高中英语人教版高三2 05

[00:05.20]Lesson 73            1 Reading comprehension 1

[00:11.86]Read the text fast to find answers to these questions.

[00:17.14]1 From which countries have the people of New Zealand come?

[00:23.38]2 What parts of Maori life are mentioned in the text?

[00:29.94]THE MAORI OF NEW ZEALAND

[00:33.70]The earliest people of New Zealand,the Maori,

[00:38.45]came from the islands of Polynesia in the Pacific,which means"many islands".

[00:45.40]In Maori history,the first traveller 2 to reach New Zealand in the year 950

[00:52.27]was a man called Kuper.

[00:55.93]He named the country Ao-tea-roa,which means"the land of the long,white cloud".

[01:03.87]Following his discovery many islanders 3 travelled 3,500 kilometres by sea

[01:12.23]in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and 1350.

[01:18.89]They took with them dogs,rats and plants like the sweet potato,

[01:24.45]and settld mainly in North Island where the weather was warmer.

[01:30.10]As the Maori had no written language,

[01:34.17]the stories of Maori history were handed down from generation to generation.

[01:40.41]By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans,mainly British,had come to settle 4 in New Zealand

[01:50.29]and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers.

[01:54.73]However,in later years there were fierce 5 arguments over land rights

[01:59.85]and many battles were fought between the settlers and the Maori.

[02:05.13]As a result of these wars and diseases 6,

[02:09.67]the Maori population fell from 100,000 to 42,000.

[02:16.44]Their population has now increased to 435,000

[02:22.92]and today they make up about 13% of the population.

[02:28.48]New Zealand is also home to about 170,000 Pacific Islanders

[02:35.85]from Oceania 7 who have settled 8 mainly in Auckland 9 in North Island.

[02:43.58]Both Maori and Pacific Islanders are encouraged to use their own languages.

[02:50.74]The language which the Maori speak is related 10 to the

[02:55.70]and the languages of Tahiti and Hawaii.

[02:58.65]Today there are special kindergartens for Maori children,

[03:03.41]and the Maori language is now taught in more and more schools.

[03:08.68]You can also take a degree in Maori

[03:12.44]or Maori Studies at five of the country's universities.

[03:18.30]The Maori have insisted on keeping their own customs 11 and way of life.

[03:23.86]Maori families are often large,and uncnts,grandparents and other relations

[03:32.01]may come to stay with the family for long periods.

[03:36.87]Maori families enjoy sharing what they own and looking after one another.

[03:43.63]The common meeting place for Maori is on the marae,

[03:48.28]an area of land with a meeting house,

[03:53.14]where all the important events take place.

[03:57.58]This is how they keep their way of life alive.

[04:00.93]Maori children are taught at an early age what to do when they come to the marae.

[04:07.25]Special days for Maori are called"huis".

[04:12.40]A"hui"may be a wedding,burial 12 or conference 13.

[04:17.75]The happier events are marked with speeches,singing and dancing.

[04:24.23]When someone dies,all the relations,old an young,

[04:29.37]come to the marae for the Maori burial service.

[04:35.54]Maori believe that the spirit stays with the body for three days,

[04:41.21]so during this time someone always stays with the dead person.

[04:47.14]Many people will sleep and eat on the marae during these three days

[04:53.59]and share their memories of the dead person

[04:58.03]Lesson 74

[05:06.36]1 Read the text fast.Then write these headings 14 over the correct section.

[05:16.34]Agriculture  Wildlife  Sports and free time Politics  Natural beauty

[05:25.20]NEW ZEALAND

[05:27.94]New Zealand is an important agricultural 15 county 16 with a small population.

[05:34.11]In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province,yet has a much smaller population.

[05:41.58]In 1893 New Zealand was the first nation in modern times

[05:47.92]to allow women to vote,long before many other countries

[05:52.50]In 1898 a law was passed which meant that all people above a certain age

[05:59.86]were paid a weekly"old-age pension 17".

[06:04.23]However,in recent times the "old-age pension"has only been paid to the poorest people

[06:11.38]because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.

[06:17.26]Most of the cattle 18 farming 19 is in North Island.

[06:20.92]Sheep farms are found on the more hilly 20 South Island.

[06:26.56]There are about 50 million sheep in New Zealand,

[06:31.71]about 14 sheep for every New Zealander!

[06:36.67]The main exports of the country are wool,

[06:41.53]lamb,beef,butter,forest products,fruit and vegetables.

[06:48.97]Ships carry live sheep to markets in the Middle East

[06:54.15]where they are killed at festivals.

[06:57.38]Some farmers have turned to keeping deer,

[07:01.75]and there are now about 3,000 deer farms in the country.

[07:06.92]The deer are farmed for their meat and fur,

[07:11.46]which are then shipped to many other countries.Goats are also kept.

[07:17.63]Apart from their milk,the wool from their coats is used in expensive clothing.

[07:24.11]New Zealand wine is of high quality and is sold all over the world.

[07:30.59]Living in a country with plenty of space and a good climate,

[07:35.94]New Zealanders love all kinds of sport.

[07:40.49]In summer,people like to go saiking,swimming,horse-riding,

[07:46.36]and rockclimbing in the mountains.

[07:50.52]The main school holidays are from mid-December till early February

[07:56.76]when the days are long and warm.

[08:00.42]Many families spend this time at a cottage by the seadide

[08:05.77]or go camping in the hills or on the coast.

[08:10.74]New Zealand,with its natural beauty,mountains,rivers and National Parks,

[08:17.68]attracts tourists from all over the world.

[08:22.13]North Island is famous for an area of hot springs,

[08:27.27]some of which throw hot water high into the air.

[08:32.26]Some of this hear near the earth's surface is used to make electricity.

[08:38.92]As in Australia,

[08:42.08]the first settlers found many strange birds and animals that exist no where else in the world.

[08:49.35]Some types of birds cannot fly.

[08:53.39]This is because they had no natural enemies until the arrival 21 of humans

[08:59.74]and therefore did not need to develop flying wings.

[09:04.42]The kiwi,which is New Zealand's national bird,

[09:09.67]is one of these types of flightless birds