台湾

福建

内蒙古

新疆

西藏

New Zealand

volcano natural landscape

The Southern Alps

New Zealand lies off the east coast of the mainland of Australia.

Hot springs in New Zealand’s North Island

Wellington

Auckland Harbor Bridge

KiwiHot Springs

Dead volcano

Wellington

North Island

South Island

(cooler)

Christchurch

Auckland

Queenstown

lie off

North Islandmake up

is surrounded by

lieon

N

NS

S

Australia

South Island

Pacific Ocean

Tasman Sea

WellingtonAuckland

Christchurch

Queenstown

Tasman Sea

Pacific Ocean

New Zealand lies off the east coast of the mainland of Australia.

Wellington

Auckland Harbor Bridge

Kiwi Hot Springs

Dead volcano

Fast Reading 1. Write down key words that each para

graph is about:history, landscape, climate, location

paragraph key words 1

2

3

4

geography/location

landscape/natural beauty

climate

history

Paragraph Detailed Information

1

Geography

Location _______________________

Consists _______________________

Waters in relation to NZ

_______________________

Capital _______________________

Cities _______________________

__________________

lies off the eastern coast of Australia

North Island and South Island

Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea

Wellington

Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown

Careful Reading

Paragraph Detailed Information

2

Climate

Climate ______________________

Coldest season _______________

Warmest season _______________

3

Landscapes

Sights ________________________

______________________________

National Bird__________________

4

History

First settlers ___________________

National Day ___________________

__________

Mild sea climate, subtropical(north)

June to August

December to February

natural deep bay and harbor, the

sand beaches, dead volcanoes, hot springs.

Kiwi

Maori

every year on the sixth of February

1. Talk about what happened in these years.

1421, 1642, 1769, 1840

In 1421: Chinese sailors discovered the islands

In 1642: a Dutchman named the islands New Zealand

In 1769: Captain James Cook took possession of the islands

In 1840: many British came to settle in New Zealand and the Maori sighed an agreement with the settlers.

Ask one or more student to retell the first paragraph according to the map of New Zealand

Summary

1、 Do exercise 1—4 of Post reading

2、 After class you should learn the text again until you can retell it.