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UPSTREAM ADVANCED
UNIT 2
P.36 – 37
2012
Α.
Following you will find vocabulary for p.36 text and info on Cradle Mountain in
Tasmania.
Some interesting sites are recommended so you can get ideas for your next
activity.
B.
Write about your favourite holiday destination and add personal photos of
sites you favour. Remember to talk about location, attractions, people, local
traditions, food, products, activites etc.
VOCABULARY
Hiker: walkers in nature
Spoil: ruin, destroy
Lose myself: dream, enjoy, be upset
Grizzled: with greyish hair,
Desolate: lifeless, deserted, barren, ravaged, wasteland
Windswept: barren land from strong winds
Scrub: bush, tree underdeveloped (straggly, stunted, dwarfy, short))
Solitude: loneliness, isolation
Chortle: giggle, chuckle, laugh
Recommendation: suggestion, idea
Occasionally: often, every now and then
Rim: edge, border
Savage: wild
Resolve: decide
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I made it to: reached
Benign: positive, good, kind, gentle
Brilliantly: marvelously
Occur: happen
Trail: path, road
Pristine: natural, virgin
Gaze at: look at, observe
Startling: surprising, shocking, alarming, frightening
Drift: travel softly/slowly in the air or water, move away
Glitter: shine, sparkle
Ridge: row, line
Ad infinitum: endlessly, forever, to infinity
Stoop: bend, lean, squat
Rivulet: creek, stream, small river
(a stream is smaller than a river , a creek issmaller than a stream but larger
than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchange ably to any small river)
Disturb: annoy, interrupt
Lodge: camping ground, log cabin, shed, shelter
Gaggle: herd, cattle, group of animals, crowd
Raucous: noisy, rough, cacophonous, loud, harsh, disturbing
Aussie: Australian
Eagles: music group, famous song “ Hotel California”
Perpetual: never ending
Loop: circle, round in shape/form
Swathe: drape, wrap, cover
Mist: fog, cloud
Pea: μπιζέλι
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Dome: bubble, roof arched
Identifiable: can be recognized/identified
Badge: card
Route: way, road
Chuck a left: turn / move left
Mate: pal, friend (popular in Australia)
Ridge: range, hill, crease
Void: emptiness, opening, space, pit, abyss,
Peak: top
Protrude: stick out, pop, project
Decay: destroy, waste
Cluster: batch, group, clutch, bunch
Trip: fall, bump
Wombat: small animal
Lumber: move slowly
Wind, wound, wound: turn in a circle, round
Moss: swamp, wetland, marsh, βρύα, μούσκλια
Fringed: bordered, edged, rimmed, surrounded
Tarns: basin, lagoon, pool, reservoir, inland body of water
Deliberately: on purpose
Skinny dip: swim/dive naked
Emerge: appear
Flanks: side, hilllside
Opal: precious stone found in that country, white/orange/black in colour with
shiny particles in it.
Cockily: pompously, arrogantly
Soil: earth cultivated
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Blistering: strong ( blister: swollen bubble, sore)
Trek: route, passage
Out-take: piece, part
Blunt: edgeless, rounded
Outcrop: sprout, enlargement,offshoot
Bald: no hair
Vaguely: unclearly, ambiguously, hazily, obscurely, uncertainly,unsurely
Park ranger: people protecting park/forest ranger
Smirk: beam, smile widely, sneer, grin, radiate
Slippery: smooth, difficult to walk on
Slide: sloping way/path/channel
Contemplation: observation, looking, daydreaming, thinking, absorption
Gear: equipment, outfit, shoes
Confide: confess, admit, reveal
Merrily: happily
Bound: leap. Jump, spring
Dingos: wild Australian dogs
A piece of cake: easy
Temperate: mild, nice, calm
Fern: φτέρη (φυτό)
Stragglers: slow walking group of people, wanderer, stroller, aimless traveler
Cobber: mate, pal, friend
Cheerily: happily
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No worries: no problem (an Aussie expression)
Tassie: Tasmanian
Roar: groal, yell, blast, howl, shout, explode
Banter: exchange of jokes, teasing, small talk, chitchat
Fireside: fireplace
The gaps are filled with the following paragraphs:
1F, 2E, 3C, 4D, 5B, 6A
http://thesaurus.com/ :
this is a good source for synonyms and antonyms in English, you can
also listen to the word pronounced or see its visual representation
when possible.
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Tasmanian devil
dingo
wombat
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Cradle Mountain Boat Shed,
Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park, Central North and Cradle Mountain
Region - Image Tourism Tasmania and Garry Moore
Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Australia
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cradle mountain moorland
Cradle Mountain and Barn Bluff are mainly fluted dolorites boulders and columns.
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The mountain is a jagged, dolerite peak that dominates the area. Its name, supposedly, is
derived from the mountain’s resemblance to a miner’s cradle. This dramatic vista is a
highlight of many a tourist, when viewed across Dove Lake, however, the wild weather of
the Tasmanian highlands often shrouds the mountain in cloud.
moss
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Here is
Cradle Mountain in all her glory.
http://vanessajanephotography.wordpress.com/tag/overland-track/
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Moorland with Richea pandanifolia (the world's tallest heath), Cradle Mountain National
Park, Tasmania (my photo) http://www.darrensears.com/journal/?currentPage=5
Mt. Field
National Park, Tasmania (my photo)--I don't think this area is perpetually wet
enough to qualify as moorland, but it's still a very picturesque example of a
boggy alpine landscape
Cradle Mountain and a dead tree in alpine moorlands, Tasmania
COPYRIGHT:Marc Anderson
http://marcanderson.photoshelter.com/image/I0000B5g8nPQs9Ys
http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-photo/nadine/tasmania-nz_06/1138366800/m-0126165450nad.jpg/tpod.html
http://www.thecircumference.org/cradle-mountain
http://www.cradlehuts.com.au/trip-essentials/#faq
http://www.placesandfoods.com/2012/04/the-enchanted-walk-at-cradle-mountain-lake-stclair-national-park-tasmania.html
http://www.cradlechalet.com.au/cradlemountain.htm /
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