Unit18 Life in New Zealand

Integrating Skills

What do you think these two kids are doing?

hongi 毛利人的碰鼻礼

What do you know about New Zealand?

Maori People

National Flag National bird Kiwi

Map of New Zealand

Integrating Skills

If you are to write a passage about the topic, which of the following will you include in your writing?

native people; sports & free time; natural scenery; history; climate; natural resources; population; economy; geography…etc

topics Useful language for description

Population

Culture of natives

Agriculture

Sports &free time

has a population of; of which; growing numbers; make up; majority;

... on the marae, an area of land with a meeting house, where….; mark with

… is an important agricultural country, with cattle farming….; main exports; be of high quality; sold all over the world

Living in a country with…., New Zealanders love all kinds of …; New Zealand, with its…also attracts tourists…….

Use the language we learned in the passage to fill in the blanks:

• China has a p________ of about 1.3 billion people, of which the m_____ are Han People, and they m___ u___ about 92% of the total population. H______, the other minorities( 少数民族） have their own culture and their special occasions are often m______ w___ singing and dancing.

opulation

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Use the language in the passage to translatethe following sentences:

• 越来越多的工人选择来温州工作、定居。　• A growing number of people choose to work and se

ttle in Wenzhou.• 居住在一个气候温和的城市，温州人喜欢所有的户

外活动。• Living in a city with a good climate, Wenzhouese lo

ve all kinds of outdoor activities.• 温州拥有美丽的自然风光和山水，吸引来自世界各

地的游客。• Wenzhou, with its natural beauty, mountains and ri

vers, attracts tourists from all over the world.

• 温州是一个重要的轻工业 (light industry) 城市，到处都可见鞋厂，打火机 (lighter) 厂和眼镜厂。温州的主要出口产品为鞋，打火机和眼镜。它们的质量很好，并销往世界各地。

• Wenzhou is an important light industry city, with shoe factories, lighter factories and glasses factories every where. The main exports of China are shoes, lighters and glasses. They are of high quality and are sold all over the world.

Group work: If you are asked to introduce our home town, Wenzhou, what will you choose to write about?

• Writing:• Work in groups together to write a short pa

ssage about our hometown. Remember to use the language from the passage and show the most attractive point of Wenzhou.

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