Unit 19 New Zealand

高三

Goals : Train the students’ reading ability

Learn about New Zealand

Reading Period I

The Return of the King

Shot in New ZealandNew Zealand

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B

C

D

Reading fast and giving the answers to the following questions

1. How many islands is New Zealand made up of and what are they ?

2. Who were the earliest people to come to New Zealand and how ?

Two North Island and South Island.

Maori They traveled in narrow boats .

Reading carefully and catching the general idea of each paragraph

P 1 ------

P 2 ------

P 3 ------

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Geography

Climate

Nature

History

around 1421 Chinese sailors

in 1642 Abel Tasman

in 1769 James Cook

first Maori

Listening to the tape carefully , filling the form and retelling the text

Location

Capital

Size

Climate

Season

Natural beauty

National bird

off the eastern coast of Australia

Wellington

the same as Japan

mild sea ,subtropical in the north

Summer ( Dec.-Feb )

Winter (June –Aug. )

deep blue sea ; deep harbour ; clean beaches

green hills ; hot springs

kiwi

DiscussionCompared with China , which country do you like ? Why ?

Homework

Write a short description of your hometown.