U1L1_Burke and Wills across australia
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lsxinh on May 10, 2012
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reading_lsx, cause and effect book_lsx
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Unit 1: explorers
Lesson 1: Burke and Wills - Across australia.
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English | Vietnamese |
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 Swamp | (n) area of low, wet land with trees đầm lầy In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the outback, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy ___s. |
| Outback | situated well inland from the coast or border vùng xa xôi, rừng núi In some years, it rains only 8 centimeters in the _____, but in other years, rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps. |
| Expedition | a journey organized for a particular purpose cuộc thám hiểm In 1860, Robert O'hara Burke, a police officer from Ireland, was chosen to lead an ___ across the continent from south to north. |
| supplies | the food and equipment necessary for an army exercise, camping trip, and so on He took with him William John Wills and eleven other men, camels, horses, and enough ___ for a year and a half. |
| Hemisphere | Half of the earth They left Melbourne for the Gulf of Carpentaria on August 20, winter in the southern ___ |
| Search Party | a party of people to search for someone Aborigines helped the last man who was still alive, and a __ ___ found him in September 1861. |
| creek |  a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) |
| Inference | a conclusion one draws (infers) based on premises or evidence |
| interior | (n) inside, away from the coast, vùng nằm sâu trong đất liền Australia is a huge country, and the outback (the Australian word for the ___ of the country) is desert. |
| aborigine | (n) thổ dân châu Úc Until the eighteenth century, only ___s lived in Australia. |
| continent | (n) châu lục In 1860, Robert O'hara Burke, a police officer from Ireland, was chosen to lead an expedition across the ____from south to north. |
| ahead | (adv) về phía trước Finally, a small group led by Burke moved on __ of the others to a river named Cooper's Creek and set up their base camp. |
| base camp | (n) trại, căn cứ Finally, a small group led by Burke moved on ahead of the others to a river named Cooper's Creek and set up their ___ ___ |
| sandstorm | (n) bão cát They were halfway across the continent, but it was summer now, with very hot weather and _____s |
| journey | (n) cuộc hành trình The ___ across the desert was very difficult, but at the end of January, they reached the Flinders River near the Gulf of Carpentaria. |
| turn into | change into, become |
| get along | (__ __ with) no fight, be friendly |
| break down | to stop going or working (often about a car) |
| call on | when someone, usually a teacher, asks someone to speak. |
| put away | put something in the place where it belongs. |
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