Pre reading liesofftheeasterncoastofthemainlandofChina liesoffthesoutherncoastofthemainlandofChina liesintheSouthChinaSea liesinthemiddleofthePacificOcean liesofftheeastcoastofthemainlandofAustralia Tapei Haikoucity Manila Honolulu Wellington NewZealand TheArcticOcean ThePacificOcean TheAtlanticOcean TheIndiaocean Asia Europe Africa Oceania Openthemapoftheworld InthesouthofimmensePacificocean Thereisabeautifulislandcountry Itlookslikeahangingtophigh heelboot ThisisNewZealand InMaori NewZealandiscalled Aotearoa Whichmeans Landoflongwhitecloud thenationalflagofNewZealandandthenationalsong thenationalflagoftheUnitedKingdom thenationalemblem 国徽 ofNewZealand NewZealandisanislandthatliesofftheeasterncoastofAustralia Itismadeupoftwolargeislands NorthIslandandSouthIsland NewZealandissurroundedbythePacificOceantothenorthandeast andtheTasmanSeatothesouthandwest ItisaboutthesamesizeasJapan Wellington thecapitalcity liesontheNorthIsland OtherimportantcitiesareAucklandinthenorth ChristchurchonthesouthIslandandQueenstown furthertothesouth ThemapofJapan NewZealandisaboutthesamesizeasJapan ThemapofNewZealand NewZealandhasamildseaclimate whilethenorthissubtropical Itrainsquitealot ThewarmestmonthsareDecembertoFebruary ThecoldestmonthsareJunetoAugust Note AustraliaandNewZealandareintheSouthernHemisphere ThatmeansthattheseasonsintheSouthernHemispherearedifferentfromtheseasonsintheNorthernHemisphere WinterinChinaissummerinNewZealand ThewarmestmonthsinNewZealandareDecembertoFebruary andwhileChinesestudentscelebratetheSpringFestival NewZealandstudentsenjoytheirsummerholiday Theoceanandseassurroundingtheislandsaredeepblue ManyofNewZealandcitieslieonabay 海湾 andhaveanaturaldeepharbour harbor 海港 ThesandbeachesinNewZealandarealsoveryclean NewZealandhasaverybeautifulnaturalLandscape 风景 withgreenhillsandmountains Someofthemountainsaredeadvolcanoes Activevolcano TheNorthIslandisfamousforanareaofhotsprings Note befamousfor以 闻名HangzhouisfamousfortheWestLake Someofwhichthrowhotwaterhighintotheair Someofthisheatneartheearth ssurfaceisusedtomakeelectricity TherearemanyplantsandanimalsthatareonlyliveinNewZealand Themostfamousanimalisalittlebirdthatcannotfly ItiscalledakiwianditisNewZealand snationalbird TheMaoriweretheearliestpeopletocometoNewZealand Whentheydiscovereditabout1 000yearsago theycalleditAotearoa whichmeans Landofthelongwhitecloud TheMaoricamefromtheislandsofPolynesiainthePacific Itissome3 500kilometresfromPolynesiatoNewZealand whichtheytravelledinnarrowboats Theybroughtdogs ratsandplantswiththemandsettledmainlyontheNorthIslandwheretheweatherwaswarmer Around1421 Chinesesailorsdiscoveredtheislandsononeoftheirvoyagesaroundtheworld TheDutchmanAbelTasmannamedtheislandsNewZealandin1642 Morethan120yearslater CaptainJamesCooktookpossessionoftheislandsin1769andfromthattimeBritishpeoplestartedtosettleinNewZealand By1840about2 000Europeans mainlyBritish hadcometosettleinNewZealandandMaorisignedanagreementwiththesesettlers Thatdayisstillcelebratedasanationalholiday ItiseveryyearonthesixthofFebruary TodaytherestillmanypeopleinNewZealandwhocallEngland thehomecountry althoughitisaplacewheremostofthemhaveneverbeen Post reading 1 Whatdothewordsinboldreferto 1 It NewZealand 2 Which hotspring 3 Thisheat Theheatneartheearth ssurface 4 Thesesettlers European Britishsettlers 5 It England 3 Describethelocationofthefollowinglands seasandcitiesinrelationtoNewZealand EXAMPLE AustralialiestothewestofNewZealand A ThePacificOcean NewZealandliesinthePacificOcean B TheTasmanSea TheTasmanSealiestothewestofNewZealand C Wellington WellingtonliesinthesoutheastoftheNorthIsland D Auckland AucklandliesonthenortheasterncoastofNewZealand E Christchurch ChristchurchliestotheeastontheSouthIslandofNewZealand Lookatthegraphsaboveandchoosethecorrectanswerstothefollowingquestions 1 ThehighestTemperatureinChristchurchinwinterisabout A 9 CB 11 CC 12 CD 16 C2 Thecitywhosetemperaturechangesfromabout6 Cto12 Cinwinteris A AucklandB WellingtonC ChristchurchD Queenstown3 Fromsummertowinterthegreatestchangeintemperature betweenhighestandlowest isin A AucklandB WellingtonC ChristchurchD Queenstown4 Thecitieswhoserainfallchangesleastfromwintertosummerare A QueenstownandWellingtonB AucklandandChristchurchC AucklandandWellingtonD ChristchurchandQueenstown BYE BYE