Prime Time 5, Coursebook mit Audio-CD

FACT FILE Australia • Population: 21 million (53 rd in world, 2 people per sq. km) • Area: 7.7 million sq. km (6 th largest country in the world) • Capital: Canberra • Largest city: Sydney • Ethnic groups: 92% white, 7% Asian, 1% Aboriginal and other 2 Aspects of Australia a) Look at the pictures and the texts on these two pages. What impression do you get of Australia? • Make a list of aspects you regard as most important and/or typical. • Add information you already know if necessary. b) With a partner, talk about your individual views of Australia. c) Agree with your partner on three aspects which both of you think are the most important and/or typical of Australia. “[…] we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. […] The time has now come for the nation to turn a newpage inAustralia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future. We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country. […]” (Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, MP: National apology to Australia’s Indigenous peoples. – 13 February 2008) 31 3 Australia Nur zu Prüfzwecken t e – Eigentum des Verlags öbv