Презентация по английскому языку на тему: "WHERE IS THE OUTBACK?"

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AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK

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Учитель: Ефремова Г.М.

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WHERE IS THE OUTBACK?
By Gleb BOURCHIK 7”B”

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About one - half of Australia is desert. This area is the Outback. The name comes from the words “out in the back of the mountains and cities”.
The weather is very hot and dry. The winds are strong.
Not many people live in the Outback.

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You can really be alone in the Outback...
In the Northern Territory there are only 0.16 people per square kilometres.

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Nearly 17% of the total population is made up of people from the indigenous Aboriginal tribes. As of 2006, the Outback has a total population of less than 700,000 residents.

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Although some languages are still spoken widely by Aboriginal people, a number are at risk of extinction, The Dhargari language is thought to have only one remaining speaker.

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The people in the Outback have cattle or sheep farms. The farms are called stations. Life is difficult because everything is far away. Sometimes it takes a day or two to drive to the next station. Towns are usually far away, too. People go to town once a week or once a month.

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Anna Creek station near William Creek is the largest cattle station in the world at 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km2).

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The 5614 km dingo fence built in 1885 runs from South Australia through New South Wales to Queensland, and costs £550,000 a year to maintain. Unsurprisingly the fence is one of the longest structures in the world, only the Great Wall of China is longer.

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The station homes are very large because they have many purposes. They must be big so the visitors can sleep there. Houses also have large rooms to keep extra things. Families buy a lot of food and supplies in town.

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Life in the Outback is different in other ways. People get mail once a week. Children don’t go to school every day. People talk to the teachers and doctors with a special radio. Most stations have an area for airplanes to land.

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Uluru stands 348 metres tall, higher than the Eiffel tower at 324 metres, the Great Pyramid at 139m and the Statue of Liberty (93m)

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People in the Outback are careful when they travel. Before a farmer travels to town, he tells a friend. The friend knows what time the farmer is coming. If the farmer is late, his friend knows there is a problem. The friend will look for the farmer.
People always carry extra gasoline, water, and parts of their cars.

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National Highway 1 linking Western Australia and South Australia has the world's longest stretch of straight bitumen road, 146.6 km without a bend.

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The Outback has the only known fossilized dinosaur stampede in the world!

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The longest passenger train in the world runs through the Outback. It's made up from 44 coaches, about 1.2 km long! The world's longest stretch of straight railway track crosses the Nullarbor Plain from South Australia into Western Australia, a mere 487 km long.

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Most people think that the Outback is a dry desert but it receives a fair amount of rain, from 150 mm in the arid areas, to 500 mm in semi-tropical parts. Some years there is no rain at all, but in others there are floods!

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Temperatures in the central deserts can reach 50 degrees in the summer, but plunge to as low as minus 10, with regular frosts in winter.

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Life in the outback is very difficult, but it is good, too. Here you are close to nature, and there are many unusual animals.

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One of the most frequently seen animals in the outback is the Camel. They are not native and were introduced for carrying goods during railroad construction. Now, there are over 1 million roaming Australia, which is the largest number of purebred Camels in the world.

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With low humidity and very little light pollution, the Outback is one of the best places in the world for stargazing. Astronomers enjoy uninterrupted views of constellations, planets and stars, as well as stunning views of Aurora Australia’s - the Southern Lights.

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That kenguru on chillll)))
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!

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Good Luck!