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Agenda & Objectives

Brief introduction of GBR

General ideas of the marine life

living at GBR

Water sports and activities

Threats

Exercise and discussion

Vocabulary

Pronunciation

Speaking

Lots of fun!

The Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of

the world, begins just off the coast of Bundaberg, 368 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane, and extends over 2000 km north to western Papua New Guinea. Brimming with life, colour and adventure, it is in fact not a single reef, but rather a collection of over 2900 individual reefs, 300 coral cays and 600 continental islands. In 1979 the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was established, taking in over 98% of the region, looking after the control, care and development of this World Heritage-listed wonder.

GBR continued The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) stretches 2,300 kilometres

along the Queensland coast and includes over 2,900 reefs,

and around 940 islands and cays.

Age: 8,000 (first began to grow about 18 million years ago)

Climate: Tropical, over 300 days of sunshine per year

Sources from: Great Barrier Reef Facts and Information - Great Adventures www.greatadventures.com.au/great-barrier-

reef-info.html

Great Barrier Reef – Travelmate: maps.travelmate.com.au/Places/Featured_Regions.asp?RegionId=20

The reef contains: - 1,500 species of fish

- 411 types of hard coral

one-third of the world’s soft corals

- 134 species of sharks and rays

- six of the world’s seven species of threatened marine turtles

- more than 30 species of marine mammals, including the vulnerable dugong.

Source from: WWF Australia, great barrier reef:http://www.wwf.org.au/our_work/saving_the_natural_world/oceans_and_marine/priority_ocean_places/great_barrier_reef/

Marine Life Coral reef

Brain coral

Fan coral

Soft Coral

Marine Life

Starfish

Moray

eel

Sharks

• Angelfish

• Butterfly Fish

• Cardinal Fish

• Clown Fish

• Surgeon Fish

• Parrotfish

Fauna & Flora

Sea anemones

Sea grass (mostly eaten by dugongs

Algae

Tours & Activities There are a diverse range of tourism operations in the

Great Barrier Reef including day tours, overnight and

extended tours, snorkelling, scuba diving and fishing

charters, long range roving tours, aircraft or helicopter

tours, bare boats (self-sail), glass-bottomed boat

viewing, semi-submersibles and educational trips,

cruise ships, beach hire and water sports, passenger

ferries, whale watching and swimming with dolphins.

Diving

Shark feeding

Underwater walking

Scuba diving

Scubadoo

Protecting our marine wonderland

Historically, the GBR was regarded as a well protected,

pristine wonderland – a safe haven for delicate corals

and abundant fish. But as scientists came to

understand more about its complexities, a different

picture emerged. They discovered that poor fishing

practices, pollution and coral bleaching exacerbated by

increased sea temperatures due to global warming are

all seriously threatening the reef’s future.

Threats to the Great Barrier Reef

One threat is the Crown-Of-Thorns-Starfish which eats

coral.

Another threat is the fishing industry and over fishing.

The last threat but one of the worst threats are anchors.

“Make it

mesmerising,

make it

beautiful.

That’s the Great

Barrier Reef.”

Keyword: mesmerising

Primary word out takes mesmerising

= Enchanting: charming, delightful, entrancing, bewitching, hypnotizing, riveting.

= Attractive: arresting, captivating, bewitching, engaging, charming, enticing, ravishing.

= Mesmerising: delightful, winning, photogenic, seductive, alluring, irresistible, desirable.

= Enthralling: absorbing, engrossing, compelling, riveting, gripping, spellbinding.

= Tantalizing: teasing, tempting, exciting, fascinating, titillating, intriguing.

Secondary word out takes Diverse: variety, many-sided, metamorphic, variegated,

versatile, all-rounded. Powerful: awe-inspiring, commanding, impressive, gripping,

fascinating. Magnetic: compelling, force of nature, alluring, centre of attraction,

charming. Vibrant: vigorous, spirited, lively, fizz, verve, exciting, ebullient, intense.

capture the complete attention of (someone); transfix: they were mesmerized by his story | (as

adj.mesmerizing) : a mesmerizing stare.

2 For each activity you have enjoyed, say when and where you did it and what

you liked about it.Example: I went sightseeing last year when I was in Beijing. It was awe-inspiring because

everything was on such a grand scale, though admittedly it was also tiring because we covered a

lot of ground.

3 For each activity you have not done or do not like, say why. Example: I don 't

really enjoy sunbathing because I get burnt really easily. I tend to sit in the shade and read

instead.

Discussion

Talk about what you like, and don’t like, to do on

holiday, and why.

What effects has tourism had on your country?

What effects has tourism had on countries you have