选修九 3.7Unit 3 Language study

and sow vegetable seeds. However, it wasn’t easy to grow enough food for everyone and in the first few years they faced starvation. Despite all the hardships of those early years, many of the migrants succeeded in building a good life for themselves. In the early days, There were not nearly as many women migrants as there were males, so many of the men remained bachelors. Many dreamed of having a wife who would share their life
The first migrants arrived in Australia after a long voyage on small sailing ships. Life was very tough at first because they did not have adequate equipment or food. One of the first things they did was to dig the soil
Aboriginal Australians believe that having people from so many
different
_n_a_t_io_n_s__/ _b_a_c_k_g_ro_u_n__d_s/creates
________ respece_haonmdelmanadkses
Australia
a
stronger
_________ nation
and a more interesting place to live.
2. Read the paragraph below, paying particular
attention to the underlined words, some of which may be new to you. Try to work out the definitions of these words and write them down in the second column. Then check your answer using an EnglishEnglish dictionary and write the dictionary definitions in the third column.
hardship
difficult or unpleasant condition of life
bachelor
an unmarried male
correspond communicate by writing
owe
to need to pay or give sth. to sb. because they have given or lent sth to you
3. You will find it easier to learn English words in
Word
Dictionary definition
migrant adequate sow
a person who goes from one place to live in another ( also immigrants) enough
put seeds in the ground so they will grow
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《高中英语》
选修(模块）9-3.7
Leaning about Language
Discovering useful words and expressions
1. Complete the sentences with words below.
backgrounds nation citizens tolerance Aboriginal homelands migrants respect
and work alongside them as they built houses and established farms. Within a reasonably short time some had established large sheep farms and began to export meat and wool back to England. We know a lot about these early years of European settlement because most migrants corresponded with their families at home and many of their letters still survive. These early settlers owed their survival to hard work and determination to succeed.
The majority of Australians arec_i_ti_ze_n_s__/ _m_i_g_r_a_n_tsfrom many different __________________. In fact, the only
nations / backgrounds _________ whose ancestors have lived here for more citizens than 200 hundred years are __________ people. Most