Start thinkingAnswer the questions.

1 Where is New Zealand?2 What is the capital of New Zealand?3 What is New Zealand famous for?

Comprehension check1 Watch the DVD. Choose the correct answers.

1 How far is New Zealand from Australia? a about 200 kilometres b about 1,000

kilometres c about 2,000 kilometres2 Which town in New Zealand is famous for

extreme sports? a Wellington b Queenstown c Auckland3 Which sport started in the Kawarau River valley? a bungee jumping b parasailing c skydiving

2 Watch again. Complete the geographical features with the words in the box.

Sea Glacier Ocean Lake Alps Island Mount River

1 Pacific 5 Cook2 Tasman 6 Wakatipu3 North 7 Dart 4 Southern 8 Kawarau

3 Watch again. Choose the correct words.

1 The Pacific Ocean / Tasman Sea separates New Zealand from Australia.

2 Wellington is on the North / South Island.3 Mount Cook is over 370 / 3,700 metres high.4 In the past, there were a lot of lakes / glaciers in

this area.5 Lake Wakatipu is over 80 / 350 metres deep.6 The mouth / source of the Dart River is in

Lake Wakatipu.7 The Arrow River and the Shotover River are

tributaries of the Kawarau / Dart River.8 Bungee jumping started in the Kawarau River

valley in 1888 / 1988.

4 Watch again. Match words 1–8 with definitions a–h.

1 island 2 glacier 3 rock 4 erosion 5 source 6 mouth 7 tributary 8 valley a a small river that flows into a larger riverb the place where a river enters a sea or a lakec the destruction caused to the land by the sea or

the weather d the low land between two mountains e a mass of ice that moves slowly down a valleyf a piece of land surrounded by waterg a very large stone h the place where a river starts

5 Watch again. Complete the summary with the words in the box.

geological formations mouth valleys source Lake Wakatipu tributaries erosion glaciers

The South Island of New Zealand has got a lot of interesting 1 . In the past, the area was full of 2 , which were carrying huge rocks. These rocks caused 3 while the ice was moving. When the ice melted, it formed 4 . The wide 5 of the Dart River is at the north of the lake. The lake is also the 6 of the Kawarau River, which starts where the water leaves the lake. The Kawarau River has got many smaller 7 , like the Arrow River and the Shotover River. The river 8 are very steep and deep, and today people visit them to do extreme sports.

4I can understand a programme about geographical features.

clIl Natural science: New Zealand

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ExtensionLook at the photos and answer the questions.

Photo A• Describe the photo. What is the person doing?• What famous lakes are there in your country?• Why are they famous?• What can you do there?

Photo B• Describe the photo. What are the people doing?• What famous rivers are there in your country?• Why are they famous?• What can you do there?

Language check

Past continuous• The glaciers were carrying huge rocks.• New geological formations were constantly

developing.

Past simple and past continuous• They started to form millions of years ago while

major geological changes were taking place.• While the glaciers were moving, the rocks inside

them caused erosion.

6 Write sentences in the past continuous.

1 Jack / sail / on the lake2 Mum / not make / the dinner 3 the sun / shine 4 you / have / a shower5 we / not swim / in the river 6 the children / travel / by bus7 it / not snow / in the mountains 8 I / not wait / for them

7 Complete the sentences using the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Ben anything while he the washing-up. (not break / do)

2 While Kate to school, she off her bike. (cycle / fall)

3 We an accident while we home. (see / walk)

4 I Japanese while I in Tokyo. (learn / live)

5 When they the house this morning, it . (leave / not rain)

6 My girlfriend for me when I . (not wait / arrive)

7 I when you me. (drive / phone)

8 Oliver a mountain while he Peru. (not climb / visit)

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