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New Zealand
volcano natural landscape
The Southern Alps
New Zealand lies off the east coast of the mainland of Australia.
Hot springs in New Zealand’s North Island
Wellington Auckland Harbor Bridge Kiwi Hot Springs Dead volcano
Wellington North Island South Island (cooler) Christchurch Auckland Queenstown lie off North Island make up is surrounded by lie on N N S S Australia South Island Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea Wellington Auckland Christchurch Queenstown Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean
New Zealand lies off the east coast of the mainland of Australia.
Wellington Auckland Harbor Bridge Kiwi Hot Springs Dead volcano
Fast Reading 1. Write down key words that each paragraph is about:history, landscape, climate, location paragraph key words geography/location landscape/natural beauty climate history
ParagraphDetailed Information 1 Geography Location _______________________ Consists _______________________ Waters in relation to NZ _______________________ Capital _______________________ Cities _______________________ __________________ lies off the eastern coast of Australia North Island and South Island Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea Wellington Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown Careful Reading
ParagraphDetailed Information 2 Climate Climate ______________________ Coldest season _______________ Warmest season _______________ 3 Landscapes Sights ________________________ ______________________________ National Bird__________________ 4 History First settlers ___________________ National Day ___________________ __________ Mild sea climate, subtropical(north) June to August December to February natural deep bay and harbor, the sand beaches, dead volcanoes, hot springs. Kiwi Maori every year on the sixth of February
1. Talk about what happened in these years. 1421, 1642, 1769, 1840 In 1421: Chinese sailors discovered the islands In 1642: a Dutchman named the islands New Zealand In 1769: Captain James Cook took possession of the islands In 1840: many British came to settle in New Zealand and the Maori sighed an agreement with the settlers.
Ask one or more student to retell the first paragraph according to the map of New Zealand Summary
1 、 Do exercise 1—4 of Post reading 2 、 After class you should learn the text again until you can retell it.