北师大版高中英语模块2--Unit 4 Cyberspace Les4-1

[00:00.00]Unit 4 Cyberspace [00:06.41]Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism AUCKLAND New Zealand [00:13.73]Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. [00:16.61]It has a population of just under a million [00:19.43]people and is located on North Island. [00:23.0

北师大版高中英语模块2--Unit 4 Cyberspace Les4-2

[00:00.00]Famous sights inclde Mt Eden, [00:03.00]one of many large volcanoes, [00:05.03]as well as the Auckland Harbour Bridge. [00:08.25]At the Parnell Village,you can visit some [00:10.58]of the first European homes. [00:13.53]In the city,you can

新西兰英语 428 RoAuckland Plan

Auckland Unleashed is the name of the new discussion paper. It is 220 pages long but you can see a quick video of statistics about Auckland at Auckland Discussion Paper. Some of these statistics are positive but many are negative. The statistics give

新西兰英语 664 Olympic Gold Medal Ceremony in Auckland

Tonight, an Olympic Gold Medal for the Womens Shot Put was presented to Valerie Adams in Auckland. She arrived back in New Zealand from overseas this morning. At the time of the shot put event in London, Valerie was placed second. However, a week lat

新西兰英语 778 Auckland City Plan

Vocabulary ?congestion too many people or cars which means they cant move easily ?urban sprawl city spread out too much ?infrastructure water, sewage, electricity, transport etc ?metropolitan city ?submissions write your opinions and send them to the

新西兰英语 780 Auckland’s transport future

Traffic jams are common in Auckland. They are bad for business and bad for commuters who sit in their cars on the way to work getting more and more annoyed by congestion. The Prime Minister, John Key, announced this week more money to improve Aucklan

新西兰英语 711 Tornado hits Auckland

A tornado hit parts of west Auckland around midday today. Three construction workers were killed when concrete panels fell on top of them. Seven other construction workers were injured. Roofs lifted off houses in the strong wind and trees fell on top

新西兰英语 646 Auckland Rail Loop

Today Auckland Transport showed the plan for the central city rail loop. At the moment, trains stop at Britomart. The plan is for trains to continue through Britomart, travel in a 3.5km tunnel under the city, come out of the tunnel and meet the weste

新西兰英语 393 Auckland Grammar School and NCEA

Auckland Grammar School, which is a state boys high school, has decided that NCEA does not suit their boys. NCEA means National Certificate in Educational Achievement. In Year 11, students do Level 1 NCEA, in Year 12 they do Level 2, and in Year 13 t

新西兰英语 20 Who Owns Auckland Airport?

Who owns New Zealand railways, telephone services, electricity, city buses, airports, shipping ports and Air New Zealand? Some of these were owned by the government or local councils. Some were sold to private companies in the 1980s during the time o

新西兰英语 142 Gift to Auckland Art Gallery

The Auckland Art Gallery announced today that they will receive a very generous gift of 15 paintings. The gift is from Julian and Josie Robertson, an American couple who have spent some time in New Zealand for the last 30 years. They said they love N

新西兰英语 348 Improving Auckland city

Len Brown, the new mayor of Auckland, has plans to improve public transport in the Auckland. He wants a railway from the airport into the city, a rail loop through the central city and a railway over a new harbour bridge. The central city loop would

新西兰英语 358 New Auckland City

The new Auckland City came into existence today with early morning celebrations. Celebrations continued when the new mayor, Len Brown, and 20 councillors were sworn in this evening. The new council will meet tomorrow morning at 9am, ready for busines

新西兰英语 307 Rugby World Cup Party in Auckland

Most New Zealanders know that the Rugby World Cup will take place here in September and October 2011. Teams from 19 countries will compete. The final will be held at Eden Park in Auckland. Last year the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) and the governm

新西兰英语 124 New Auckland Super-City

Auckland has 1.4 million people and eight councils. Cities the same size in other parts of the world have only one council. A Royal Commission of three people has had the job of deciding what to do about Aucklands seven local councils and one regiona

新西兰英语 129 Auckland Super-City Changes

Just two weeks ago, the Royal Commission recommended that Auckland should have one City Council for the whole of Auckland instead of eight smaller councils. See March 27th 2009. Today the government agreed that there should be just one council of 20

新西兰英语 150 Maori protest against Auckland super-city

At midday today, about 6,000 Maori and other supporters held a protest march in Queen St in Auckland, in the rain. The march was called a hikoi. The hikoi was organised by a young Maori man, Ngarimu Blair, who controlled the crowd to make sure that i

新西兰英语 493 Measles in Auckland

Many Auckland people have had measles in the last four months. The numbers are increasing and the Medical Officer of Health thinks we may have a measles epidemic. So far, in Auckland, doctors know of 164 people who have had measles in the last four m

新西兰英语 492 Measles in Auckland

Many Auckland people have had measles in the last four months. The numbers are increasing and the Medical Officer of Health thinks we may have a measles epidemic. So far, in Auckland, doctors know of 164 people who have had measles in the last four m

新西兰英语 102 Electricity problems in Auckland

Yesterday, the power went off in parts of eastern Auckland and Newmarket around 1.10pm. There was a fault in the transformer at the Penrose sub-station. This sub-station usually has three transformers but one was not working because it was being main