Australia teems with native animals, many of which are foundonly here.
More than 80 per cent of our plants, mammals,reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia and are found no-where else. Some ofour best-known animals are the kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus,wallaby and wombat.
Mammals：Australia doesn’t have large predatory animals, the dingo, orwild dog, is our largest carnivorous mammal. Other unique carnivorous animalsinclude the Numbat, Quoll and Tasmanian Devil, but none of these are largerthan the size of an average house cat.
Marsupials：Australia has morethan 140 species of marsupials, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, andwombats.We have 55 different native species of kangaroos and wallabies.Kangaroos and wallabies vary greatly in size and weight, ranging from half akilogram to 90 kilograms. The main difference between them is size — wallabiestend to be smaller. Estimates of Australia’s kangaroo population vary between30 and 60 million.
Monotremes：Another animal grouponly found in Australia is the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The mostdistinctive is the platypus, a river-dwelling animal with a bill like a duck, afurry waterproof body and webbed feet. Platypuses live in burrows which theydig into the banks of rivers.
Birds：Of the 828 bird species listed in Australia, about half arefound nowhere else. They range from tiny honeyeaters to the large, flightlessemu, which stands nearly two metres tall. The best chances of seeing emus inthe wild is in grasslands, sclerophyll forests and savannah woodlands.
Reptiles：Australia has more species of venomous snakes than any othercontinent, 21 of the world’s 25 deadliest in fact. But not all are poisonous;we also have some stunning pythons and tree snakes.
Marine animals：Our marineenvironments support around 4000 of the world’s 22000 types of fish, as well as30 of the world’s 58 seagrass species. We also have the world’s largest coralreef system, the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef, wherethere are so many species of colourful fish, including the beautiful clownfish, that you’ll need more than one visit to try and count them all. We alsohave around 1700 different species of coral.
精彩内容：恭喜2015年12月12日通过4个7学员于天聪
2015年12月12日雅思4个7通过--备考心得+应试攻略
写作突破7分重点心得：
观点要尽量简单客观，便于轻易地展开讨论，抽象且难以理解的观点一定要回避。
在词汇的选择上没有必要追求有难度的单词，但是要注意细节上的修饰。如果在形容词前加上能够增强感情色彩的修饰例如fairly，highly，rather，很大程度上会让句子看起来更加严谨同时帮助，进一步强化观点。
关于词汇的选择，一定要清楚同义词在不同语境下的用法。不能单纯为了词句替换而混用乱用，否则会给考官的理解造成很大干扰，使句子显得不够自然而影响整体分数。
另外我觉得雅思写作很难把握且需要大量练习的是对于事实阐述的把握。通常这方面对于内容连贯性和句子衔接有直接的影响。在刚开始的时候不要整篇整段练习，因为这种方式只是一味地追求速度，同时会忽略内容的严谨程度和连贯性。逐句练习是提高这部分的一个可用的办法，所以在写的时候一定要想清楚怎样用一两句话来阐述事实，紧密联系上文，同时为后文打好铺垫。同时要多使用像these， such这样的词汇避免赘述同时增强连贯性。
以上是我对写作单项提高的最重要的几个体会，希望对大家有一些启发，能够迅速找到正确的写作路数，避免走弯路或被误导。
同时，感谢杨老师，白兰老师和Rachel老师对我指导，老师的水平到了，学生自然差不到哪里去。哈哈，也祝福其他同学能够在2016年用合理的方法，快速顺利通过考试，顺利完成澳洲的留学和移民事业。
于天聪，2016年1月5日，于墨尔本
