Unit 18 New Zealand

Pre-reading Look at the maps of some islands and try to describe the locations of the islands and their capital cities.

Haikou City is located ______________ part of the island. Hainan Island Hainan Island _______ the southern coast of the mainland of China, __ the South China Sea. lies off in in the northern Haikou City is located ______________ part of the island.

Manila The Philippines The Philippines ______________ the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Hong Kong. is surrounded by Manila ______________ island of the Philippines. lies in northern

Hawaiian Island Hawaii _________________ the Pacific Ocean. lies in the middle of Honolulu lies in the__________. northwest

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand _____________ coast of the mainland of Australia. lies off the east Wellington __________________ coast of the North Island. lies on the southeast

Natural landscapes (scenery)

Lake Hawea, South

Let's touch New Zealand

Reading Let’s match each paragraph with the best heading. history climate geography natural beauty geography/ location Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 climate natural beauty/ landscape history

Read the 1st Para and fill the right name of the place Geography lie off Australia Auckland 6 be made up of North South is surrounded by TASMAN SEA 1 4 North Island the Pacific Ocean the Tasman sea Wellington 5 South Island 2 Christchurch 7 Wellington Auckland Christchurch Queenstown lie on PACIFIC OCEAN 8 3 Queenstown

Paragraph2. Climate Mainly: a mild sea climate North: subtropical Rains quite a lot December to February Summer: Winter: June to August

What natural beauties can you see? ocean and seas bay

hills and beaches mountains Kiwi hot springs plants harbour dead volcanoes Kiwi hot springs plants

Read and fill in the table History Read and fill in the table about 1000 years ago around 1421 in 1642 in 1769 by 1840 The first people (the Maori) came to New Zealand. Chinese sailors discovered the islands on one of their voyages. The Dutchman Abel Tasman named the islands New Zealand. Captain James Cook took possession of the islands. The Maori signed an agreement with the European settlers.

Cloze New Zealand ,which lies ____ the eastern coast of Australia, is ____ up of two large islands. The weather in New Zealand is neither too cold nor too hot. It has a _____ sea climate. And it ______quite a lot. New Zealand is __________ by seas and oceans. And many of its cities lie on a bay and have a natural deep ________. The _________in New Zealand is very beautiful with green hills and mountains. The North Island is famous for its hot _________. There are many plants and animals_______ only live in New Zealand. The earliest _______ in New Zealand were the Maori ,who traveled from other islands in the Pacific. Around the year 1421, Chinese sailors ________ the islands by chance ______one of their voyages. In 1769, Captain Cook took ___________ of the islands . By 1840, the Maori ______ an agreement with the British settlers. off made mild rains surrounded landscape harbour springs that people discovered on possession signed

Have a competition group2 group3 group1 group4

Discussion If you were Maori people, would you like so many immigrants(移民) to move to New Zealand? Why ?

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Suppose you are Beishan immigrants, which place will you move to, Ningbo , Taizhou, Shaoxing or Youzhu? Why? ( tell your partner)

East China sea 宁波 台州 油竹 climate, economy, people, future) location, landscape, 绍兴 宁波 台州 East China sea 油竹

Ningbo ___ ___ the west coast of East China Sea. ___ ___ the east of Zhejiang province. Ningbo ___ ___ the west coast of East China Sea. lies in lies off It has a famous _____ named Beilun. Shaoxing __ ___ the south bay of Hangzhou. It’ s an old city which has a lot of rivers, bridges and places of interest. Taizhou is an important city which ___ ____ the west coast of East China Sea. It has some special products such as sweet oranges. harbour lies on lies off

Homework Read the text again and try to retell the text. Finish the exercise in the text.