Introduction to Australia and New Zealand

Here is the text from our lesson. You can also watch Maori Haka dance here or you can take the quiz.

Tady je text z naší hodiny. Můžeš se tu také podívat na Maorský tanec Haka nebo vyplnit kvíz.

Australia is both a country and a continent with 23 million people. It lies between the Indian Ocean on the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east. The capital of Australia is Canberra but the biggest city is Sydney with its famous Opera House. More than 60% of the country is desert, called ‘Outback’. The first people of Australia are called Aborigines who hunted animals with boomerangs, ate plants and built grass huts. There are many interesting species of animals – such as kangaroo, ostrich and platypus. 

New Zealand is an island country. The capital city is Wellington. The first people in New Zealand were Maori. Maori people are famous for their face tattoos and Haka which is a war dance. If you saw Lord of the Rings, you already know how New Zealand landscapes look like. Maybe you also know kiwi, which is a small bird that doesn’t fly.

*Vocabulary:

desert /ˈdezət/ poušť

species /ˈspiːʃ iːz/ druh

ostrich /ˈɒstrɪtʃ/ pštros

platypus /ˈplætɪpəs/ ptakopysk

PLEASE, DO THE QUIZ HERE!

PROSÍM, VYPLŇTE KVÍZ! 

Australia and New Zealand

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Sources:

DENNIS, Ann. Spotlight on Australia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, s. 3. ISBN 0-19-550768-1.

KOUBEK, Filip. Radio Sydney. Gate. Praha: Bridge Publoshing House, 2015, 4(2), 8-9.
* The pictures are borrowed from publically available sources. All links to the picture sources are included in the bibliography of the diploma thesis.
** The vocabulary translations and transcriptions are borrowed from Oxford studijní slovník: výkladový slovník angličtiny s českým překladem. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-430655-3.