1、Culture Corner,Unit 12 Culture Shock,Australia Aborigines - the Native Australians,Map of Australia,Who are these people?,Aborigines,Aborigines Factfile,Background knowledge,Regions with significant populations,32.5%,4.0%,3.6%,2.5%,2.3%,1.0%,Australian Aborigines are a class of people who are identi
2、fied by Australian law as being members of a race indigenous to the Australian continent. In the High Court of Australia, Australian Aborigines have been specifically identified as a group of people who share, in common, biological ancestry back to the original occupants of the continent.,1. What do
3、 you know about Australian Aborigines? In pairs, decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F). Then read the text and check your answers.,They originally came from India. They were farmers. There is no written Aboriginal language.,Facts about the native Australians True of false?,4. European
4、s destroyed their traditional way of life. 5. No Aboriginal art or artefacts survive.,1.They originally came from India.2. They were farmers.,F,F,They came from Indonesia 50,000 years ago.,They were nomads.,3. There is no written Aboriginal language.4. Europeans destroyed their traditional way of li
5、fe.,T,T,There was no written Aboriginal language,The arrive of white people gradually brought an end to the traditional Aboriginal way of life.,5. No Aboriginal art or artefacts survive.,F,Rock paintings showing this creation period can be found all over the country. Some of the most spectacular and
6、 best preserved can be seen at rock galleries in Kakadu National Park and other parts of Northern Australia.,Match the words from the text with the definitions (a-e).,particular, tribe, spirit, gallery, legend,a living thing without a physical bodycertaina place where works of art are shownan old we
7、ll known storya group of people of the same race led by a chief.,Vocabulary,particular 2. tribe 3. spirit4. gallery5. legend,a living thing without a physical bodycertaina place where works of art are shownan old well known storya group of people of the same race led by a chief.,For centuries, Abori
8、gines were living in poor conditions, the death rate is high and they were always consider as brutal, uncultivated people.,Voice your opinion,However, in recent years, white Australians have become more sensitive to the Aborigines situation.,Voice your opinion,What do you think of this phenomenon? Whats your attitude towards the immigrant workers and their kids?,
