A. Remember the text and say: 1) how many countries are situated on the biggest island of the world; 2) what part of Australia is desert; 3) what is the name of the biggest city in Australia; 4) which is the oldest city in the country; 5) what city is the capital of the country; 6) what part of the country is practically empty; 7) where people who live in Australia like to spend winter holidays; 8) in what part of the country most people live. B. Answer these questions. 1) When did British people appear in Australia? 2) What name did they give to the they found there? 3) How many Aborigines lived in Australia at that time? 4) What was their way of living? 5) In what buildings did the Aborigines live then? 3) When did life begin to change for them? ) What happened to many Aborigines?

. <br />1) There are 14 countries situated on the biggest island of the world, which is Greenland.<br />2) The central part of Australia is desert.<br />3) The name of the biggest city in Australia is Sydney.<br />4) The oldest city in the country is Adelaide.<br />5) The capital of the country is Canberra.<br />6) The interior part of the country is practically empty.<br />7) People who live in Australia like to spend winter holidays in the ski resorts.<br />8) Most people live in the eastern part of the country.<br /><br />B. <br />1) British people appeared in Australia in 1788.<br />2) They named the land they found there 'Australia'.<br />3) At that time, there were approximately 750,000 Aborigines living in Australia.<br />4) Their way of living was nomadic, with small groups moving around the land in search of food and shelter.<br />5) The Aborigines lived in temporary shelters made of branches and leaves, or in caves.<br />6) Life began to change for them with the arrival of the British.<br />7) Many Aborigines were displaced from their land, forced to live on missions or in poor conditions on the outskirts of towns.