On Thursday evening, Dame Anne Salmond was named New Zealander of the Year, at a ceremony in Auckland. Dame Anne has won many awards for her books. She is a sponsor of a project to encourage low income children, especially Maori and Pacific Islanders

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

New Zealand is a long country, ranging from 37 degrees latitude in the far north to 47 degrees latitude in the far south. It is not surprising that we have very different weather in different parts of the country. More North Westerly winds affected t

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, read the Budget in Parliament. One important matter in the Budget was a plan to bring down house prices, especially in Auckland. In the last year, house prices have increased by 8% throughout the whol

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Todd: Hello! Leo: Hello! Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please? Leo: Sure. My name's Leonard Tui. I'm from Auckland, New Zealand. Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard? Leo: Yes, Leonard. Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard? Leo: Some people call me Le

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

In 1962, South Korea and New Zealand officially became friends. The two countries established diplomatic relations and in 1971, New Zealand established an embassy in Seoul. In fact, New Zealand supported South Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Auckland mayor, Len Brown, opened the new Manukau rail station today. It is the first new railway line to be built in 82 years. It will link Manukau city centre with the southern rail line at Middlemore and continue to Auckland city. The trip int

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Todd: So Kate, if somebody had a month to spend in New Zealand where do you recommend they go and what do you recommend they do? Kate: Well most often you will fly into Auckland airport so you can start off in Auckland whch is a nice big city, howeve

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

There may be some disruption to bus services in Auckland tomorrow as NZ Bus intends to lock out bus drivers. This is in response to a strike that the unions had organised. The unions want pay increases for their drivers who currently earn between $14

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Draft and sign an agreement 拟定签订协议 Good morning,Mr Zhan. 张先生,早上好。 I wonder whether you have got an answer from your superior. 我想知道您有没有得到上级的答复。 Yes ,we had meting about it yesterday afternoon

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During the weekend, Auckland celebrated the end of the Chinese New Year with a Lantern Festival in Albert Park. A big crowd of people attended. Next weekend, Christchurch will celebrate the Lantern Festival in Hagley Park. The Lantern Festival is usu

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The workers at the Ports of Auckland are still on strike and the workers at Affco meat works are also on strike. The workers at the Ports of Auckland are called watersiders, stevedores, dock workers or wharfies. Their union has been negotiating with

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

They are called watersiders or wharfies and they work on the wharf, loading and unloading goods from ships in a port. Most belong to the Maritime Union. Today, 300 watersiders at the Ports of Auckland started a three-week strike. This is the 7th stri

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After the Labour Party lost the election, the leader, Phil Goff, resigned. Later this week the Party will choose another leader. They will choose between two men David Shearer and David Cunliffe. Both men have been speaking at Labour Party meetings.

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Christchurch and Dunedin have their Santa parade tomorrow. Wellington and Auckland had their Santa parades in November 13th for Wellington and 27th for Auckland. It was good weather for both parades. Crowds of people lined the streets to watch the pa

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Occupy Wall St which began in New York in September has spread around the world. By last Saturday, there were 2,668 groups in about 100 countries. Occupy protest groups have been in our main cities for the last six weeks but now councils are getting

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The Big Day Out is a Rock Music Festival that lasts 12 hours, starting at 11am tomorrow. It is held once a year towards the end of January in Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland and then in some of the bigger cities in Australia. There are about 40 acts. Th

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Todays podcast is by Mark. He is a football coach in New Zealand. Hello everyone. A few years ago, I moved from England to New Zealand to coach football to children in Auckland, the biggest city in New Zealand. Id like to tell you about the differenc

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

Tomorrow afternoon, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, will read the Budget in Parliament. The Budget tells us how much money the government expects to have next year and how the government plans to spend it. The Prime Minister has already talked

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Todd: Hello! Leo: Hello! Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please? Leo: Sure. My name's Leonard Tui. I'm from Auckland, New Zealand. Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard? Leo: Yes, Leonard. Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard? Leo: Some people call me Le

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Probably everyone in New Zealand knows the Rugby World Cup starts tomorrow in Auckland. The first game is between the All Blacks and Tonga. The last time that the Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand was in 1987. The last time the All Blacks won t

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