

Indians --> native Americans

Aboriginals --> member or a tribe in Australia when Europeans arrived there

inju-it

mau-ri

Listening ex. 2 (WB p. 27)

Rumble in the jungle. Choose A or B and write the answers in your notebook.

KEY ex. 2

1. A
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B

p. 86 TB

pronounce as:

indidjenus

pledipus

hemisfeer

Theme words

Ex. 3-4 p. 27-28 WB

Finished?

Ex. 5-6-7 p. 29-30 WB

Study vocab A+B p. 95 TB

Ex. 9, 10, 19 & 20

Do 'Getting enough sleep' on GC

KEY ex. 3 & 4 (wb p. 27-28)

Ex. 3 Key:

1 outback

2 plain

3 creek

4 indigenous

5 drought

6 territory

7 colony

8 settlement

Ex. 4 Key:

1 convict

2 flip-flops

3 swamp

4 go backpacking

5 venomous

6 southern hemisphere

7 platypus

8 laid-back

KEY ex. 5, 6 & 7(wb p. 29-30)

5 Key:

1 false

2 false

3 true

4 false

5 false

6 true

6 Key:

1 C

2 A

3 C

4 A

5 B

6 B

7 Key:

1 The Maori usually got their first tattoo during adolescence.

2 In Maori culture, people of lower-rank status could not have tattoos.

3 It was considered offensive not to be able to recognise a person's social rank by his tattoo. / It was prohibited to have a tattoo as a priest.

4 Moko involved a tattooing process that was very painful.

5 While tattooing, the Maori sang songs to soothe the pain.

6 People have been incorporating Maori tattoo art in modern tattoos.

KEY ex. 9 & 10

9 Key:

1 Is it common / customary to use last names around here?

2 we generally use first names in this country.

3 Around here, music festivals are an important summer pastime.

4 barbecues allow for great social gatherings.

5 snowboard events are extremely popular.

6 drive on the left-hand side of the road.

10 Key:

1 Australia has a desert climate. The outback can be very dry.

2 This island has large areas of rainforest along the east coast.

3 most major cities are situated in the east of the country.

4 These people have been living in this country since time immemorial.

5 The Aboriginals used to have a nomadic lifestyle. / The Aboriginals had a nomadic lifestyle.

6 most Aboriginals live in cities.

KEY ex. 19 & 20

19 Key:

1 C

2 B

3 A

4 B

5 B

6 C

20 Key:

1 als een sterrenhemel met blauwe sterren.

2 Ze geven informatie over de geschiedenis en het geologische belang van de grotten.

3 Hij vindt ze geweldig want ze bieden een van ‘s werelds grootste schouwspelen.

4 De (lichtgevende) larve van een vlieg (fungus gnat).

5 Vier van de volgende kenmerken:

Ze lijken op muggen.

Ze kunnen niet eten.

Hun enige taak is paren. / Ze zijn helemaal gericht op nakomelingen maken.

Ze leggen eieren.

Ze gaan na een of twee dagen dood.

6 Binnen kunnen ze op elk tijdstip van de dag of nacht oplichten en buiten alleen als het donker is.

Grammar

Grammar:

Reflexive & reciprocal pronouns

Reflexive pronouns

• You use these in situations in which the subject (onderwerp) and the direct object (lijdend voorwerp) are the same person:
• "You should go and love yourself"

Reflexive pronouns

• You don't use reflexive pronouns after verbs like wash, dress and shave.
•         These verbs describe actions which people usually do for themselves.
• Exception: you want to put emphasis on the person performing this action: She's old enough to dress herself.

Reflexive pronouns

Singular (-self)

• I ... myself
• You ... yourself
• He ... himself
• She ... herself

Plural (-selves)

• We ... ourselves
• You ... yourselves
• They ... themselves

1. She looked at ... in the mirror.

2. We bought ... a present.

3. You (singular) should introduce ... to your neighbours.

4. They tried to do everything ...

5. Sometimes it seems like I don't even really know ...

6. He should learn to behave ...

7. Are you (plural) going to paint the house ... ?

Reciprocal pronouns

• You use these to talk about each other or one another = 'elkaar'
• "Can we ... keep each other company?"

Reciprocal pronouns

• You don't use reciprocal pronouns after verbs like meet, marry, hug, cuddle, embrace and kiss
• These verbs already imply that multiple people are involved.

GRAMMAR

Ex. 25 p. 39

Ex. 4 p. 43 

Finished ?

Slim stampen

Exercise 25

1. He/The interviewer should take a look at himself (first)!
2. I will do it myself.
3. Boys have to start shaving when they are about sixteen years old.
4. They/Those football players look a lot like each other.
5. My grandparents got married when they were eighteen years old.
6. She is very proud of herself.