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怎么样才能快速学会英语Forthenexttosummers,Cooksailedbetweenicebergssearchingforland,whichhefoundatlast.Naturally,hethoughtitwasthesoutherncontinent,buthewasverydisappointedwhenitturnedouttobejustasmallinlandcoveredwithsnow.JamesCookdidnotdiscoverAntarctica,butwhenhecamehomein1775hewassurethattherewasnogreatsoutherncontinentwithamildclimate,asscientistshadbelievedforhundredsofyears.Unit3ThelanddownunderREADINGTHEPORTRAITOFANATIONModernAustraliaismadeupofsixstatesandtwoterritories:WesternAustralia,SouthAustralia,SouthAustralia,Queensland,NewSouthWales,Victoria,Tasmania,AustralianCapitalTerritoryandNorthernTerritory.Australiaissurroundedbytwooceans:theIndianOceaninthewestandthesouth,andthePacificOceaninthenortheast.SydneyisperhapsAustralia’smostfamouscity,butthecapitalofAustraliaisCanberra,acitylocatedbetweenSydneyandMelbourne.TheAustralianflagshowstheUKflagandalargestarwithsevenpoints.Sixofthepointsrepresentthestatesandtheseventhstandsforalltheterritories.TheotherstarsontheflagrepresenttheSouthernCross-agroupofstarsinthesouthernskythatcanbeusedthefindtheSouthPole.THEFIRSTAUSTRALINGSAustraliaisayoungnationonanancientcontinent.ThefirstAustraliansweretheAboriginesandTorresStraitIslanders.Thesepeoplescametothecontinentatleastfiftythousandyearsagoandcreatedcomplexsocieties.Theirculturewashighlydeveloped.SomeAustralianAboriginesstillliveinasimilarwaytotheirancestors,whileothersliveincities,townsandthecountyinthesamewayastheirfellowAustralians.ANATIONOFPRISONERS?Intheseventeenthcentury,Europeanexplorersbeganarrivingonthecontinent.Spanish,PortugueseandDutch,andlaterBritishshipsreachedthenorthandwestcoastsandTasmania.In1770,CaptainJamesCookclaimedtheeastcoastofthecontinentfortheBritishCrown.Later,whentheAmericanWarofIndependencemadeitimpossibleforEnglandtosendprisonerstoNorthAmerica,Australiawaschosenasanewplacewhereprisonersandcriminalsweresent.In1788,thefirstfleetof11shipsarrivedinAustralia.TheBritishGovernorlandedonJanuary26,todayknownasAustraliaDay.Ove
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