时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   As a result of the earthquakes in Christchurch, many families in the residential 1 red zones have moved. Red zones are those areas where the land has been badly damaged by the earthquakes and the houses will be demolished 3 after July. There have been big changes to school rolls. Schools in or near red zones have lost students. Many families have already moved outside the city, south, north or west.


  First, the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, announced that the government will build five new schools in Canterbury, outside Christchurch, in those areas where families have moved to.
  Next is the problem of closing schools in Christchurch. Last September, the Minister said that 31 schools would close or merge 4 with another school.
  Listen to September 17th 2012 to hear more about this.
  Teachers and parents were very upset at this news. They were given a chance to write to the Minister and explain why their school should stay open. Yesterday the Minister said she has listened to what teachers and parents were saying and she has changed her mind about some schools. Twelve of those schools will stay open. Seven will close and 12 will merge together.
  Some principals 5 and teachers will lose their jobs, and many children will have to travel further to another school.
  Vocabulary
  ?residential – where people live
  ?zone – area
  ?demolish 2 – destroy, push down
  ?school roll – list of students, number of students
  ?merge – join together
  ?upset – very unhappy
  Grammar
  Note use of present perfect tense (have moved) to show an action that started in the past and is true today.
  Question
  Does it matter if children have to change schools?

adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
v.拆毁(建筑物等),推翻(计划、制度等)
  • They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
  • He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库,屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
  • The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
  • They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来,为了不让拆除他们的房子,他们一直在进行最后的努力。
v.(使)结合,(使)合并,(使)合为一体
  • I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
  • The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。
n.负责人( principal的名词复数 );[法律]本人;主要的人(或物)
  • I must consult my principals. 我得同委托人商量一下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The subsequent rapport between the two principals assisted the transition process. 这两位首脑在这次会谈后所建立的和谐关系帮助了交接工作的进行。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a bit of muslin
abnormal hearing
adipocytes
aerodynamic maneuver
alkylantimony halide
aloe chinensis bak.
Ambohibary
analog-digital-analog conversion system
atonest
autograt
be up to one's old tricks
Brooklynite
brunei b.
bull gear reducer
calcium 5'-ribonuucleotide
caveated
cerous hydropyrophosphate
chelseas
Chetopir
Chirita monantha
combining
constant formula diet
copesmate
corporation library
counter-balance piece
davuls
debris storage capacity
decolonialized
descanted
ductography
Duggendorf
encylical
Fanta Shet'
feathering paddle-wheel
finance statistics
fusible interlining
glutinane
go down to
golpe
goodstein
gotterleben
gyffe
have one's fingers in the till
heredo-familial corneal dystrophy
iced-tea spoons
implementation requirement
in view of
inclosure(enclosure)
inner ring axis
internal dielectric membrane
inuredness
inwardmost
kiet
lacewear
large pill
learning activity package
Marquess of Queensberry rules
maximum grinding hole diameter
megalomycin
minelaying
morticer
multi-gradient magnetic separator
multispectral remote sensing system
omit function
overtoils
oxandrin
peace camp
pectinellus
pentagrid converter
Pierofanina
pilot's automatic telephone weather answering service
powder-like fur
pro-europeans
pure clay
pyrophosphatases
qusternary syphilis
r-l-c oscillator
ratchet-toothed escape wheel
raw gasoline
recognized component
revised price
Rubia mandersii
run-on sentences
scheerer
seminal cyst
shell tap
soft emplacement
sowing plot
spongio-
spontaneous request
tank block
tavarus
technofetishist
to smash
tobicillin
total derived functor
triple deck screen
two lined octave
vaccinoids
whitetailed
wrightstown
zawadski