Listen to August 19th 2010 to hear about more babies born in New Zealand. It is interesting that more women these days are deciding not to have children. The last census, in 2006, showed 13% of women aged between 45 and 49 were childless whereas in 1

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Have you ever made an excuse for not going to work? I guess most people have. But have you ever called in for a day off because your dog is sick? I bet you haven't. Most people wouldn't have the guts.

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[00:-1.00]The Future of Cyberspace [00:-2.00]Peter Taylor finds out how computers [00:-3.00]and the internet are going to affect our affect our lives. [00:-4.00]In the last thirty years,the Internet has grown dramatically. [00:-5.00]In 1983, there we

发表于:2018-12-13 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 高中英语北京必修模块

Todd: OK, Leonard, you're from New Zealand. 托德:嗯,伦纳德,你来自新西兰。 Leo: Yes. Yes. 伦纳德:对,没错。 Todd: So we're going to talk about your country's national pastime. 托德:我们要谈谈你们国家的国球。

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

海伦伊丽莎白克拉克,生于新西兰汉密尔顿。1999年12月5日起任新西兰总理。2008年11月19日卸任,继任者是约翰基。 Helen Clark (born in 1950) is the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was in office between 199

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Prime Minister, John Key, is in the middle of a 10-day visit to Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Brazil. One of the reasons for his trip is to increase trade between New Zealand and these countries. When Mr Key was in Colombia, he invited 150 farmers from

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Prime Minister, John Key, is visiting China this week, along with 4 other ministers and many business leaders from New Zealand. The main purpose of the visit is to increase trade. Business leaders want to set up joint-venture companies in China and i

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September 27th 2012 The Prime Minister apologized to Kim Dotcom today for the GCSB spying on him. The GCSB can only spy on foreigners who could be a threat to New Zealand but Mr Dotcom is a New Zealand resident. Most Aucklanders know this because whe

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

New Zealand celebrated Diwali the last two weekends. Diwali is an ancient Indian festival of truth and light. It is celebrated with music and dance, exchanging gifts and sweets, decorating homes with lights, making patterns on the floor, and a firewo

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The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point near Invercargill opened in 1971. It had a contract to buy cheap electricity, generated by hydro-electricity from Lake Manapouri which is not far away. Now in 2013, 13% of all electricity generated in New Zealand,

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Zespri is the New Zealand company which markets New Zealand kiwifruit here and overseas. Zespri owned a branch company in China to manage importing kiwifruit between 2008 and 2010. Now a Shanghai court has found one employee of that company guilty of

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What is fracking? It is a way of getting gas or oil from inside rock, deep underground. Mining companies break the rock using water. This week, the Commissioner for the Environment gave a report on fracking in New Zealand. She said that the mining co

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Prime Minister John Key and his wife flew to Antarctica last night (Friday) for a three-day trip. The plan was for a four-day trip, leaving on Thursday evening but the weather in Antarctica was a problem. So Thursday evening, John Key and his wife we

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Every year the New Zealand Cancer Society holds a Daffodil Day. This year it is August 31st. This is a fund raising day to raise money to support people with cancer and to educate people about cancer. Volunteers collect money on the streets and give

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Teenage girl fans went crazy at Auckland airport when the boy band One Direction arrived. The girls screamed and held up posters which said things like We love you. One Direction is a group of five young men, aged 18, 19 and 20, from the UK. They wer

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The independent panel tasked with deciding a potential new flag for New Zealand has published its long list of 40 possible designs. 新西兰的新国旗方案独立专家小组日前公布了40幅入围设计稿,这个小组将负责在其中选出新

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

一、关系词的定义和分类 关系词,即体现句子之间关系的词或词组。也有不少人称之为信号词,或者是连接词。不管在雅思听说读写四门中的任何一门都需要用到这类词,以使得句子更加流畅

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Todd: OK, Leonard, now, when most people think of Kiwi, at least Americans, we think of the fruit. Leo: Right, right. Also in Japan as well. Todd: Oh, really! OK. But, uh, people from New Zealand are called Kiwis not because of the fruit I take it. L

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And I'm Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Today's Spotlight is on reco

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The Minister for the Environment, Dr Nick Smith, said today that the government will spend money on controlling our fresh water and will make some important laws. New Zealand is number 3 in the world for the amount of water per person. We have many r

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