Read the first sentence of each paragraph and choose their topic: climate history geography natural beauty

Match each paragraph with the best title Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 History Climate Natural beauty Geography Skimming :

① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ Tasman Sea North Island South Island Auckland Christchurch Queenstown Pacific Ocean Wellington South Island North Island Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean Wellington Auckland Christchurch Queenstown Describe the location of the following lands, seas and cities in relation to New Zealand.

Paragraph TwoClimate Temperature: Climate: Rainfall: A mild sea climate while the north is subtropical It rains quite a lot. The warmest months: December--February The coldest months: June--August

What natural beauty are mentioned in the text? kiwi volcano hot spring bay beach mountain

1,000 years ago Polynesia The Maori discovered Chinese sailors 1642 Dutchman Abel Tasman 1769 Captain James Cook take possession of around 1421 named By ,000 Europeans Settled, signed an agreement with

What do the words in red refer to ? 1. It is made up of two large islands : North Island and South Island. 3. Some of this heat near the earth’s surface is used to make electricity. New Zealand 2. The North Island is famous for an area of hot springs, some of which throw hot water high into the air. the heat near the earth’s surface hot springs

4. By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers. European / British settlers 5. Today there are still many people in New Zealand who call England.“the home country”, although it is a place where most of them have never been England

2. Cloze New Zealand, hich 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. 2. Cloze New Zealand, hich 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. off made mild rains surrounded

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 harbour landscape springs that people

New Zealand were the Maori, ho 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. signed discovered on possession

geography cities New Zealand climate natural beauty The Maori The Chinese Abel Tasman James Cook When from where how what when when what when what who summer winter history location water mountain hot springbird

Describe the following places: South Island North Island Wellington New Zealand

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Homework 1.Read the text and try to retell it. 2. Find out the new language points.

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