Captain Cook

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Captain Cook

• Lesson 7

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Definition 1

• A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of
  water.

strait
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Definition 2

• The science or study of plants.

botany
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Definition 3

• To fill with sudden wonder or amazement.

astonish
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Definition 4

• An occurrence causing widespread destruction and
  distress a catastrophe.

disaster
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Definition 5

• All personnel operating or serving aboard a ship.

crew
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Definition 6

• To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of
  respect, festivity, or rejoicing.

celebrate
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Definition 7

• The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.

coastline
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vocabulary
xpedition

• An e_____________ is an organized journey with a
  particular purpose such as exploration(??).
• Do you know the time when the national flag will
  be r________ tomorrow morning?
• If you have a f______, your body temperature is
  higher than usual.

aised
ever
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vocabulary

• A m__________ is a person who buys and sells
  goods for making money.
• If you d________ someone or something, you try to
  protect them against danger.
• A w_______ is a ship with guns and other
  equipment needed for fighting in wars.
• The sound v doesnt e______ in Chinese.

erchant
efend
arship
xist
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vocabulary
isaster

• A d________ is a terrible accident such as an
  earthquake or an air crash(????).
• It was not a surprise that our football team
  d_________ some major teams in Asia.
• The day when Hong Kong returned to China is worth
  c___________.

efeated
elebrating
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vocabulary

• The noun form of sick is s________.
• Two policemen in p_______ clothes came to the
  village in s________ of the lost girl.
• At tea time in the afternoon, you can drink tea
  and eat some b________.

ickness
lain
earch
iscuits
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• An island in French Polynesia(?????), with an
  area of 1,041 square kilometres and a population
  of about 96,000.
• There they enjoyed a happy stay of three months.

Tahiti
There they spent three happy months.
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• continued their journey
• traveled in a southerly direction
• to look for

set sail again
headed south
in search of
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• had already made maps of the coasts
• make a map of the east coast

had already charted parts of the . coasts
map the east coast
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• koala bears spend most of their lives in
  eucalyptus trees(??)
• kangaroos

bears climbed trees
large animals stomach pocket
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• the longest coral reef in the world, off the
  Northeast coast of Australia. It is 2, 000 km
  long.
• so that the boat would float higher in the water

The Great Barrier Reef
to raise the boat in the water
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• they pulled the boat up onto the shore
• Cooks quick decision

they beached the ship on the shore
Cooks quick thinking
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Explain the phrases or sentences

• sailed close to the island of Java
• and then returned to England by passing the
  southern point of Africa

passed close by the island of Java
and then returned by the southern point of Africa
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First Voyage(1768-1771)
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Second Voyage(1772-1775)
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Third Voyage(1776-1779)
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Fill in the blanks

• James Cook was a very skilled seaman. He was
  famous for making an ___________ to the South
  Pacific Ocean. In July 1768, Cook and his sailors
  took an old but strong _______ named Endeavour to
  _______ out for the Pacific in _________ to find
  a new continent. The ship carried a total of 94

expedition
ship
set
order
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including

• people, ___________ scientists. It was
• really a very hard journey for them.
• __________ the expedition, 38 people
• died ______ diseases. In April 1769 they
• ________ at the beautiful island of
• Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean. They ______
• there for three months. And then they set
• ________ again and

During
of
arrived
stayed
sail
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in

• headed south and west _____ search of
• a new land. They finally reached New
• Zealand ______ spent six months there.
• After that they sailed west to _________
• and ________ the east coast of Australia.
• They found Australia to be ____
• astonishing country. Next they sailed up
• the ______ coast.

and
Australia
mapped
an
east
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• There the expedition nearly ended in
• disaster. The ship struck a coral bed
• which _______ a large hole in the side of
• the ship. But Cooks quick thinking
• ________ the expedition. Then they
• passed close ______ the island of Java
• and returned by the southern point ____
• Africa. In July 1771 they successfully

tore
saved
by
of
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in

• arrived back _____ England. The whole
• country celebrated their _________ from
• the South Pacific. So James Cook became
• a hero of the nation.

return
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Reading comprehension

• On the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean,
  Cooks expedition _____.
• A. spent a period of six months
• B. spent three hard months
• C. watched the planet Venus passing between the
  earth and the sun
• D. found a new land

C
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Reading comprehension

• 2. New Zealand is separated from the other island
  by ____.
• A. Cook Strait
• B. Botany Bay
• C. the island of Tahiti
• D. the Great Barrier Reef

A
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Reading comprehension

• 3. Cook was the first to ______.
• A. sail to Australia
• B. map the coasts of Australia
• C. make Australia the foreign settlement
• D. chart the east coast of Australia

D
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Reading comprehension

• 4. The expedition passed ____ oceans in the
  world.
• A. three
• B. two
• C. one
• D. four

A
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Reading comprehension

• 5. Which of the following you cant see except in
  Australia?
• A. The coral bed.
• B. A beautiful bay.
• C. The bears which can climb trees.
• D. The birds that can run.

C