趣味英语听力 Australia NationalFlower

2021-05-24高洁

疯狂英语·初中版 2021年2期

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Did you know？ Golden Wattle are the most fragrant flowers and are used in making perfumes， bath herbs， and potpourris.

Golden Wattle is Australia's national flower. The Golden Wattle blooms 1_， beginning September-in Australia， with large lfluffy， yellow， sweet smelling flower heads. Each Golden Wattle flower head is a bunch of many tiny flowers. Acacias are popularly called Wattle.

The tiny Golden Wattle flowers have_ 2 petals， almost hidden by the long stamens， and are arranged in dense rounded or 2lelongated 3）clusters. The Golden Wattle flowers are yellow in most species， whitish in some， and are widely 4）cultivated as 5lornamentals.

Australia's Acacias vary__ 3_but have a distinctive yellow colouring. Most of the species flower during the end of winter or the beginning of spring. The Golden Wattle tree， is a shrub of about 4-8 meters. The 6shrubs and trees genus， Acacia comes from the Pea Family and is originally Gondwanian. About 1300 species of Acacia abound worldwide， with about_ 4 of them being native to Australia.

Facts About Australia

Australia was originally a geographical part of the giant continent Gondwana， which broke apart over one hundred million years ago.

The capital is Canberra.

The 6th largest nation in the world， Australia is 5_continent and the driest inhabited continent on earth.

Australia's 6 features a blue background with a Union Jack （ UK flag） in the upper left hand quarter; a large seven pointed star is under the Union Jack， accompanied by five small starts on the 7

The 7predominant language in Australia is English， with over 80 other languages spoken.

8，one of Australia's most well knownanimals， is not a bear but a 8marsupial.

Australia is one of the world's most urbanized countries， with about 70 percent of the population living in the 10largest cities.

1 fuffy【fufi】adj.松軟的，毛茸茸的;轻柔的;无聊的

2） elongate 【'：longert】 v.延长，加长

3） cluster 【'klasta（r）】 n.群;丛;簇，串vi.丛生;群聚vt.使密集，使聚集4） cultivated 【'kaltivertld】 adj.栽培的;耕种的;有教养的v.耕作促进增长5） ornamental 【o：na'mentl】adj.装饰的，装饰用的n.观赏植物;装饰物

6） shrub 【Jrxb】n.灌木;灌木丛;果汁甜酒;冰果汁水

7） predominant 【pr'dominant】 adj.主要的，占主导地位的;有影响的

8） marsupial 【ma：'su：pial】n.有袋目哺乳动物adj.有袋的，袋状的

词组加油站

1. a bunch of一束;一群;一堆;

如：Hesenthera bunch of flowers.他给她送了一束花。

2. break apart分裂;解体

如：Ifwe break apart，we have nothing left.如果我们闹分裂，我们什么也不会留下。

参考答案

1. in spring

5. the world's smallest

2. five very small 6. national flag