澳大利亚讲述.ppt

Gold Coast Surfers Paradise Sea world The Alps Jungle, stunning scenery and rich Aboriginal history The Alps Vitoria: a history of the mountain town of alpine snow Australia Name :_________ The continent of Australia lies between equatorial(赤道附近的)South East Asia and the Antarctic(南极附近的)， lying in the Southern Hemisphere .With a coastline of 30,000 kilometers and a land area of 7,682,300 km2，it is the largest island in the world. Its land area almost equals that of the United States. It is also the smallest, flattest and driest continent in the world. The country also includes Tasmania, an island just to the south, the Torres Straits(托雷斯海峡)islands off the northern coast of the mainland and a small number of islands in the Pacific and the Indian Oceans. Australia is a land of contrasts and diversity. Its landscape ranges from desert and bush land in the central areas, to rainforest and the vast plains in the North, to snowfields in the South East and fertile farmlands in the east ,south and southwest. Australias nearest neighbor is Papua New Guinea, 200km north. Australia lies 1920km west of New Zealand, and 2000km to the north of Antarctica. 国旗：呈横长方形，长与宽之比为2∶1。旗地为深蓝色，左上方是红、白“米”字，“米”字下面为一颗较大的白色七角星。旗地右边为五颗白色的星，其中一颗小星为五角，其余均为七角。澳大利亚为英联邦成员国，英国女王为澳大利亚的国家元首。国旗的左上角为英国国旗图案，表明澳大利亚与英国的传统关系。一颗最大的七角星象征组成澳大利亚联邦的六个州和联邦区（北部地区和首都直辖区）。五颗小星代表南十字星座（是南天小星座之一，星座虽小，但明亮的星很多）。为“南方大陆”之意，表明该国处于南半球。 澳大利亚国徽左边是一袋鼠，右边是一只鸸鹋，这两种动物均为澳大利亚所特有，是国家的标志，民族的象征，中间是一个盾，盾面上有六组图案分别象征这个国家的六个州。红色的圣乔治十字形（十字上有一只狮子、四颗星），象征新南威尔士州；王冠下的南十字形星座代表维多利亚州；蓝色的马耳他十字形代表昆士兰州；伯劳鸟代表南澳大利亚州；黑天鹅象征西澳大利亚州；红色狮子象征塔斯马尼亚州。盾形上方为一枚象征英联邦国家的七角星。周围饰以澳国花金合欢，底部的绶带上用英文写着“澳大利亚”。 Australia’s population is over eighteen million .Eight-five percent of people living in the east coast .Almost s quarter of Australians born overseas ,because of they are easy-going and friendly ,Australia’s population consists of more than a hundred countries from around the world, and with multicultural policies pursued by the government ,different people have th