Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему Animal world of Australia

in Australia.
I want to show you our fascinating

world of animals. I am sure it will be interested for you.
Let’s begin!

It’s an animal that carries babies in the pouch

for eight months. It can weigh 85 kilogrammes. A kangaroo moves by hopping on its strong hind legs. To balance its body while hopping, a kangaroo uses its thick long tail.

Kangaroos can hop up to 74 km per hour and go over 9 m in one hop?

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in the eucalyptus trees. It has a black nose

and thick furry coat. Though a koala looks very cuddly it has very sharp teeth and very sharp claws. It is a lazy animal, it sleeps about 20 hours a day.

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The name koala is the aboriginal name for “no water” ?

spines. It resembles a hedgehog. They have got very

short strong legs with large claws. They eat ants, worms and termites. Echidnas like to swim and they can do it very well.

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Echidna lays eggs like a bird and has a pouch like a kangaroo?

about 50 centimetres in height. This animal is usually

sandy-, golden- or reddish-coloured. Dingos may live and hunt alone or in packs of up to ten animals. They are active at night. It has got dens in caves and holes. It eats rabbits, small mammals, birds and reptiles.

A pureblood dingo doesn’t bark but it can growl and howl?

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a cat, Australian animal. It has got dark brown

or grey fur and a strong white-tipped tail. Its tail helps it through the forest.

It lives in the nests or in the hollows of old
eucalyptus trees. It is active at night. It eats peppermint tree leaves, buds, blossoms and soft fruit.

Opossums are excellent tree climbers and spend much of their time aloft.

Australia. It reaches 1.5 – 2 meters in height

and weighs 60 kilogrammes. Male emus are mostly black but they have white feathers on the wings and tail. Female emus are usually brown. An emu cannot fly but it is a good runner. They eat plants and insects. They like sitting in the mud.

An emu egg is the largest egg in the world. It weigh about 1.4 kg

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of the parrot family. It lives 30-60 years. Its

charming crests and massive curved bill can’t leave indifferent anybody. This parrot can not only chop the powerful nut shell but gnaw through wooden or metallic rods easily. They can fly quite good but climb the trees much better. Cockatoos don’t get up early.

The name cockatoo was originated from the Malay name kaka(k)tua which means “elder sisrer” or “elder parrot”

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It is known as a symbol of Australia. It

has dark brown wing plumage and a white head and underside. They eat the young of other birds, mice, snakes, insects and small reptiles. They can also take goldfish from garden ponds. Its sounds resemble human laughing.

A kookaburra can copy different sounds?

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It has got a long , pointed neck and

large strong legs
and feet. They seldom fly, at night they roost in trees. They eat insects, worms and mollusks. Lyrebirds are shy and difficult to approach. When it detects potential danger, it will pause and scan the surroundings, then give an alarm call.

A lyrebird is so called because the male bird has a spectacular tail, which was originally thought to resemble a lyre?

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the eucalyptus trees.
echidna
resembles a hedgehog
dingo
Australia’s wild dog
opossum
is a

small cat

Match the words with the definitions

in Australia, have a wonderful time by enjoying the

unique animal world of our continent!

an egg-laying, duck-billed and beaver-tailed mammal. It has got

a broad, flat tail. It can dig resting and nesting burrows. It has webbed feet and a large, rubbery snout. It eats worms, insects, shrimps and freshwater crayfish. On the land, they move a bit more awkwardly. Platypuses do not have teeth.

It has got a sense of electroreception which hepls it find food underwater when a platypus can’t see or hear?

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