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* Lesson 10 THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA Australia China Reading The Opera House in Sydney,with the famous Harbour Bridge, floodlit(灯光照明的) behind A section of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland Great Barrier Reef Ayers Rock in the Northern Territories is a sacred(神圣的 )site to the Aboriginal(土著的) people. Australian cowboys herding cattle on a ranch(大农场) in the outback(内地). Australia’s capitol(国会大厦) building in Canberra Platypus Kangaroos Where does Australia lie? Australia lies in south hemisphere and is surrounded by oceans: the Indian Ocean in the West, the Southern Ocean in the south and the Pacific Ocean in the northeast. The map of Australia In 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia was formed, with Canberra as its capital. English is its official language. Its flag shows the UK flag and a large star with seven points. Australia is famous for its animals such as Kangaroos and koalas. 1.What do the symbols on the Australian flag represent? The Australian flag shows the UK flag and a large star with seven points. Six of the points represent the states and the seventh stands for all the territories. The other stars on the flag represent the Southern Cross — a group of stars in the southern sky that can be used to find the South Pole. 沿着银河系寻找南十字星座是一种方法。银河系是由无数颗星星组成的河带状明亮星系。在它的中心有一黑斑，镶在闪亮的群星背影下，人们称之为煤袋。煤袋的一边是南十字星座，另一边是两颗明亮的指极星。 沿着十字交叉线较长的一根想像中向前延伸约４．５倍长的间距，然后垂直下落。 ◆辨认南方◆ ◆寻找南十字星座◆ 2. Who were the first people to arrive in Australia? The first Australians were the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. They came to the continent at least fifty thousand years ago and created complex societies. Aborigines in the Australian outback. Aboriginal people have lived in Australia for more than 40,000 years. When Europeans began to colonize Australia in the late 18th century, there were around 300,000 Aborigines, of perhaps 500 different linguistic and cultural groups, on the continent. Very few now live in the remot