赵萍澳大利亚 2011.doc

Australia 澳大利亚联邦共和国 1.aridity 干旱 2.proximity 最近 3.equator 赤道 4.territory 领地 5.aborigine 土著人 6.nomadic 游牧的 7.convict 囚犯 8.merino 美利奴细毛羊 9.indigenous 土生土长的 10.cosmopolitan 世界性的 11.diversity 多样化 12.referendum 全民公投 13.hemisphere 半球 14.kangaroo 袋鼠 15.platypus 鸭嘴兽 16.koala 树袋熊 nomadic life 游牧生活 Australian-New Zealand Army Corps新澳军团 The indigenous people 本地人 Sydney Paralympic Games 残奥会 a manifold religion 多样的宗教 a Three-tier-system 三级体制 separation of power 分权 diversity of population 人口多样化 the Great Barrier Reef 大保礁 Chapter 1. Geography and History Geography Location:Australia lies in the Southern Hemisphere,between the Indian ocean (on the west) and the Pacific Ocean(on the east),the Arafura Sea (阿拉弗拉海) on the north .It’s surrounded by sea on all sides.It consists of mainland Australia and Tasmania(塔斯马尼亚岛) Size: 7.7million square kilometers, 6th Geographic region: the Eastern Highlands The Central-Eastern Lowlands The Western Plateau 4.1st mountain: Mount（科修斯克峰） Koseiuszko 2228m，是澳大利亚山脉中的最高峰。 5.1st river:the Melbourne river 3490 kilom 6.Climate:the tropical (the North)热带气候 The temperate region 温带气候 Australia is widely known as “the Dry Continent”due to its low rainful. The aridity of Australia stems from its Proximity to the equator. The deserts of the central and western regions have an annual rainful of less than 250 millimeters. 7.Major Cities （人口超过百万的有5个，它们是悉尼，墨尔本，布利斯班Brisbane，阿德莱德Adelaide.） 1st :Sydney 4,2milliom 2nd Melbourne 3rd Canberra (capital) 8.Population: about 20 million 53rd British and Irish ancestry 70% Other European ancestry 18% Asian anecstry 6% Aboriginal people 2.3% 9.Religion: Roman Catholicism Anglicanism 英国圣公会（86%） 10.States and Territory 6 states and 2 territory II. History Early History The aborigines:50000 years ago, from southeast Asia, nomadic life Discovery and Exp