Anglia project; Australia (2)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, k, t
• Leerjaar 1,2

G'day class!

Last week, we've visited the East Coast of Australia. 

Today we will take a few virtual tours and meet some of Australia's most dangerous creatures! 

Furthermore you will learn some new Australian style words and phrases!

Work with a classmate or on your own!

Time needed for this lesson; 35/40 minutes

What was one activity of your top three? Do you remember?

Explore on your own now! 

(or together with a classmate)

• Get your earphones/earplugs out
• Work in silence please
• Read carefully and take your time
• Raise your hands when you finished all the pages

00:46

The Australian Outback is a vast remote (afgelegen) area. The term “outback” can commonly refer to…

1. any lands far from the largest cities.
2. any lands close to the largest cities.

01:07

In Australia’s Northern Territory lies an enormous reddish rock formation, which might be the world’s largest monolith and is known as…

1. Uluru
2. Ayers Rock

01:44

The original inhabitants of Australia are called…

1. Australian Aborigines
2. Australian Aborigens
3. Aboras

02:39

Australie was een Britse......

03:08

Camels were…

1. imported to help build railroads
2. imported to cross the deserts.

03:50

Naast wijn en vee, wat kun je nog meer vinden in de Outback?

Virtual tours

Unfortunately, we can't go to Australia at the moment. But we can bring Australia into your screens!

On the next page, you can take three different virtual tours through a variety of sights of the East Coast of Australia. 

Enjoy!

Choose between three virtual tours!

Decide which one you want to take and explore!

Discover the Great Barrier Reef!

https://attenboroughsreef.com/

Discover the Melbourne Museum!

Melbourne Museum - Dinosaur Walk

Watch Koalas doing koala stuff live!

Livestream - koala centre Queensland

Australia's most dangerous animals!

As all things in Australia, animals in the land of Down Under can be huge and very dangerous. 

On the next page you will watch a video about those dangerous animals. Please watch carefully and answer the questions in between.

01:07

What do you need when a Funnel Web Spider bites you? Write your answer in English

01:43

What causes a bite of a Redback Spider? Name 1 of the three symptoms. Write your answer in English.

02:17

What does the word 'venom' mean?

1. gif
2. pijn
3. bacterie

04:52

Of all these creatures, which one causes the most deadly victims?

Some Aussie slang

Australian people speak English, because it used to be a British colony. 

But they have their own way of speaking, it is quite unique. 

They have some expressions you might have never heard of.

Let's find out!

Can you guess the meaning of the words in bold?

Adam: G’day mate! How ya going? How was your weekend?

John: G’day. Yeah, my weekend was heaps good. I went to the beach and had a barbecue with my mates. It was a true blue weekend.

Adam: Sounds great! How was the beach?

John: The beach was fully sick! Fair dinkum, I caught 5 waves and then took a break. But crikey! I was nearly bitten by a shark!

Adam: Streuth mate! Are you okay? I wished I had come with you, but now I’m glad I didn’t. I’m afraid of sharks.

John: True blue! Next time…see you later!

Adam: Bye!

True Blue

G'day mate!

Crikey!

Fully sick

Fair dinkum

True story!

This is great

genuine, real and honest

How are you?

Wow!

Australian expressions

Did you have all 5 Australian expressions correct? Well done!

Curious on how a real Aussie sounds and looks like? Click the video to watch an absolute legend, fair dinkum!

Want to sound like an Australian yourself? Click here.

Next stop: 

The Great Southern Highway

Today you have seen a bit of the Outback, which is the largest area in Australia.

Next week wel will cruise the Great Southern Highway!