高中英语人教版高三1 03

[05:58.71]Thus Koori children who went to school could not understand the lessons.
[06:05.79]Although the settlers generally treated each other well,
[06:10.65]they,particularly the police,treated the Kooris badly.
[06:16.89]A quarter of the people who have died in police stations and prisons have been Koori.
[06:24.26]Two hundred years ago there were more than 250 Koori languages.
[06:30.43]Half of these languages have completely disappeared,
[06:35.78]and many of the remaining languages have been lost.
[06:40.64]In 1960 Kooris were made citizens of Australia,
[06:46.60]53,000 years after arriving in the country.
[06:52.16]Lesson 11
[07:00.83]1 Reading comprehension
[07:06.29]AUSTRALIA
[07:09.24]Australia is as old as time.
[07:13.79]Probably it was once connected to South America,
[07:19.14]but the continents separated as the earth's plates moved.
[07:25.02]Having been separated from other continents for millions of years,
[07:30.95]Australia has many plants and aninmals not found anywhere else in the world.
[07:38.32]One strange animal lays eggs,yet feeds its young on its milk.
[07:45.87]Kangaroos and koala bears give birth to very small and weak young.
[07:54.12]They are then carried in a pocket of folded skin on the mother's stomach
[08:01.07]for several months while they feed on the mother's milk and grow stronger.
[08:08.72]Also in Australia there are many varieties of parrots,
[08:14.60]and over 140 different types of snakes,many of which are extremely dangerous.
[08:24.45]Australia is the only country in the world which covers an entire continent.
[08:31.71]From north to south the distance is 3,220 km and from east to weat 3,860 km.
[08:45.79]In area it is about the same size as the USA(without Alaska),
[08:53.45]which has more than thirteen times as many people.
[08:58.41]Tody about 85% of the population of 18 million
[09:05.07]live in the six major cities around the coast.
[09:10.22]Two thirds of the country is dry or desert.
[09:15.57]It is an extremely rich country.
[09:20.01]It produces metals,precious stones,coal,grain,meat and wines,
[09:28.45]and has the biggest iron mines in the world.
[09:33.28]Australia has about one sixth of the world's sheep
[09:39.32]and produces almost one third of its wool.
[09:44.28]Cattle are also kept,and about 15 million tons of wheat are grown every year.
[09:53.03]Fruit and vegetables are grown in areas where there is enough water.
[09:59.90]A long fence runs for hundreds of kilometres across Australia.
[10:06.25]The purpose of the fence is to keep out a type of wild dog called a "dingo".
[10:14.43]Dingoes hunt at night and like to attack sheep.
[10:19.89]Farms in the middle of Australia are so large that farmers use motor bikes
[10:27.25]or helicopters for the task of rounding up the sheep or cattle.
[10:33.91]The climate is different depending on the area.
[10:39.06]The south has cool,wet winters and warm,dry summers.
[10:45.41]The north has warm,dry winters and hot,wet summers.
[10:52.25]The centre of Australia is hot and dry all the year round.
[10:58.52]Because of such a climate,much of daily life happens outdoors.
[11:05.18]Australians love sports and win world competitions in tennis,sailing and swimming.
[11:14.61]If you are adked to an Australian home,
[11:18.84]you will probably eat outside and cook meat or fish on an open fire.
[11:25.79]At weekends many Australians go walking
[11:30.96]and camping in the countryside,called the"bush".
[11:36.22]For holidays,many people visit the Great Barrier Reef
[11:42.09]off the northeast coast of Australia,which has 700 islands.