[by:喜欢Hxen.com,请把Hxen.com告诉你QQ上的5位好友,多谢支持!] [00:00.00]恒星英语学习网 Unit 19 New Zealand [00:-1.00]1.From which countries have the people of New Zealand come? [00:-2.00]Polynesia/Oceania and Europe,mainly Britain. [00:-3.00]2.What parts of Maori life are mentioned in the text? [00:-4.00]Kindergartens,customs,way of life,the marae, [00:-5.00]the meetihng house,family life,special days-huis, [00:-6.00]weddings,conferences,deaths and burials. [00:-7.00]Maori name of the country: Aotearoa [00:-8.00]Maori name of the meeting place:marae [00:-9.00]Maori name of a special day: hui [00:10.00]Date when the first person arrived: 950 [00:11.00]Areas where settlers came from: Europe(mainly Britain),Oceania [00:12.00]1.How do we know about early Maori history? [00:13.00]Maori history was handed down from one generation to another. [00:14.00]2.In what ways was the arrival European settlers a bad thing? [00:15.00]They brought diseases;the settlers fought the Maori over land rights. [00:16.00]3.How is the Maori way of life protected by the state? [00:17.00]Maori are encouraged to use their own language;there are Maori kindergartens; [00:18.00]Maori as a language is taught in many school and universities; [00:19.00]you can study Maori studies at university. [00:20.00]4.How do Maori people keep theirown way of life alive? [00:21.00]Family life continues to be important;they meet at the marae; [00:22.00]they teach children how to behave at the marae;they have huis. [00:23.00]Language points [00:24.00]1.The Maori of New Zealand [00:25.00]2.The earliest people of New Zealand,the Maori, [00:26.00]came from the island fo Polynesia in the Pacific,which means"many islands". [00:27.00]3.The language which the Maori speak [00:28.00]is related to the languages of Tahiti and Hawaii. [00:29.00]be related to [00:30.00]* What he does can not be related to what he says. [00:31.00]* The Dutch language is closely related to German. [00:32.00]* The relation of mother and child is the closest in the world. [00:33.00]* He is a near relation of mine. [00:34.00]* Is he a relative/relation of yours? [00:35.00]4.Maori families enjoy sharing what they own and looking after one another. [00:36.00]* John enjoys listening to music,but Jane enjoys reading novels. [00:37.00]consider/dislike/feel like/finish/give up/go/imagine/mind/practise/risk/suggest [00:38.00]* Martin considered coming to China to study Chinese. [00:39.00]* I dislike arguing about money. [00:40.00]* He has finished mending the car. [00:41.00]* Have you decided to give up smoking? [00:42.00]5.The common meeting place for Maori is on the marae, [00:43.00]an area of land with a meeting house,where all the important events take place. [00:44.00]* The fish is still alive. [00:45.00]* Let's keep the fish alive. [00:46.00]* This is a live fish. [00:47.00]* The baby is asleep. [00:48.00]* I don't think he is awake. [00:49.00]keep sth alive [00:50.00]* We must always keep alive the memory of the bitter past. [00:51.00]7.Special days for Maori are called"huis". [00:52.00]A"hui"may be a wedding,burial or conference. [00:53.00]8.Many people will sleep and eat on the marai during these three days [00:54.00]and share their memories of the desd person. [00:55.00]* The two chemists shared the Nobel Prize. [00:56.00]* They shared the same tastes and interests. [00:57.00]Polities-Agriculture-Sports and free time-Natural beauty-Wildlife [00:58.00]1.New Zealand is an industrialized country with a large population.(F) [00:59.00]2.Women and men are not treated equally in New Zealand.(F) [-1:00.00]3.There are more sheep than people than people in New Zealand.(T) [-1:-1.00]4.New Zealanders love sports because the weather there is hot.(F) [-1:-2.00]5.Their summer is in July and August.(F) [-1:-3.00]6.North Island is well known for an area of hot spriongs.(T) [-1:-4.00]8.Like most of the birds,the kiwi,New Zealand's national bird,can fly.(F) [-1:-5.00]1.New Zealand is an important agricultural country with a small population, [-1:-6.00]In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province,yet has a much smaller population. [-1:-7.00]2.In 1893 New Zealand was the first nation in modern times to allow women to vote, [-1:-8.00]long before many other countries. [-1:-9.00]* In quite old times people lived on hunting and fishing. [-1:10.00]* His thought is ahead of his times. [-1:11.00]3.In 1898 a law was passed which meant that all people [-1:12.00]above a certain age were paid a weeky"old age pension". [-1:13.00]* During one's working life, [-1:14.00]one has to pay a percentage or a fixed sum out of noe's wages to the government. [-1:15.00]When one reaches retiring age(usually 60 or 65), [-1:16.00]one stops work and receives a sum of money each week called the"old-age pension". [-1:17.00]4.Some farmers have turned to keeping deer [-1:18.00]and there are now about 3000 deer farms in the country. [-1:19.00]turn to [-1:20.00]* Our talk soon turned to the changes of the farm. [-1:21.00]* After he left school he became a teacher,but later he turned to driving. [-1:22.00]5.Apart from their milk, [-1:23.00]the wool from their coats is used in expensive clothing. [-1:24.00]apart from [-1:25.00]* Apart from English,he is good at French. [-1:26.00]* Apart from me,there were ten people at the meeting. [-1:27.00]6.New Zealand wine is of high quality and is sold all over the world. [-1:28.00]of+n. [-1:29.00]* They are both of middle height. [-1:30.00]* The work I am doing is not of very much value. [-1:31.00]* George is a man of great courage. [-1:32.00]* I've something of great importance to discuss with you. [-1:33.00]7.In summer,people like to go sailing,swimming,horse-riding, [-1:34.00]and rock-climbing in the mountains. [-1:35.00]* Did you go dancing last night? [-1:36.00]* Let's go mountain-climbing next weekend. [-1:37.00]go boating go cycling [-1:38.00]go fishing go riding [-1:39.00]go shooting go skating [-1:40.00]go swimming go camping [-1:41.00]go dancing go hunting [-1:42.00]go sailing go shopping [-1:43.00]go walking [-1:44.00]8.The kiwi,which is New Zealand's national bird. [-1:45.00]is one of these types of flightless birds.