Australia/Dream Time
Aborigines - Australia's first people
1. Put in the correct words.
The first people of (???) Australia were nomadic people who came to (???) Australia from southeast Asia.
Scientists do not know exactly (exact) when they arrived but it is somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago.
When the British came to Australia in (???) 1788, they called these native people “aboriginals”, meaning people who had lived (live) there since the earliest times.
They travelled (travel) through the bush, hunting (hunt) with spears and boomerangs (throwing sticks) and searching for food such as plants, grubs, and insects.
Scientists do not know exactly (exact) when they arrived but it is somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago.
When the British came to Australia in (???) 1788, they called these native people “aboriginals”, meaning people who had lived (live) there since the earliest times.
They travelled (Verben mit Konsonant am Ende !stop → stopped; travel) through the bush,
hunting (kein Subjekt vor dem Verb → Partizipialkonstruktion → Aktiv oder Passiv? hunt) with spears and boomerangs (throwing sticks) and searching for food such as plants, grubs, and insects.
Are they 'Austr-aliens'?
2. Complete the sentences.
Today aborigines feel like aliens in their (???) own country. There are only 265,000 of them left (leave) now.
Most of them are half European (Europe).
Less than (???) one third live on reservations, where their lives are a mixture (mix) of ancient ceremonies and social problems.
Voluntary apartheid has been (be) suggested as a way to save (save) their culture.
Today they are trying to build (build) their own education system. They are also interested in (???) the idea of listening to (???) radio programmes in (???) their own languages.
The Aborigines keep cattle, but mainly (main) they depend on (???) financial benefits from the government.
If you want to visit (want, visit) a reservation, you have to ask the authorities for permission.
The situation of Aborigines who (???) live in the cities is even worse(bad). Many see their position as hopeless (hope) and turn to drugs and crime.
Away from their homeland, they are like fish out (???) of water.
Most of them are half European (Europe).
Less than (???) one third live on reservations, where their lives are a mixture (mix) of ancient ceremonies and social problems.
Voluntary apartheid has been (be) suggested as a way to save (save) their culture.
Today they are trying to build (build) their own education system. They are a1so interested in (???) the idea of listening to (???) radio programmes in (???) their own languages.
The Aborigines keep cattle, but mainly (main) they depend on (???) financial benefits from the government.
If you want to visit (want, visit) a reservation, you have to ask the authorities for permission.
The situation of Aborigines who (???) live in the cities is even worse(bad). Many see their position as hopeless (hope) and turn to drugs and crime.
Away from their homeland, they are like fish out (???) of water.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Put in used to or a correct form of be used to and the correct form of the main verb.
→ used to
Rabbit-Proof Fence is the real-life story of three Aborigine girls who walk hundreds of miles through the Australian outback to get home. Molly is 14 years old in 1931 when she, her eight-year-old sister Daisy and their ten-year-old cousin Gracie are taken from their home. Their mothers cry bitterly when the girls (force) to leave Jigalong in government cars. Jigalong, their small native village, is near the rabbit-proof fence, the (long) fence in the world. The girls (send) to Moore River Native Settlement near Perth. There they have to forget their language and traditions and to learn to live white people. Most of the children at the camp don't have any memories of their mothers and families, but Molly knows that she has a mother and is determined to get to her. When the girls see a chance, they and disappear into the outback. All they have to do is find and follow the rabbit-proof fence, goes right to Jigalong. Along the way there are many dangers: waterless deserts, hunger and the policemen hunt the children. Molly, however, is a clever girl who manages lead them home. The man who tries to make sure the girls are returned to the camp is Chief Protector of the Aborigines, Mr Neville. The children call 'Mr Devil'. He (genuine) believes that he is doing the
right thing. He (not / realize) cruel. He (think)
that separating children from their families is the government's idea to make the children part of white society
will help them to live better
Rabbit-Proof Fence is (certain) dark past from 1905
one of the best films about this time - (Australia) 1971.
The film is based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by(???) Doris Pilkington, Molly's daughter.
Dreamtime
1. In Aboriginal Mythology, “Dreamtime” is the time when ( the world was created by animals, plants and humans together.) (! men couldn’t talk yet.)
2. How many Aborigines are there left today? (! About 160,000.) ( About 500,000.) (! About 1,480,000.)
3. What’s the name of the famous instrument that the Aborigines use? (! Boomerang.) (! Billabong.) ( Didgeridoo.)
4. How many different kinds of kangaroos are there in Australia? (! About 20.) ( About 65.) (! About 260.)
5. The red kangaroo (! is 2.4 m high, can jump 4m and can reach 70 km/h.) ( is 1.8 m high, can jump 3m and can reach 50 km/h.) (! is 1.8 m high, can jump 6m and can reach 70 km/h.)
6. In the language of the Aborigines, “koala” means ( “no water”.) (! “eucalyptus tree”.) (! “little bear”.)
The bird
Complete the following text by using the words in brackets in the proper form.
When we were children we learnt that we weren't allowed to (not, be allowed to) kill animals for the sake of killing.
Our father said, if we broke (break) this law, no excuse would be accepted() (accept)
One morning my brothers and I went hunting (go, hunt) . We didn't have to (not, must) go far to find some birds we wanted for dinner.
My brother was very good at (???) throwing (throw) stones. Therefore we expected him to kill (he, kill) one of the birds.
But he wasn't (not, be) very lucky. In the afternoon, however, we discovered the biggest (big) and most beautiful (beautiful) bird we had ever seen (ever, see). It didn't notice (not, notice) us coming (come). My brother grew(grow) more and more excited.
At last he slowly (slow) picked up (pick up) a stone and threw it at the bird which fell (fall) down from the tree immediately(immediate) .
Unfortunately (unfortunate) he had killed (kill) a protected bird.
