高中英语人教版2003年高一下06

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 18
[00:01.61]第十八单元
[00:03.21]New Zealand
[00:04.68]新西兰岛
[00:06.14]Speaking
[00:07.51]说
[00:08.88]Work in pairs.
[00:10.50]在巴黎工作
[00:12.12]Talk about the birthplaces of your grandparents,parents and yourself.
[00:15.61]谈论你的祖父母、父母和你自己的诞生地。
[00:19.10]A:Where is your great-grandfather on your father's side from?
[00:22.18]A:你的祖父来自哪里?
[00:25.26]B:He is from Weihai, a city in northeastern Shandong.
[00:28.08]B:他来自威海,山东北部的一个小城.
[00:30.90]A:Can you explain where that is?
[00:32.94]A:你可以解释一下它在哪里吗?
[00:34.98]B:Weihai lies about 90 kilometres east of Yantai.
[00:37.92]B:威海在烟台的东边,距烟台大约有90公里.
[00:40.86]A:And what about your great- grandmother on your father's side?
[00:43.59]A:而你的曾祖母呢?
[00:46.32]B:She's from western Shandong.
[00:48.29]B:她来自山东的西部.
[00:50.26]A:Which city?
[00:51.70]A:哪个城市.
[00:53.13]B:It's not a city. She's from Shentong,a small village,
[00:56.16]B:它不是城市.她来自沈童,一个小村庄
[00:59.19]30 kilometres south of Jinan.
[01:00.81]距济南有30公里.
[01:02.43]Reading
[01:05.41]阅读
[01:08.39]NEW ZEALAND
[01:09.77]新西兰岛
[01:11.16]New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast of Australia.
[01:14.08]新西兰岛是奥大利东海岸隔海相望的一个岛屿.
[01:17.01]It is made up of two large islands:North Island and South Island.
[01:20.39]它由二个岛屿组成:北岛和南岛.
[01:23.77]New Zealand is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east,
[01:26.70]新西兰岛的北部和东部被太平洋围绕着.
[01:29.63]and the Tasman Sea to the south and west.
[01:32.11]而南部和西部是塔斯曼海.
[01:34.59]It is about the same size as Japan.
[01:36.67]它大约和日本差不多大.
[01:38.74]Wellington,the capital city,lies on the North Island
[01:41.33]首都惠灵顿,位于北岛屿.
[01:43.92]Other important cities are Auckland in the north
[01:46.24]其他的重要城市有北部奥克兰
[01:48.56]Christchurch on the South Island and Queenstown,further to the south.
[01:51.88]南部克赖斯物彻奇和南方遥远的昆士城.
[01:55.20]New Zealand has a mild sea climate,while the north is subtropical.
[01:58.32]新西兰是温和的海洋性气候,北部是亚热带气候
[02:01.44]It rains quite a lot.The warmest months are December to February.
[02:04.77]它是多雨的.最暖和的月份是十二月到二月.
[02:08.10]The coldest months are June to August.
[02:10.08]最冷的月份是六月到八月.
[02:12.05]The ocean and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue
[02:14.88]环绕岛屿的大洋大海碧蓝清澈.
[02:17.72]and many of New Zealand's cities lie on a bay
[02:20.34]新西兰的许多城市位于海湾
[02:22.97]and have a natural deep harbour
[02:24.74]拥有天然的深水港口.
[02:26.52]The sand beaches in New Zealand are also very clean.
[02:29.11]新西兰的海滩也是非常干净的.
[02:31.69]New Zealand has a very beautiful natural landscape
[02:34.21]该国山青水秀.风景如画
[02:36.73]with green hills and mountains.
[02:38.62]有绿色的山丘、山脉.
[02:40.50]Some of the mountains are dead volcanoes.
[02:42.63]有些死的火山
[02:44.75]The North Island is famous for an area of hot springs,
[02:47.43]北岛是著名的温泉胜地.
[02:50.11]some of which throw hot water high into the air.
[02:52.70]有些温泉的热水能高高地喷向半空.
[02:55.28]Some of this heat near the earth's surface is used to make electricity.
[02:58.46]靠近地球的表面一些热被用作电。
[03:01.63]There are many plants and animals that only live in New Zealand.
[03:04.31]有许多植物和动物只在新西兰生长.
[03:06.98]The most famous animal is a little bird that cannot fly.
[03:09.86]这最有名的动物是不会飞的小鸟.
[03:12.73]It is called a kiwi and it is New Zealand's national bird
[03:15.55]它被叫做几维鸟,是新西兰的国鸟.
[03:18.37]The Maori were the earliest people to come to New Zealand.
[03:20.95]毛利人是最早来到新西兰的人.
[03:23.52]When they discovered it about 1,000 years ago,
[03:26.09]大约1,000年前他们发现了这个地方的时候,
[03:28.67]they called it Aotearoa,which means"Land of the long white cloud".
[03:32.24]他们称它为奥蒂蜀,意思是"长白云之乡.
[03:35.82]"The Maori came from the island of Polynesia in the Pacific.
[03:38.64]毛利人来自太平洋的波利尼西亚岛屿.
[03:41.47]It is some 3,500 kilometres from Polynesia to New Zealand,