单词:wellington
n. the capital of New Zealand
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New Zealand Herald: Schoolboy wins battle to keep long hair. 新西兰一学生因头发问题与学校打官司 Year 12St John'sCollegestudent Lucan Battison, 16, was suspended for refusing to conform with his principal's wishes and cut his hair las
UNIT 5 Where Would They Like to Go on Holiday?\n [au:]第5单元 假期他们想要去哪里?\n [00:06.52]Dialogue\n [au:]对话\n [00:07.86]Listen, read and then act out the dialogues.\n [au:]听和读,然后表演下面的对话。\n [00:12.08]
A number of earthquakes have shaken Wellington and the top of the South Island. The first big earthquake was 5.7 on the Richter scale, just after 9am on Friday morning. The centre was near a small town, Seddon, in the South Island about 50km across C
Wild weather hit Wellington last night with heavy rain and strong winds. Winds reaching 200 km an hour caused a lot of damage. Winds lifted roofs off houses. Trees and power lines came down. About 30,000 homes lost their electricity. Huge waves broke
A special AirNZ plane, painted with Hobbit characters, brought Hobbit actors to Wellington today in time for tomorrows premiere of the movie. It is called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. This will be the first of three films of the Hobbit. Like Th
Todd: Hello can you say your name please? Kate: My name is Kate. Todd: Ok Kate where are you from? Kate: Im from New Zealand. Todd: Oh are you from Auckland? Kate: No, Im from Wellington, the capital city. Todd: Oh Wellington is the capital? Is it in
When votes for mayor of Wellington were counted on Saturday, Kerry Prendergast had won by 40 votes. She has been the mayor for 9 years. However, when the special votes were counted yesterday, Celia Wade-Brown won 176 more votes than Kerry Prendergast
Almost 20,000 football supporters came out in Wellington on Wednesday to celebrate the success of the New Zealand football team, the All Whites. The Wellington City Council organised a special parade for the team and the Prime Minister, John Key, was
Todd: Hello can you say your name please? Kate: My name is Kate. Todd: Ok Kate where are you from? Kate: Im from New Zealand. Todd: Oh are you from Auckland? Kate: No, Im from Wellington, the capital city. Todd: Oh Wellington is the capital? Is it in
Last night at 8.30pm on 28th March 80 countries took part in Earth Hour by turning off lights and other things which use electricity. The idea began in Sydney in 2007. Last year, Christchurch was the only New Zealand city to observe Earth Hour but th
LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang had undergone a surgery on a torn Achilles tendon of his right foot at the Wellington hospital of London, officials said on Thursday. Chief official of the Shanghai Sports Bureau told Xinhua that t
It is one year since that terrible earthquake and tsunami hit the North East coast of Japan, killing 19,000 people. Today people in Japan remembered this in silence at 2.46pm. New Zealanders also remembered this day. In Auckland the Japanese consul h
Eleven people were killed early this morning in Carterton when a hot air balloon caught fire. There were ten passengers and a pilot in the balloon basket. As the balloon came in to land just before 7.30am, it hit a power line and burst into flames. T
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
Two schools have closed buildings because engineers said they would not be safe in an earthquake. Last Friday Golden Bay High School in Nelson closed one classroom block. It was built 60 years ago, before the 1973 earthquake standards for buildings.
Lonely Planet, the popular travel guide, rate Wellington as the 4th best city in the world to visit. The best city was New York, followed by Tangier in Morocco, Tel Aviv in Israel then Wellington. Wellington seems little because you can walk around t
The economy might be depressed, but the British are still splashing out on wellies. One shoe company has reported sales of the boots are up 673% this year - they're selling 15 pairs a minute. They thank the snow for our enthusiastic welly-buying. It'
That was making too sure! 他太自负了! How ashamed Bonaparte must afterwards have felt, whenever he thought of that medal! 此后他每次看到那枚勋章时肯定羞愧得无地自容! Have you any more stories for me, father? 爸爸,还有
First, listen to June 25th 2011 for background to this story. The Emperor Penguin found near Wellington six weeks ago is now well. He has been called Happy Feet which is the name of a dancing penguin in a movie. He was taken to Wellington zoo when he
Wellington airport plans to put up a big sign on a hillside overlooking the airport which says Wellywood. When tourists fly into Wellington, they will see the sign and they will learn that Wellington is famous for making movies. The sign would be a c