A. remember the text and say: 1) how many countries are situated on the biggest island of the world; 2) what part of australia is desert; 3) what is the name of the biggest city in australia; 4) which is the oldest city in the country; 5) what city is the capital of the country; 6) what part of the country is practically empty; 7) where people who live in australia like to spend winter holidays; 8) in what part of the country most people live. b. answer these questions. 1) when did british people appear in australia? 2) what name did they give to the people they found there? 3) how many aborigines lived in australia at that time? 4) what was their way of living? 5) in what buildings did the aborigines live then? 6) when did life begin to change for them? 7) what happened to many aborigines? по тексту: australia is the smallest continent and the biggest island in the world. it is a large and rich country too. in fact, only five countries in the world are bigger than australia. the journey from the city of perth in the west to sydney which is the oldest and the biggest city in the east takes four hours by plane. canberra is the capital of the country, it is situated in the east too. australia is a fairly low country. two thirds of it, mostly in the centre and the west, is desert. there are hills and big dry lakes there. it is very difficult to grow anything on these territories. in the west and the centre the temperature is often +35 degrees in the summer months and a lot of the territory is empty. most of australians live in the south and east of the country, where the summers (from november to april) are warm and the winters (from may to october) are not too cold. in winter many people go to the north of the country which is a popular place for winter holidays in the sun. when british people came to australia in 1788, they gave the name “aborigine” to the people they found there. the 300,000 aborigines who lived in australia at that time belonged to different tribes and each tribe had its land and language. they travelled a lot during the year to find food and water. they ate plants and fruit and caught animals and fish. they made houses from branches and leaves. their way of life didn’t destroy the land where they lived. the aborigines believe that once upon a time animals, plants and people lived together and made the world. that was “dreamtime”. there are many songs, stories and pictures about it. at special times aborigines came together in big groups. they painted their bodies, danced and sang and made music. after 1788 their life suddenly began to change. thousands of aborigines died from fighting the british1 or from diseases that appeared on their lands. the british took a lot of aboriginal land, too.

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