Hey, gang. Great news. 嘿,同志们,有个好消息 Popcorn Chicken is back?! 是劲爆鸡米花杀回来了吗 No, Popcorn Chicken is not back. 不是,劲爆鸡米花没杀回来 A TV crew is going to shoot an infomercial 一个电视团队要在

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(237) / 评论(0) 分类 初来乍到第三季

Today, the minimum wage has increased by 25c from $12.75 to $13 an hour. For young people who are still being trained for the job, their pay has increased by 20c from $10.20 to $10.40. At $13 an hour, this comes to $520 for a 40-hour week. The median

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

BBC精心打造,隆重推出的《动物战场》系列,由优秀的摄影师採用独创先进摄影技术拍摄,微型摄影机、天线、侦察卫星和3-D电脑图像,呈现前所未见的动物生活。每一集介绍一个自然界的超级

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 走遍美国

During the last week, three major murder trials came to an end. The first one to end, last Wednesday, was a trial of an immigrant from Zimbabwe, George Gwase, for the murder of his niece, 10-year old Charlene, in Christchurch. He was found Not Guilty

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The agricultural company PGG Wrightson Ltd signed an agreement today with Silver Fern Farms Ltd for the two companies to join together. Silver Fern Farms is a meat processing company which kills farm animals for meat and sells the meat in NZ and over

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

A Maori, Gerrard Otimi, has been arrested by the police for selling false visas to Pacific Island people. He offered to adopt them into his hapu, or tribe. They paid him $500 for this and he put a stamp in their passport which he said gave them a vis

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Last week, the ACC Chairman said that ACC needs to increase levies that we pay. ACC means Accident Compensation Corporation. It provides insurance to pay for health care if we have an accident. This is a No Fault insurance because we cannot sue a per

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

50 years ago this week, television was introduced to New Zealand. Then there was only one channel available, in black and white, and New Zealanders with tv sets had to pay the government an annual licence fee of £4. There have been many changes sin

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

On Thursday night, in Christchurch, two people were killed by a car which was being chased by a police car. Around 8pm, the police saw a car travelling at about 90kmh in a 50kmh zone. They followed the car. Thirty seconds later, the driver drove thro

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

1. Composition 构图比例 Take a blank sheet of paper and draw two lines down and two lines across. What you end up with is three columns vertically and three rows horizontally. The points where those lines cross are ideal places to put your subjec

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

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(58) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Marine and Coastal Area Bill passed its third reading in Parliament today. Next the Governor-General has to sign it. Then it becomes the Marine and Coastal Act and is the law. The voting in Parliament was 63 to 56. The Maori Party joined the Nati

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Prime Minister, Mr Key, announced that a Maori flag was chosen for Waitangi Day. It will fly on the Auckland Harbour Bridge and Parliament along with the New Zealand flag. The Maori flag is black, red and white with a koru design. The koru is a y

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

HBO's Popular TV series Game of Thrones has given Northern Ireland's economy an unexpected tourism boast. Local officials say filming of the series in Northern Ireland has led to a 110-million pounds investment in the economy. Season six is currently

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Last week, Shell celebrated the discovery of gas in New Zealand 40 years ago. In 1969, gas was discovered off the coast of Taranaki on the west coast of the North Island. At that time, it was one of the biggest gas discoveries in the world. Ten years

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Today was the beginning of New Zealand music month. Every May for the last 10 years, New Zealand has celebrated our own music. The Auckland band, Opshop, decided to do something different to celebrate 10 years of New Zealand Music month. They hired a

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(178) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

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(65) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

In April, the Law Commission gave the government a report on alcohol problems in New Zealand. The report recommended 152 changes. The government now has decided to accept 126 of these recommendations. The main changes affect young people under the ag

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Listen again to July 18th 2009 . The earthquake of July 16th caused only minor damage. One effect though, that scientists have learnt is that the southwest of the South Island has now moved 300mm closer to Australia. New Zealand, like Japan, sits on

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

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

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语