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英语·六年级下册 文化视窗 知识链将 走进澳火利亚 通过本单元的学习,我们对澳大利亚有了一些了解,你还想对它了解更多吗?我 们一起来看看下面这些关于澳大利亚的小知识吧! ★国名 澳大利亚联邦( The Commonwealth of australia)简称澳大利亚( Australia),欧洲 人在17世纪初发现这块大陆时,以为这是一块直通南极洲的陆地,故取名“澳大利 亚”, Australia由拉丁文 terra australis(南方的土地)变化而来。 ★国旗 澳大利亚国旗是长方形,长与宽之比为2:1。旗底为深蓝色,左上方是红、白“米 字,“米”字下面为一颗较大的白色七角星。旗的右边为五颗白色的星,其中一颗小星 为五角,其余均为七角。澳大利亚为英联邦成员国,英国女王为澳大利亚的国家元首。 国旗的左上角为英国国旗图案,表明澳大利亚与英国的传统关系。一颗最大的七角星 象征组成澳大利亚联邦的六个州和两个联邦领地(北领地和首都领地)。五颗小星代 表南十字星座(是南天小星座之一,星座虽小,但明亮的星很多),表明该国处于南 半球。 ★国徵 澳大利亚国徵左边是一只袋鼠,右边是一只鹂鹊,这两种动物均为澳大利亚特有, 它们一般只会向前走,不轻易后退,象征着一个永远迈步向前的国家。国徵中间是一 个盾,盾面上有六组图案,分别象征这个国家的六个州。盾形上方为一枚七角星,象征 澳大利亚联邦的六个州和一个联邦区。周围饰以澳大利亚国花金合欢,底部的绶带是 英文书写的“澳大利亚” ★国花 澳大利亚国花是金合欢( Golden Wattle,拉丁语学名: Acacia pycnantha),是合欢 花卉的一个系列,按照生物学分类,金合欢花来自金合欢树,树高两米至八米不等,每 年冬天和春天开花,花香浓郁 趣味阅读 My wife will exchange them 反正我太太明天会来换的 A gentleman walks into a store and 位先生走进一家商店要买一副 asked for a pair of gloves 手套。 Cloth or leather?" asked the sales 您是要布的还是皮的?”售货员 person 问道。 5. Friday is the six/sixth) day of a week Ⅲ.单项选择。(20颗★ )1. My friend Leo is outgoing boy. B C the )2.My birthday is March A. father: in B fathers: on C. father's: in )3. Lily can play no, but she cant play basketbal A./; the B the:/ C the: the )4. Bob is a A. ten years old B. ten-years-old C. ten-year-old did your brother go to America? Two years ago. A. When B Why C How )6. Mike has the apple of the four boys B bigger C biggest 7. My fathers sister is my A cousin B. aunt C. grandma )8.--What does the girl -she is very beautiful. A look like B. looks like C. like )9. There is a jacket on the bed. It's my A. mother B. mothers C. mother' )10. Betty is an She can speak Chinese A. Australia: little B. Australian: little C. Australian; few like swimming. I have a big family, my father, my mother and my two brothers. I think China is a great country. I want to have a Chinese pen pal Please send e-mails to me if you want to be my pen pal. My e-mail address is Maggie12@yahoo.com. Age: 1 Country: 2. guage: 3 Favourite sports: 4 Family: mother, father an