1. Unit 18
New Zealand

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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

7. Natural landscapes (scenery)

10. Lake Hawea, South

11. Let's touch
New Zealand

12. 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

13. 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

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

15. What natural beauties can you see?
ocean and
seas
bay

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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. Have a competition
group2
group3
group1
group4

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

21. like

22. dislike

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

24. 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

25. 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

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