1. Where is this sight from?
Opera House
Australia

2. Do you know any other island countries?
The Philippines
Great Britain
Japan
Indonesia
New Zealand
Malaysia

3. Can you guess which island it is?

4. Unit New Zealand
Reading

5. What do you expect to know about New Zealand?
History
Climate
Natural beauty
Geography
(Para.4)
(Para.2)
(Para.3)
(Para.1)

6. The map of New Zealand North island South island Pacific ocean
Tasman sea
Wellington
Auckland
Christchurch
Queenstown
Auckland
TASMAN SEA
North Island
Wellington
South Island
Queenstown
Christchurch
PACIFIC OCEAN

7. Read Para.2 and answer the following questions:
Q1:What’s the main type of climate?
Q2:What are the seasons like?
New Zealand has a mild sea climate,while the north is subtropical.
The summer is from December to February, and the winter is from June to August.

8. What landscapes can we see in New Zealand?
Deep blue sea
Bay/harbor
Sand beach
Green hills and mountains
Volcanoes
Hot springs
Kiwi

9. The history of New Zealand
1000 years ago
The Maori
Came to there; named it Aotearoa
Around 1421
Chinese sailors
Discovered it
1642
The Dutchman Abel Tasman
Named the islands New Zealand
1769
Captain James Coop
Took possession of NZ. British people started to settler in it.

10. Complete the following chart and try to retell the passage:
Location
Capital
Size
Climate
Seasons
Natural beauty
National bird
Settlers
Off the eastern coast of Australia
Welling ton
The same as Japan
Mild sea climate;subtropical in the north
Summer (Dec.---Feb).
Winter (June---Aug).
Deep blue sea, Bay/harbor; Sand beach, Green hills and mountains, Volcanoes, Hot springs, Kiwi
Kiwi (cannot fly)
Earliest---the Maori
Later---Europeans (British)

11. Goodbye!