1. 高一年级 英语 授课者：蒋立耘

2. Integrating skills (I)

3. Something about New Zealand 1. Population 3. Agriculture 2. Culture 4. Sports

4. Careful Reading 1.What is the official language in New Zealand? 2. For the Maori, what are special days called? 3. When someone dies, why do all the relations come to the marae? 4. Why is New Zealand thought to be an important agricultural country?

5. Careful Reading Answer these questions. 1.What is the official language in New Zealand? English and Maori are the official languages.

6. 2. For the Maori, what are special days called? Special days for the Maori are called huis. A hui may be a wedding, burial or conference.

7. 3. When someone dies, why do all the relations come to the marae? Because the Maori think that the spirit stays with the body for three days.

8. 4. Why is New Zealand thought to be an important agricultural country? Because the main exports of the country are agricultural products, such as wool, lamb, beef and butter.

9. MAORI Maori are the host people of New Zealand. Originally they were hunters, but soon became peasants, living of agriculture. Today about 500,000 Maori are mainly living in the cities, but they remain closely connected to their tribes. Their tribal groupings are derived from the people of each canoe, settling in New Zealand in the early times.

10. Vocal Music Maori Chief on Facial Tattoos and Tribal Pride in canoe

11. Tattooed Maori in traditional costume in a parade in Wellington.

12. The Tattoo Museum of New Zealand is situated in Wellington and contains images of traditional Maori tattooes including tattoo equipment on display. Tattooists are also present if you are interested in a traditional Maori tattoo.

13. Language points 1) population 是集体名词，一般 用作单数，不用复数。 The country has a large population.

14. China is a large country with a population of more than1.3 billion. 中国是一个具有十三亿人口的 大国。

15. 2) 某地人口比 …… 多 ( 少 ) 用 larger/smaller than… 而不用 more/less than… The population of China is larger than that of Japan. The population of this city is smaller than that of that city.

16. 3) 常见的一些表达方法 population explosion 人口爆炸 population boom 人口骤增 a fall/rise in population 人口的减少 / 增加

17. control population 控制人口 reach a population of… 达到 … 的人口 4) ___ was the population of Europe in 1990? A. How much B. What C. How many D. How B

18. 2.The majority of the people speak English. 这次的损害大部分不容易补救 The majority of the damage is not easy to repair.

19. 3.The deer are farmed for their meat and fur, which are then shipped to many other countries. 1) They shipped the goods to Shanghai. 2) We ship our products anywhere all over China.

20. 4. The happier events are marked with speeches, singing and dancing. 1)The newly-painted floor was marked with foot-prints. 2) Can you mark your house on this map? 3) He marked his book with his name. 4) Please make a mark at the place where you have difficulties. 5) He got full marks in the English test.

21. He turned to the study of medicine. When he was in trouble, there was no one that he could___________. A. ask for B. refer to C. turn to D. look for C turn to 意思是 “ 转向 ” ， to 是介词，后 接名词或动词 -ing 分词 5. Some farmers have turned to keeping deer…

22. 6. New Zealand wine is of high quality and is sold all over the world. be of 机构表达的意思相当于 be + 形 容词，其后常常跟一个抽象名词， 表示品质，特征等意思。 What you learned from the report is of great importance.

23. Exercises Correct the sentences. 1. Please compare this sentence that one. that one. withto 2. is the population of this city? How much What What

24. 3. The majority of young people pop music. pop music. likeslike 4. China is about the same size America. America. thatas 5. The island lies the northwest coast of Alaska. coast of Alaska.on off

25. 6. New Zealand is made of two large islands. islands. up of 7.The North Island is famous an area of hot springs. an area of hot springs. as for 8.The day is still celebrated a National holiday. a National holiday.foras 9. the mid-1980s growing numbers of Asians have settled in New Zealand. In Since

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