1. Unit 18 New Zealand

2. Unit 18 warming up listening speaking

3. Describe the Location of China

4. Unit Reading

5. Pre-Reading
Name of the island
Describe where it is (...in the ..sea, ocean; to the north, south ,east, west of...); capital (name and its position on the island)
Japan
Taiwan
Hainan
The Philippines

6. lies off the east of the mainland of (Tokyo) China
Name of the island
Describe where it is; capital (name and position on the island)
Japan
Taiwan
Hainan
The Phili-ppines
lies off the east of the mainland of
(Tokyo)
China
(lies in the northeast)
lies off the southeast of the
(Taibei)
mainland of China
(lies in the north)
lies off the southern coast of the
(Haikou)
mainland of China
(lies in the north)
lies in the South China Sea, to the
southeast of Hong Kong
(lies on the
west coast of the largest island of
(Manila)
the Philippines, e.g. Luzon)

8. National Flag

9. National Emblem

10. National Bird — Kiwi

11. Fast Reading a. History; b. Climate;
c. Natural beauty; d. Geography/location
The 1st paragraph:
The 2nd paragraph:
The 3rd paragraph:
The 4th paragraph: d. b. c. a.

12. Careful Reading (1) What does these words refer to in the text? It :
Which :
This heat:
These settlers :
New Zealand
hot springs
the heat near the earth’s surface
European and British settlers
England

13. Careful Reading(2) Paragraph 1 (Geography/location)
Ocean/Sea:
Size:
Capital:
Other key cities:
lies off the eastern coast of Australia
the Pacific Ocean/ the Tasman Sea
about the same as the Philippines
Wellington
Auckland, Christchurch and
Queenstown

14. Paragraph 2 (Climate) New Zealand has a ( ) climate,
while in the north it is (
). It rains ( ). The
warmest months are from (
). And the coldest months are
from ( ).
mild sea
subtropical and
much warmer
quite a lot
December to
February
June to August

15. Paragraph 3 (Natural beauty)
The oceans/seas:
Many cities:
The sand beaches:
Landscape:
The North Island is famous for:
Unique animals/plants:
deep blue
lie on a bay and have a deep
natural harbor
always very clean
beautiful natural landscape with
green hills and mountains
hot springs
Kiwi (national bird,
cannot fly)

16. Paragraph 4 (History) What happened at that time?
About 1,000 years ago?
Around 1421?
In the year of 1642?
In the year of 1769?
By 1840?

17. Complete the following passage.
New Zealand is an island made of ___main lands in the _____ Ocean, with its capital _________ .
_______ ,the earliest people brought plants, dogs and_____ with them. They ______ mainly in the North Island. _________,mainly ______had come to New Zealand. and the Maori _____________ with the settlers. That day is still ________ as a ______ holiday. New Zealand has a warm ______ and many animals and _____ are living there ,eg, the national bird called–- a Kiwi .The North Island is famous for___________ and some of this heat is used to ______________.
two
Complete the following passage.
Pacific
Wellington
The Maori
rats
settled
Europeans
British
signed an agreement
celebrated
national
climate
plants
hot springs
make electricity

18. Retell the passage according to the clues given below:
* Location, ocean/sea, size, capital, other key cities;
* Climate (north), rainfall, warmest and coldest months;
* The oceans/seas, many cities, the sand beaches, the North Island is famous for, national bird;
* About 1,000 years ago, around 1421, in 1642, in 1769, by 1840, National Day.