(精选)英语国家文化 第4章：澳大利亚课件.pptVIP

The wet season in Australia lasts about 6 months in spring and summer, between November April. It is hotter than the dry season, with temperature between 30 50 degrees Celsius/centigrade (摄氏). This is because of the high humi-dity (湿气; 湿度) during the wet, which is caused by large amounts of water in the air. During the wet season, there is a lot of rain, which frequently causes flooding. The dry season lasts also about 6 months in autumn winter, usually between May and October. Temperatures are lower and the skies are generally clearer during the dry season. The average temperature is around 20 degrees centigrade. (pp59-60) 【澳大利亚不同地区的气候差别很大。 总体是干旱和半干旱性气 候。 其南部和东部气候温和，北部气候炎热。 其下雨的方式也 很特别——有些地区一年中某些时候雨量充沛，但在其他时候则 滴雨不下。 澳大利亚的雨季为春季至夏季，即11月至4月，持续6个月。雨季比旱季热，气温通常在摄氏30～50度之间。这是因为雨季期间湿度大， 导致空气中含有大量的水分所致。 雨季期间雨量充沛，常常导致洪灾。 旱季为秋季和冬季，即5月至10月，也持续6个月。 在旱季期间，气温要低些，天空通常变得更晴朗，平均气温为摄氏20度左右。】 ◆ Belief (宗教信仰) According to the 2006 Australian census, 63.9% (12.69 million) of the Australian population is self-declared (自称) as Christians. So Christianity is the religion of the majority in Australia. (p61) 【根椐2006年澳大利亚的人口普查，63.9%(或约1269万)的澳大利亚人自称是基督教徒。所以，基督教是澳大利亚绝大多数人的宗教信仰。】 ◆ Brief History (澳大利亚简史) The written history of Australia began when Dutch explorers (荷兰探险者) first sighted the landmass (大陆；地块) in the 17th century. The Holland explorer Willem Jansz (威廉·詹茨 ) was the first man to discover Australia in 1606. He sailed along the southern coast of New Guinea (新几尼亚) and then he turned south and sighted Cape York Peninsula (约克角半岛) on Australia’s northern coast. Jansz named the land New Holland explored the Gulf of Carpentaria (卡奔塔利亚湾) on the Cape’s western shore. The first recorded European sighting of the South Australian coast was in 1627 by the Dutch explorer Francois Thissen. (p60) 【澳大利亚有文字记载的历史，是从十七世纪初荷兰探险者第一次发现这块大陆开始的。1606年，荷兰探险家威廉·詹茨第一个发现了澳大利亚。他先驾船沿着新几尼亚群岛南部海岸航行，然后调转船头向南航行，发现了澳大利亚北部沿岸的约克角半岛。