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16.8 Answer the following questions

What part of the world do we call Oceania?
Why is it called Oceania?
Of how many parts does Oceania consist?
Explain the origin of the Pacific Islands.
Where does Australia lie?
How is Australia separated from neighboring islands?
Where are the Central Lowlands situated?
What climatic regions are found in Australia?
What is the state system of Australia?

16.9 Text for written translation

      While Australia is one of the most sparsely populated countries of the world,
two of its cities Sydney and Melbourne, runk among the fourty largest in the world.
The density of population, though rising, is still only five persons per square mile;
only Canada has a comparably low figure. About 58% of the population lives in the
six state capitals – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Hobard. Apart
from this cities and the federal capital of Canberra there are less than two dozen cities
with a population of more than 20,000. Country towns are usually small, with
populations between 5,000 and 10,000. Some have small secondary industries, but
most exist merely as centres to serve the surrounding districts. Canberra, the capital
city of Australia is situated in the south-east of the continent. When the federal
government was created, Melbourne and Sydney viewed for the honour of becoming
the capital of a new nation. Neither city wanted the other to become the permanent
capital. So a new capital city was built at Canberra, halfway between Melbourne and
Sydney. Canberra is situated on the Molonglo River, a tributary of the Marumbidgee
River. The plains surrounding Canberra are used chiefly for sheep raising, wheat and
corn growing, dairying, fruit growing. Canberra as a capital of the country, is the seat
of Parliament and the other branches of government. Some 30 embassies, legations,
and offices of high commissioners give the city an international flavour. The broad
avenues and residential streets are lined with trees, and Canberra is often called the
Garden City of Australia.

16.10 Make up all possible types of questions to the text 16.9

16.11 Speak on:

1. Oceania                                     4. flora and fauna
2. geographical position of Australia          5. cities of Australia
3. landforms and climate

16.12 Get ready to speak about any Pacific Islands you like (See lesson 10, ex. 10.12)
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