《The game that they like most is Australian football》Australia PPT免费课件

外研版九年级英语上册《The game that they like most is Australian football》Australia PPT免费课件，共24页。

Learning Objectives

By the end of the class, we will be able to:

1. understand and extract key information and details from the text.

2. expand vocabulary and gain knowledge of Australian culture.

3. develop reading and comprehension skills, such as inference and reasoning.

4. improve writing skills, including the ability to write a letter and express ideas effectively.

Look and Say

Who are the people in the pictures? What are they holding in their hands?

They are the Aborigines（澳大利亚土著居民）.

They are holding the boomerang（飞去来器） and the spear（矛）.

Read the letter in Activity 2 again and find：

1．five colours: purple, red... yellow, dark blue and green

2．three animals：sheep, kangaroos, horse

3．four kinds of food：ham, beef, salad, grape

4．four sports： football, swimming, surfing, horse riding

Writing

Write a letter about a visit to a place in China.

·Choose a place you have visited in China.

·Make a list of things you are going to write about：

1.people　2.food　3.ways of life

4.events during the trip

Now write a letter to a relative or a friend and tell them about your visit. Begin and end your letter like Tony's.

Language Points

1. At the moment, we are staying near Ayers Rock.

at the moment 现在; 此刻

相当于now，常用于现在进行时。

e.g. The Smiths are having dinner at home at the moment.

史密斯一家现在正在家吃饭。

2. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised at how big it was: 3.6 kilometres long and 348 metres high!

be surprised at 对……感到惊奇

e.g. This lady was very surprised at the news.

这位女士对这个消息感到非常惊讶。

be surprised to do sth.对做某事感到惊奇/ 吃惊

be surprised +that 从句吃惊……

3.…, and their ancient stories describe the spirits that created the world.

spirit /'spɪrɪt/ n. 精灵; 神灵; 精神

e.g. Cancer destroyed her body but not her spirit.

癌症摧残了她的身体, 却毁不了她的精神。

与spirit 相关的短语

be in high spirits 情绪高涨

be in low spirits 情绪低落

in spirit 在精神上

lose one ’s spirits 垂头丧气

4. The Australians have a close relationship with the British.

relationship /rɪ'leɪʃnʃɪp/ n. 关系

后面常接between...and... 或with，表示人、团体、国家等之间的关系。

e.g. The children learned about the relationship between the moon and the earth.

孩子们了解了月球和地球之间的关系。

She has a very close relationship with her sister.

她和她妹妹关系非常亲密。

5. Many have British relatives, and they are like us in many ways.

relative /'relətɪv/ n. 亲戚

可作形容词，意为“相对的，相关联的”。

a close relative 近亲

relative to 关于……；与……相比

e.g. All things are relative.

一切事物都是相对的。

Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated.

与其面积相比, 这个城市的人口是稀少的。