高中英语人教版2000年高三下06

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 19 New Zealand
[00:02.35]第十九单元  新西兰
[00:04.70]Lesson 73 1 Reading comprehension
[00:08.08]第七十三课 1 阅读理解
[00:11.47]Read the text fast to find answers to these questions.
[00:14.11]快速朗读课文，找出问题的答案。
[00:16.74]1 From which countries have the people of New Zealand come?
[00:19.83]1 新西兰的人来自哪个国家？
[00:22.91]2 What parts of Maori life are mentioned in the text?
[00:26.24]2 课文提到毛利人的生活的哪些部分？
[00:29.57]THE MAORI OF NEW ZEALAND
[00:31.40]新西兰的毛利人
[00:33.23]The earliest people of New Zealand,the Maori,
[00:35.87]毛利人是新西兰的原居者，
[00:38.50]came from the islands of Polynesia in the Pacific,
[00:44.36]which means"many islands".
[00:46.28]来自太平洋的波利尼西亚群岛，
[00:48.20]In Maori history,the first traveller to reach New Zealand in the year 950
[00:51.67]在毛利人历史中，第一个到新西兰的旅游者是在950年，
[00:55.14]was a man called Kupe.
[00:56.97]一个叫库佩的男人。
[00:58.80]He named the country Ao-tea-roa,
[01:03.06]which means"the land of the long,white cloud".
[01:05.44]这个地方称为奥蒂罗，也就是白云之乡。
[01:07.81]Following his discovery many islanders travelled 3,500 kilometres by sea
[01:11.78]在他发现这个地方后，许多岛上居民乘船从3,500公里外
[01:15.76]in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and 1350.
[01:19.67]用他们很窄的船划过这个新地方来。在1100年到1350年之间。
[01:23.59]They took with them dogs,rats and plants like the sweet potato,
[01:27.01]他们带了他们的狗，兔和马铃薯之类的植物。
[01:30.44]and settled mainly in North Island where the weather was warmer.
[01:33.31]在一个气候很暖和的北岛上定居。
[01:36.18]As the Maori had no written language,
[01:38.22]正因为毛利人没有书面的语言，
[01:40.26]the stories of Maori history were handed down from generation to generation.
[01:43.38]所以毛利人的历史被世世代代地传下来。
[01:46.50]By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans,
[01:52.46]mainly British,had come to settle in New Zealand
[01:54.49]到1840年，大约有2000欧洲人，主要是英国人，来到新西兰定居，
[01:56.53]and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers.
[01:58.86]毛利人和这些殖民者定了一个协议。
[02:01.18]However,in later years there were fierce arguments over land rights
[02:04.41]然而，在几年后之内发生了一场凶猛的土地权利战争，
[02:07.63]and many battles were fought between the settlers and the Maori.
[02:10.31]在殖民者和毛利人之间发生了很多场战争。
[02:12.99]As a result of these wars and diseases,
[02:15.28]这些战争和疾病带来的结果是，
[02:17.56]the Maori population fell from 100,000 to 42,000.
[02:20.94]毛利人的人口数量从100000降到42000。
[02:24.33]Their population has now increased to 435,000,
[02:27.60]他们的人口现在增加到435000个，
[02:30.88]and today they make up about 13% of the population.
[02:33.61]使他们的人口数量达到大约占总人口的13%。
[02:36.34]New Zealand is also home to about 170,000 Pacific Islanders from Oceania
[02:40.81]从大洋洲的太平洋的岛上居民来到新西兰大约有170000人。
[02:45.28]who have settled mainly in Auckland in North Island.
[02:48.06]他们定居在新西兰北岛的奥克兰岛上。
[02:50.84]Both Maori and Pacific Islanders are encouraged to use their own languages.
[02:54.41]政府鼓励毛利人和太平洋岛上的居民使用自己的语言。
[02:57.97]The language which the Maori speak
[02:59.79]毛利人所说的语言，
[03:01.60]is related to the languages of Tahiti and Hawaii.
[03:04.48]与塔希提岛和夏威夷的语言有关。
[03:07.35]Today there are special kindergartens for Maori children,
[03:09.83]现在为毛利人的小孩子设定了专门的幼儿园，
[03:12.31]and the Maori language is now taught in more and more schools.
[03:14.90]毛利语言在越来越多的学校被用来教学。
[03:17.49]You can also take a degree in Maori
[03:19.46]你也可以取得毛利语的学位，
[03:21.43]or Maori Studies at five of the country's universities.
[03:24.16]或者毛利研究的学位。在这个国家的学校.
[03:26.89]The Maori have insisted on keeping their own customs and way of life.
[03:29.62]毛利人坚持保持自己的风俗习惯和生活方式。
[03:32.35]Maori families are often large,
[03:34.33]毛利人的家族通常是很大的，
[03:36.32]and uncles,aunts,grandparents and other relations