时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


新西兰英语 663 Prime Minister visits Chatham Islands - 英语课
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  1. 1 新西兰英语 663 Prime Minister visits Chatham Islands 英语课
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   The Prime Minister visited the Chatham Islands yesterday and today. This is his first visit. The Chatham Islands are part of New Zealand. They lie 800km east of Christchurch, a two-hour flight or a 4 day voyage by ship from the mainland. Only about 600 people live on the two main islands. There are three small primary schools but high school students have to go to boarding school on the mainland. The main economy on the island is farming and fishing, especially crayfish; however tourism is increasing.


  The people of the Chatham Islands talked to the Prime Minister about their problems. Lack of jobs is a worry because young people leave to find jobs and they don’t return. There are infra-structure worries also and not enough money to re-build the infra-structure. The airport runway is bumpy 1 and modern planes cannot land. The wharf 2 is becoming dangerous because it is rotting. They don’t have enough electricity generation which makes electricity very expensive so householders pay three times as much as other New Zealanders for their power.
  However, there is a possibility of dredging the sea floor for phosphate which can be sold for fertilizer. This could provide jobs.
  Meanwhile the Prime Minister promised $400,000 to build five state houses and said the government could possibly find $20m for a new wharf and $6m for a hydro power station.
  Vocabulary
  mainland – eg. the two main islands of New Zealand
  lack of (n) – not enough; also a verb e.g. it lacks jobs
  crayfish – lobster 3
  infra-structure – basic facilities for a community e.g. transport, water, electricity
  bumpy – not flat e.g. holes in the runway
  rotting – the wood is starting to decay 4 and become weak
  generation – making electricity e.g. In the Chathams they use diesel or wind
  dredge (n)– a machine which can make a harbour deeper or take sand etc from the bottom of the sea; to dredge (v)
  phosphate – phosphorus compounds
  fertilizer – food for plants
  state houses – owned by the government; available for renting

adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
n.码头,停泊处
  • We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
  • We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。
n.龙虾,龙虾肉
  • The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
  • I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾,但它不适宜于我的健康。
vi.腐烂,衰落;n.腐烂,腐朽,衰败状态
  • The vegetables have begun to decay.那些蔬菜已开始腐烂。
  • Our powers decay in old age.我们的体力在老年时就衰退。
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aelt (association for education communication technology)
available supply
average-volume
barbee
bivariate
bleriot
bulk buy
chain shot
cheerfulfully
Chinese politics
chippewa
Chondrenchelyidae
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circuiteers
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coaxial fixed direction coupler
codefendants
colloma
Connector Shell
Despotovac
die clearance
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Dłutów
economics of productive forces
ellipsosome
Emerald Basin
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English white
Ethylamino
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false attic
Femiron
fossil fuel deposit
furfuraldehydes
furnace implosion
General Medical Council
goat's leap
Heli-Grid packing
Hematogonia
Huddleson's test
hurfords
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IGSP
imaginary parts
immunosuppression
in a fog
incremental range
index of diversity of genus
infra-epimeron
ketononose
Kikoma
lazyweb
manual voltlage regulator
mardonios
MBPS
MHD (magnetohydrodynamics)
minisupercomputing
multiorgasm
municipal bond fund
object models
operating ecpenditure
overt observation
paint chipping chisel
palmiton
penicillium lividum
plunger joint rod
pneumatically operated equipment
polyacrylate fibre
portuguese guineas
pressed-on
proverbs of administration
Rakko-dake
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rechloridation
Registration of Patents Ordinance
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seat of management
self-destruction
shapperoon
shrimp
slow-curing liquid asphaltic material
stainerite
stewing
Stonyford
string assignment
supervision of residence
sympathochromaffin
termination right
touched bill of health
tractus reticulospinalis
transistored bridge
transportation corporation
Tugurskiy Poluostrov
turkezol
weightlike
wireless VoIP
xerosis conjunctivae
xiiiest
xylohydroquinone
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