Pacific Ocean in the northeast.

S: Australia's most famous city is Sydney and Canberra is the capital of Australia, which is located between Sydney and Melbourne.

S: The Australian flag shows the UK flag and a large star with seven points, six of which represent the states and the seventh stands for all the territories.

T: Very good! You have got a lot of information about Australia and we are going to learn more about it in this period.

Step II Pre-reading

Ask students to skim the text and answer the two questions about the text.

T: Now, Look at the title of the reading passage. What can you guess about the content of the passage from the title? To answer the question you should try to predict the content of the reading material by reading the title and looking at the pictures in the text. The title of the text is Is it all kangaroos and surfing? Next, I'd like you to discuss the following question with your partner. Then I'll ask some students to report your work. Are you clear?

Show the following.

1. What is talked about in the text?

2. Who are the main characters?

After reading.

T: Now who'd like to answer the question? Volunteer!

S: Let me try. We can see in the pictures the map of Australia and the kangaroo. So the text will give us information about the history and geography of Australia, including the location, the states, the weather, the animals, the people and so on.

S: Judging from the title, I think the passage will not only tell us something about the rare animals and the sports but also some other aspects like the area, population, agriculture and industry in Australia.

Then ask the students to scan the text and do activities 1 and 2.

Check the answers with the class.

Step III While-reading

Get the students to comprehend the passage carefully and accurately by analyzing the