创意阅读(第四册)19-20.docVIP

Book 4 Unit 19 The First Australians Words to note Column A Column B Column A Column B Column A Column B amicably 9 estuary 16 Paleolithic 20 6 33 19 18 27 26 13 5 12 1 7 14 3 30 15 2 23 31 17 32 24 11 8 22 21 10 29 4 28 25 9, 6, 18, 13, 1, 3, 2, 17, 11, 21, 4, 16, 33, 27, 5, 7, 30, 23, 32, 8, 10, 28, 20, 19, 26, 12, 14, 15, 31, 24, 22, 29, 25 Understanding the text Part A: Taking notes: chronological order Time Period Features of Aboriginal Life First arrived in Australia Migrated in waves from SE/S Asia Settled either in the coastal regions or inland Palaeolithic lifestyle Made tools from stone, bone, wood, reeds and shells No farming, nomadic lifestyle, hunting and collecting berries, etc. Mostly carnivorous diet ( kangaroos, emu, goannas, snakes, bird and fish) Lived in tribes occupying large areas of land Each region had its own root language and tribes had a large number of dialects. Tribal territory marked by features in the landscape Few tribal wars Belief in “The Dreamtime” Great respect and care for nature Displaced from their lands Culture under attack from settlers Forced into assimilation through intermarriage, religion and dispossession Placed on reserves under supervision Genocide in Tasmania Children removed from parents and fostered by white families or in special institutions Increasing number of policies to forcefully “control” them Increased political voice Tried to regain their lands Some victories in the courts Increase in alcoholism, unemployment an d loss of identity Part B: Interpreting the text He is showing that it is the word that the history books use, but it is not a correct word to use as Australia had actually been discovered tens of thousands of years previously. As the sea levels were much lower then (or the ocean floor was much higher), there were many islands in existence that have since disappeared. This meant the Aborigines could walk and “island hop” their way to Au