Задание 1 Dialogue of cultures (2) ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 6 класс
1 Do the quiz with your friend and then discuss difficult questions with the class. Discovering Australia 1 The sea explorers from Europe called this land ‘terra australis’.
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1 Do the quiz with your friend and then discuss difficult questions with the class.
Discovering Australia
1 The sea explorers from Europe called this land ‘terra australis’. Terra means ‘land’ in Latin but what is the meaning of australis?
a) different
b) southern
c) wonderful
2 Australia is a country and it is a continent. How does it compare with other continents and countries?
a) It is the largest.
b) It is the smallest.
c) It is the sixth-largest.
3 What is the capital of Australia? You can use the map.
a) Canberra
b) Sydney
c) Melbourne
4 What is the largest city in Australia?
a) Canberra
b) Sydney
c) Melbourne
5 What building can you find on many postcards of Sydney?
a) TV Tower
b) National Library
c) Sydney Opera House
6 What season is Christmas in Australia?
a) Winter
b) Summer
c) Autumn
7 What do they call the desert in Central Australia?
a) Jungle
b) Forest
c) Outback
8 Which of these are the hottest months in Australia?
a) January and February
b) July and August
c) March and April
9 How fast can a kangaroo run?
a) 20 km per hour
b) 40 km per hour
c) 30 km per hour
10 Which of these animals did not live in Australia until the Europeans arrived there?
a) crocodile
b) kangaroo
c) rabbit
11 What is the name for the large Australian bird that cannot fly?
a) emu
b) ostrich
c) goose
Vocabulary
masterpiece
architect
ethnographer
naturalist
to raise
to borrow
extra
lottery
Read the texts and learn more about Australia.
Did you know...
...what building looks like a sailing ship?
One of the architectural masterpieces of the modern world is Sydney Opera House. Its white curved roof looks like the sails of a ship sailing in the waters of Sydney Harbour.
The building was designed by the Danish architect John Utzon. The construction began in 1957 and was finished 16 years later. The actual cost was 14 times more than originally planned. A series of Opera House lotteries was organised to raise extra money.
...what words were borrowed by Russian and English from Australian native languages?
Linguists say that the word ‘kangaroo’ came into English as early as 1770 at the time of the first expedition of Captain Cook. ‘Boomerang’ was borrowed later — about 1830. Both words came into Russian directly from Australian native languages due to the expeditions of Miklouho-Maclay, a famous Russian explorer. Miklouho-Maclay was also a naturalist and an ethnographer. His exploits made him something of a legend during his lifetime.
Tell your friend what you now know about Australia.
Make a quiz on New Zealand. Use Exercise 1as an example. You may ask your parents for help, if necessary. Then do the quiz with your friends in class.