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Lesson 4 An exciting trip 一、listening comprehension 1. introduce the story We’ll listen to a story about a trip to Australia. 2. understand the situation A. Now look at the picture. B. What do you think is happening in the picture? C. background notes: Australian map Culture 澳大利亚联邦（The Commonwealth of Australia）简称澳大利亚（Australia），是一个发达的资本主义国家。1788年至1900年，曾是英国的殖民地。1901年，殖民统治结束，成为一个独立的联邦国家。澳大利亚一词，意即“南方大陆”，欧洲人在17世纪初叶发现这块大陆时，误以为是一块直通南极的陆地，故取名“澳大利亚”，Australia 即由拉丁文 terraaustralis （南方的土地）变化而来。澳大利亚四面环海，是世界上唯一一个国土覆盖整个大陆的国家，拥有很多自己特有的动植物和自然景观。澳大利亚是一个移民国家，奉行多元文化。 澳大利亚人口高度都市化，近一半国民居住在悉尼和墨尔本两大城市，全国多个城市曾被评为世界上最适宜居住的地方之一。其第二大城市墨尔本曾多次被评为世界上最适宜居住的城市。 澳大利亚领土面积761.793万平方公里，是南半球经济最发达的国家，全球第12大经济体，全球第四大农产品出口国，也是多种矿产出口量全球第一的国家被称作“坐在矿车上的国家”。澳大利亚也是世界上放养绵羊数量和出口羊毛最多的国家，被称为“骑在羊背的国家”。 澳大利亚是一个体育强国，常年举办全球多项体育盛事。澳大利亚曾两次主办夏季奥运会，并且是每年的一级方程式赛车和澳大利亚网球公开赛的常年主办国。澳大利亚积极参与国际事务，是联合国、20国集团、英联邦、太平洋安全保障条约、经济合作与发展组织及太平洋岛国论坛的成员。 Capital :  Canberra 堪培拉 Australian emblemkangaroo and ostrich National flag 4.Listening objective Read the story and answer the question below: Why is Tim finding this trip exciting ? Answer: This is his first trip abroad. 5.Repetition 1、Play the recording pausing after each sentence and ask students to repeat. 2、play the tape ,pausing after every sentence to check the students understand and asking comprehension questions for every sentence. 6.Key structures:the present perfect simple The present perfect is used to describe an action which: i. took place at an indefinite past time (the exact time is not important and not given), but whose effects are still evident in the present. 动作发生在过去（具体动作发生的时间并不重要或不给出)，但对现在造成很明显的影响 I have read the letter, but I don’t understand it. I have phoned Lily. He has no time to attend the meeting. She has gone to Australia. You have to wait for next month. Practice 1.Have you finished your work? (We’ll have to do something else after it.) 2. Have you ever been to Australia? tell us what you know about it. 3. Has she sent the lette