The Lecturer:

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English Learning

• The Lecturer
• Shen Kailai
• In Qingyuan
• Nov.13, 2003

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Welcome to my class
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Unit 18
New Zealand
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Unit 18
Revision
Language points
Integrating skills
More practice
Listening
Homework
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Task 1 Revision
What do you know about New Zealand?
New Zealand
Talk about it in about 10 sentences.
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New Zealand lies to the east of
Australia. It is made up of two large islands.
It is about the same size as Japan. Wellington
is the capital city, which lies on the North
Island. New Zealand has a mild sea climate with
plenty of rain. It has a lot of natural
beauties, such as deep blue seas, beautiful
bays and beaches, green hills and
mountains, dead volcanoes, hot springs,
special plants and animals. The earliest
people that settled in New Zealand were the
Maori. Later came the Chinese, the Dutch and
the English. Then the Maori signed an agreement
with the settlers. Its population now is
mainly made up of by the Maori and the
Europeans.
A Map of New Zealand and Oceania
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Task 2 Language points
A. Find the following expressions in the text
1. lie off the eastern coast of 2. be made up of
3. be surrounded by 4. to the north 5. be
about the same size as 5. on the North
Island 6. in the north 7. further to the
south 8. a mild sea climate 9. rain quite a
lot 10. seas surrounding the island 11. deep
blue 12. a natural deep harbor 13. a natural
land-scape with green hills 14. dead
volcanoes 15. be famous for 16. an area of
hot springs 17. throw hot water high into the
air 18. the earths surface 19. make
electricity 20. the earliest people to come
to 21. some 3,500 kilometers 22. travel in
a narrow
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boat 23. bring dogs with them 24. settle mainly
on the North Island 25. around 1421 26. on a
voyage around the world 27. take possession of
28. from that time 29. start to settle in
30. sign an agree-ment with these settlers 31.
be celebrated as 32. a national holiday 33.
on the sixth of February 34. the home county
35. most of them
B. Important language points fill in the blanks
with what we have learnt from the text
off
1. They are now living on an island _____ (in
the sea near) the coast of France.
2. Keep _____ (away from) the grass. Youll be
fined.
off
made up of
3. This history museum is _____ ___ ___ six
parts. (make)
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Put the following into Chinese
1) You dont really hate each other, so why dont
you make up? 2) Its time you made it up with
your sister. 3) She makes up her face for 20
minutes in the morn-ing. 4) You must make up
what you owe before the end of the month.
(repay) 5) She made up an excuse to explain
her absence. 6) This beautiful autumn is
making up for the wet summer. 7) We must make
up for the lost time somehow.
4. Having been ___________ for over a week, the
enemy had to give in to the PLA Army.
surrounded
5. In area Australia is about ____ _____ _____
___ the USA (without Alaska), which has more than
13 times as many people.
the same size as
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5. Dogs lead a very active life in winter, ______
snakes go to sleep in the earth. (but)
while
which surround
6. The ocean and seas _______ ___________ the
islands are deep blue and many of New Zealands
cities ______ ____ a bay and have a natural deep
________ .
lie
on
harbour
famous for
7. The North Island is _______ _____ an areas of
_____ ________, some of ______ throw water high
into the air.
hot
springs
which
some / any / a few / several / many / most /
all / both / none / neither / half / one / two
of which/who
This family has three children, all of whom
are studying music.
8. It is _____ 3,500 kilometes _____ Polynesia
___ New Zealand, which they travelled ___ narrow
boats.
from
to
some
in
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9. You cant _____ ___________ ___ the house
until all the papers have been signed. (own)
take possession of
took possession of
10. The soldiers _____ ___________ ___ the
enemys fort after a two-day fierce fight. (seize)
signed
11. They both _______ their name on the paper.
Thus the agreement came into effect.
signed
12. The policeman _______ to me to stop. I knew I
was caught driving too fast.
signs
13. Pay attention to the traffic ______ along the
road while driving.
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Task 3 Find the following in Integrating
Skills at p.41
1. has a population of 2. growing numbers of
Asians 3. make up 4. six percent of 5. the
majority of 6. the native language 7.
official language 8. street signs 9. meeting
place 10. an area of land 11. take place 12.
at an early age 13. special days 14. be
marked with 15. all the relations, old and
young 16. burial service 17. the spirit stays
with the body 18. share their memories of 19.
an agricultural country 20. cattle farming
21. the main exports 22. turn to keeping deer
23. ship sth. to 24. be of high quality 25.
all over the world 26. plenty of 27. all
kinds of outdoor activities 28. go sailing
29. a cottage by the sea 30. go camping
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Task 4 More Practice
(to the )
14. Shes from a small village, 30 kilometers
_________ _________________ . (????)
north of Qingyuan
15. Hubei Province lies ________________. (??)
in Central China
16. Describe the location of the following lands,
seas and cities _____________ to New Zealand.
(???)
in relation to
17. It is only __________________ before they
discover that John has left. (????)
a matter of time
18. China _______________________ about 13
billion. (???). ____________ is the population
of New Zealand?
has a population of
What
How large
19. Asians ________ ____ about six percent of the
total population of New Zealand.
make up
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The majority of doctors
20. _____ __________ ____ ________ believe
smoking is harmful to health. (?????)
native language
21. Chinese is my ________ __________. I am
learning English as a foreign language. (??)
mother tongue.
22. All important events _______ _______ on the
Marae, ______ is the common meeting place for the
Maori.
took place
came about
which
23. The books that ___ _______ _____ names and
dates belong to the school library. (? ??)
are marked with
Todays ceremony marks 100 years of trade
between our two countries.
24. We got together to ______ ____ _________ of
the happy days we spent in the army. (????)
share our memories
25. Who can I _____ ___ in my hour of need? (??)
turn to
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26. Unsuccessful in mathematics, the student had
to _____ ___ majoring biology. (??)
turn to
27. This kind of mobile phone is made in Shenzhen
and is ___ _____ ________ . (???)
of high quality
be of ???? be of ???benefit, importance,
interest, use, value, etc ???????????little,
some, any, no, great, much, etc.
of great value
28. Youll find this map ___ ______ _____ in
travelling. (????)
very valuable
be of a/an/the same ??age, color, size,
height, weight, shape, kind, price, etc.
29. The twins are almost ____ _____ ______
________. (???)
of the same height
of a height.
as tall as each other.
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Task 5 Lets enjoy New Zealands natural
beauties while listening.
A Map of New Zealand and Oceania
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Mt Egmond, N Island
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The Bay
Hot Spring
Harbor
Beach
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Volcano North
A little gerser
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Queenstown
Franz Josef Glacier, S
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Rain forest, W Coast
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Milford Sound, South
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Lake Hawea, South
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Special plants and animals in New Zealand
kiwi
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A young Maori man
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Education in Maori and in English
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Homework
1. Go over the Reading and the Integrating
Skills in SB.
2. Preview the Integrating Skills in WB.
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Thank you.
The End