Today, 200 business and community leaders met in Auckland to talk about saving jobs. The Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Reserve Bank all spoke to the meeting. They are worried about unemployment and say that many peop

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Green Party co-leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons, announced that she will step down from her position as co-leader in June, and leave politics altogether at the next elections. She has been co-leader of the Greens for 14 years. The Green Party must hav

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

District Hospital Boards (DHBs) have been in the news lately. New Zealand has 21 DHBs. The job of the Board is to meet the health needs of the community. The Board is responsible for governing hospitals and health services in their own areas but they

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Water levels dropped quickly after the terrible floods last week, leaving thick layers of smelly mud. About 50,000 volunteers are helping to clean up. They bring spades, brooms, buckets and rubbish bags. They scrape mud off the floor with a spade or

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Skiptrace, an action comedy starring Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing, will be premiered in China on Christmas Eve. 一部由成龙和范冰冰联袂主演的动作喜剧大片《绝地逃亡》,预计将于圣诞节前夕在中国首映。 Renny Harli

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

During the past two weeks, Parliament has been in urgency. That means they sit every day until late in the evenings and they even had a session last Saturday. Usually Parliament sits Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, although MPs meet for committee

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Anyone who arrives in New Zealand by plane knows about Biosecurity NZ. Bio means living and security means safe. Biosecurity NZ is a government department. Their job is to make our country safe from unwanted living pests. These pests are plants, anim

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

When Sir Edmund Hillary died in January, some New Zealanders were upset because the Royal family did not attend the funeral in Auckland. However, the Queen promised to celebrate Sir Edmunds life with a special service in England. That service was hel

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Electricity is in the news at the moment. Its the middle of winter, and some parts of New Zealand are very cold. Do we have enough electricity in this country to keep us warm this winter or in the future? For the past 43 years, the Cook Strait power

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Many high places in New Zealand have had heavy snow falls in the last few days. Roads over mountain passes in the South Island and the Desert Road in the North Island have been closed. And there has been more snow on mountains. This should make skier

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Prime Minister, John Key, set off today for a 10-day trip to South Korea, China and Vietnam. He said that New Zealand needs to have strong relationships with Asian countries as we are near neighbours. It is the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

E-books have been available overseas for a number of years but they are now available in New Zealand too. The introduction of e-books, electronic books, means New Zealanders will are able to download and read a book on their computer, an e-reader or

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Sometimes we hear that the economic problems in New Zealand are not so bad. On the other hand, we heard of more job losses this week. The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) will cut 70 jobs. The TEC is a government business which gives funding and c

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Prince William arrived in New Zealand yesterday. He is representing the Queen. This morning he opened the new Supreme Court building which is in Wellington. This is the highest court in New Zealand. The Queen is now in her 80s and a long trip to New

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Calibration 刻度定位 (1)当镜头涉及距离或光线状况需渐进或突然改变时,在摄影机镜头上测量并记出焦距及光圈的位置。 (2)在动画制作中,刻度定位

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

Doctoral students are often stereotyped as dull bookworms in thick glasses. But recently, a series of online mini-dramas depicting the daily life of PhDs changed peoples mind. 博士生往往被说成是架着厚厚眼镜片的木讷书呆子。但最近

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

MPs get money to travel around New Zealand and overseas on important business. However, if they take their family overseas and expect the taxpayer to pay, this can cause trouble. Two MPs are in trouble for this. The first one, Rodney Hide, from the A

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

模仿句子:The film was shot using natural light, which is extraordinary itself in the US, Canada and Argentina. That meant ferrying actors for hours to extreme locations. 翻译:这部电影以自然光拍摄,这对一部在美国、加拿大和

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

Technology and civil liberties 技术与公民自由 Dont shoot 不要拍摄! Police may not like being filmed, but they had better get used to it 警察可能不喜欢被人拍摄,不过他们最好习惯之 WHAT is the most striking image to em

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

The Labour Party, at their annual conference last weekend, said that they will discuss a capital gains tax. Many countries have a capital gains tax so if you buy a house then sell it at a profit, you pay tax on the profit. Some people buy houses as a

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语