1. Read an article about the early Australian Aborigines on pages 22 and 23 in your textbook.
Underline any unknown words and use https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ or
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ to find out their meaning. When you are finished reading,
take a look at the Task 2 in your textbook. Complete the article with sentences A-F. There is one
sentence that you do not need. You have 20 minutes to do this.
2. A songline is an Aboriginal trail, and in traditional Aboriginal society there were songlines going
across the landscape of Australia, linking important sites. They were marked by natural
landmarks and also by 'marker trees'- trees which had been cut in a special way so that they
grew in a certain shape.
The routes along these different tracks were descibed in special songs, and the Aboriginal
people memorized these songs and sung them in order to find their way along the correct route.
3. In the article, Aboriginal creation myths are mentioned. Are you familiar with any of the stories
or myths related to your local area? Take a look at the following collection of stories and
legends from Korčula: https://www.korculaexplorer.com/8-stories-and-legends-from-korcula-
island/ . You have 5 minutes to do so. Prepare for the video call in which we are going to discuss
the two texts that you have read.
4. These are the questions that we are going to discuss:
What is the article about?
How did the early Australian Aborigines find their way around?
When you travel, how do you find your way around?
According to the Aboriginal creation myths, what is Dreamtime and what happened in it?
Are you familiar with any stories or myths about your local area?
What relationship did the early Aborigines have with their environment? How is it different than
our relationship with the environment today?
What happened when Europeans arrived?
5. Adjective suffixes:- able –ible
We often use suffixes to transform one type of word to another type of (nounadjective, help-
helpful).
The suffixes –ible and –able give the meaning of being capable or suitable for something.
Sens_-ible, navig_-able, leg_-ible
Words which are still complete words if you remove the suffix (or complete if you add an-e) end
in the suffix –able.
Words which end in a hard c or g if you remove the suffix, end in the suffix –able.
Words which are not complete words if you remove the suffix, end in the suffix –able or –ible.
However, there are exceptions! Accessible, flexible, irresistible, sensible...
Future time clauses
-dependent clauses which are attached to a main clause
Future time clauses begin with time words such as when, as soon as, after, before, until, and while.
As soon as we've taken some photos, we leave.
The verb of a future time clause can be in present perfect, present simple, present continuous, but we
never use a future tense in the future time clause.
After I've finished my work (present perfect), I'll go to bed.
After I finish my work (present simple), I'll go to bed.
While I'm finishing my work (present continuous), I'll have a biscuit.
