1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Pre-reading:,Name of the island,location(,位置),capital,Taiwan Island,Hainan Island,The Philippines,Hawaii,New,zealand,lies off the eastern coast of,the mainland of China,lies off the southern coast,of the mainland of China,lies in the South China Sea,lies i
2、n the middle of the Pacific Ocean,lies off the east coast of,the mainland of Australia,Tapei,Haikou city,Manila,Honolulu,Wellington,New Zealand,The Arctic Ocean,The Pacific Ocean,The Atlantic Ocean,The India ocean,Asia,Europe,Africa,Oceania,Open the map of the world,In the south of immense Pacific o
3、cean,There is a beautiful island country.,It looks like a hanging top high-heel boot,This is New Zealand.,In Maori,New Zealand is called,“,Aotearoa,”.,Which means“Land of long white cloud”.,the national flag of New,Zealand and the national song,the national flag of,the United Kingdom,the national em
4、blem(,国徽,)of New Zealand,New Zealand is an island that lies,off,the eastern coast of Australia.It,is made up of,two large islands:North,Island and South Island.New Zealand is,surrounded,by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east,and the,Tasman Sea,to the south and west.It is about,the same,size,as,J
5、apan.Wellington,the capital city,lies,on,the North Island.Other important cities are,Auckland,in the north,Christchurch,on the south Island and,Queenstown,further to the south.,The map of Japan,New Zealand is about,the same,size,as,Japan,The map of New Zealand,New Zealand has a,mild,sea climate,whil
6、e the north is,subtropical,.It rains,quite a lot,.The warmest months are December to February.The coldest months are June to August.,Note:,Australia and New Zealand are in the Southern,Hemisphere.,That means that the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are different from the seasons in the Northern H
7、emisphere.Winter in China is summer in New Zealand.The warmest months in New Zealand are December to February,and while Chinese students celebrate the Spring Festival,New Zealand students enjoy their summer holiday.,The ocean and seas,surrounding,the islands are deep,blue,Many of New Zealand cities
8、lie on a,bay,(,海湾),and have a,natural deep,harbour,(,harbor,:,海港)。,The sand beaches in New Zealand are also very clean.,New Zealand has a very beautiful natural,Landscape(,风景),with green hills and mountains.,Some of the mountains,are dead,volcanoes.,Active,volcano,The North Island,is famous for,an a
9、rea of hot,springs.,Note:be famous for,以,闻名,Hangzhou,is famous for,the West Lake.,Some of,which,throw hot water high into the air.Some of,this heat,near the earths,surface,is used to make electricity.,There are many plants and animals that are only live in New Zealand.The most famous animal is a lit
10、tle bird that cannot fly.It is called a,kiwi,and it is New Zealands national bird.,The Maori were the earliest people to come to New Zealand.When they discovered it about 1,000 years ago,they called it,Aotearoa,which means“Land of the long white cloud”.,The Maori came from the islands of,Polynesia,i
11、n the Pacific.It is some 3,500,kilometres,from Polynesia to New Zealand,which they,travelled,in narrow boats.They brought dogs,rat,s and plants with them and,settled,mainly on the North Island where the weather was warmer.Around 1421,Chinese sailors discovered the islands on one of their,voyages,aro
12、und the world.The,Dutchman,Abel,Tasman,named the islands New Zealand in 1642.More than 120 years later,Captain James Cook,took possession of,the islands in 1769 and from that time British people started to,settle,in New Zealand.,By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans,mainly British,had come to settle in New
13、Zealand and Maori,signed,an,agreement,with these,settlers.,That day is still celebrated as a national holiday.It is every year on the sixth of February.Today there still many people in New Zealand who call England“the home country”,although it is a place where most of them have never been.,Post-read
14、ing,1.What do the words in bold refer to?,1.It _,New Zealand,2.Which _,hot spring,3.This heat _,The heat near the earths surface,4.These settlers _,European/British settlers,5.It _,England,3.Describe the location of the following lands,seas and cities in relation to New Zealand.,EXAMPLE:,Australia l
15、ies to the west of New Zealand.,A.The Pacific Ocean,New Zealand lies in the Pacific Ocean.,B.The Tasman Sea,The Tasman Sea lies to the west of New Zealand.,C.Wellington,Wellington lies in the southeast of the North Island.,D.Auckland,Auckland lies on the northeastern coast of New Zealand.,E.Christch
16、urch,Christchurch lies to the east on the South Island of New Zealand.,Look at the graphs above and choose the correct answers,to the following questions.,1.The highest Temperature in Christchurch in winter is about _.,A.9C B.11 C C.12 C D.16 C,2.The city whose temperature changes from about 6 C to,
17、12 C in winter is _.,A.Auckland B.Wellington C.Christchurch D.Queenstown,3.From summer to winter the greatest change in temperature,(between highest and lowest)is in _.,A.Auckland B.Wellington C.Christchurch D.Queenstown,4.The cities whose rainfall changes least from winter to summer,are _.,A.Queenstown and Wellington B.Auckland and Christchurch,C.Auckland and Wellington D.Christchurch and Queenstown,_,_,_,_,BYE-BYE,






