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Chapter 1 • Australia, close-up and far away
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Start Australia, close-up and far away
Key question and sub-questions
What do you see in the photo of Suze?
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Key question How do you use maps to study Australia?
Sub-questions 1 2 3 4 5 6
Why is Australia part of the geography course? What helps you to read maps of Australia? What kind of maps do you use in your own surroundings? Why do you zoom in and out on maps? What kind of distances do you know? How do you use your atlas?
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How would you feel about moving to another country? ............................................................................. .............................................................................
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What would you miss the most? .............................................................................
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Quiz about Australia
Cross out the wrong answers. 1 Australia is as big as / 10 x as big as / 185 x as big as the Netherlands. 2 Australia has a population of 1 / 20/ 200 / 1,000 million. 3 When it’s summer in the Netherlands, it’s summer / autumn / winter / spring in Australia. 4 In Australia the sun shines as much as / 2-3 x as much as / less than in the Netherlands. 5 Australia is 1,400 / 14,000 / 140,000 kilometres from the Netherlands. 6 It takes 24 / 48 / 72 hours to fly to Australia. 7 The most famous animal in Australia is the panda / ostrich / kangaroo. 8 Two big cities in Australia are Toronto and Montreal / Johannesburg and Cape Town / Sydney and Melbourne.
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Read page 7 in your coursebook What does Suze like about Australia? Name three things. 1
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What does Suze like about the Netherlands? 1
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What would you miss the least? ............................................................................. .............................................................................
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What country would you like to move to? .............................................................................
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Is that country far away from the Netherlands or near the Netherlands? .............................................................................
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Work in pairs and look at chapter 1 in your coursebook
Which three photos look really Australian? Write down the numbers in W1. Why do you choose these photos? W1
Three ‘really’ Australian photos in chapter 1
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