Holiday in Australia
A: Hey, Alex. What are you doing?
B: Oh, hey, Tina. I'm just looking at some videos to get ideas for our holiday next month.
A: Find anything good?
B: Yeah, I think you'll like this!
A: Ugh, yuck!
B: Yuck? It's brilliant! A lot of people take boat rides to see saltwater crocodiles in Australia. It looks great.
A: Great? It looks scary to me! I don't want to see dangerous animals! Why don't we go to the beach?
B: We're going to two places with beaches, Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef.
A: Now that sounds cool! What about the weather?
B: Here. Look at this frequency table. It shows the daily temperature in Sydney during the month of December last year.
A: It was more than 30 degrees on six days. That's very warm!
B: Yes, but look at the temperature the other 25 days. 21, 22 ... and under 30 degrees. Compare that to the Great Barrier Reef.
A: Wow! Last December, the temperature was more than 30 degrees every day at the Great Barrier Reef!
B: That's right. For 19 days, the temperature was 32 degrees.
A: That's really hot!
B: Yes, it is!
A: Will we go swimming and scuba diving?
B: Of course!
A: I can't wait to see all of those fish and coral reefs!
B: I know. It's so bright and colourful.
A: Are those whales?
B: Yes.
A: Will we see those too?
B: No, I don't think so. They only visit the reef in the winter. Remember, we'll be there in the summer.
A: Oh, that's right. Australia has opposite seasons from us.
B: Look. Here's a list of different things we can do at the beach.
A: Wow! More than 2 million tourists feed the fish in Australia every year. What's that like?
B: I found this great video of it.
A: That looks amazing! Will we do that too?
B: I hope so! I'm going to take my mask and flippers. Listen to these tourists.
“Red, pink, blue, yellow, orange, black, white.”
“Fish.”
“Good, good, good. Very good!”
A: We are definitely going to feed fish on our holiday!
B: Okay! But wait. Here's my favourite part. There's a chance we can see ...
A: Sharks! You want to go swimming with sharks?
B: They're fantastic, aren't they?
A: Hmmm, maybe feeding fish isn't such a good idea ...