00:-1.001.From which countries have the people of New Zealand come?
[00:-2.00]Polynesia/Oceania and Europe,mainly Britain.
[00:-3.00]2.What parts of Maori life are mentioned in the text?
[00:-4.00]Kindergartens,customs,way of life,the marae,
[00:-5.00]the meetihng house,family life,special days-huis,
[00:-6.00]weddings,conferences,deaths and burials.
[00:-7.00]Maori name of the country: Aotearoa
[00:-8.00]Maori name of the meeting place:marae
[00:-9.00]Maori name of a special day: hui
[00:10.00]Date when the first person arrived: 950
[00:11.00]Areas where settlers came from: Europe(mainly Britain),Oceania
[00:12.00]1.How do we know about early Maori history?
[00:13.00]Maori history was handed down from one generation to another.
[00:14.00]2.In what ways was the arrival European settlers a bad thing?
[00:15.00]They brought diseases;the settlers fought the Maori over land rights.
[00:16.00]3.How is the Maori way of life protected by the state?
[00:17.00]Maori are encouraged to use their own language;there are Maori kindergartens;
[00:18.00]Maori as a language is taught in many school and universities;
[00:19.00]you can study Maori studies at university.
[00:20.00]4.How do Maori people keep theirown way of life alive?
[00:21.00]Family life continues to be important;they meet at the marae;
[00:22.00]they teach children how to behave at the marae;they have huis.
[00:23.00]Language points
[00:24.00]1.The Maori of New Zealand
[00:25.00]2.The earliest people of New Zealand,the Maori,
[00:26.00]came from the island fo Polynesia in the Pacific,which means"many islands".
[00:27.00]3.The language which the Maori speak
[00:28.00]is related to the languages of Tahiti and Hawaii.
[00:29.00]be related to
[00:30.00]* What he does can not be related to what he says.
[00:31.00]* The Dutch language is closely related to German.
[00:32.00]* The relation of mother and child is the closest in the world.
[00:33.00]* He is a near relation of mine.
[00:34.00]* Is he a relative/relation of yours?
[00:35.00]4.Maori families enjoy sharing what they own and looking after one another.
[00:36.00]* John enjoys listening to music,but Jane enjoys reading novels.
[00:37.00]consider/dislike/feel like/finish/give up/go/imagine/mind/practise/risk/suggest
[00:38.00]* Martin considered coming to China to study Chinese.
[00:39.00]* I dislike arguing about money.
[00:40.00]* He has finished mending the car.
[00:41.00]* Have you decided to give up smoking?
[00:42.00]5.The common meeting place for Maori is on the marae,
[00:43.00]an area of land with a meeting house,where all the important events take place.
[00:44.00]* The fish is still alive.
[00:45.00]* Let's keep the fish alive.
[00:46.00]* This is a live fish.
[00:47.00]* The baby is asleep.
[00:48.00]* I don't think he is awake.
[00:49.00]keep sth alive
[00:50.00]* We must always keep alive the memory of the bitter past.
[00:51.00]7.Special days for Maori are called"huis".
[00:52.00]A"hui"may be a wedding,burial or conference.
[00:53.00]8.Many people will sleep and eat on the marai during these three days
[00:54.00]and share their memories of the desd person.
[00:55.00]* The two chemists shared the Nobel Prize.
[00:56.00]* They shared the same tastes and interests.
[00:57.00]Polities-Agriculture-Sports and free time-Natural beauty-Wildlife
[00:58.00]1.New Zealand is an industrialized country with a large population.(F)
[00:59.00]2.Women and men are not treated equally in New Zealand.(F)
[-1:00.00]3.There are more sheep than people than people in New Zealand.(T)
[-1:-1.00]4.New Zealanders love sports because the weather there is hot.(F)
[-1:-2.00]5.Their summer is in July and August.(F)
[-1:-3.00]6.North Island is well known for an area of hot spriongs.(T)
[-1:-4.00]8.Like most of the birds,the kiwi,New Zealand's national bird,can fly.(F)
[-1:-5.00]1.New Zealand is an important agricultural country with a small population,
[-1:-6.00]In size it is bigger than Guangdong Province,yet has a much smaller population.
[-1:-7.00]2.In 1893 New Zealand was the first nation in modern times to allow women to vote
[-1:-8.00]long before many other countries.
[-1:-9.00]* In quite old times people lived on hunting and fishing.
[-1:10.00]* His thought is ahead of his times.
[-1:11.00]3.In 1898 a law was passed which meant that all people
[-1:12.00]above a certain age were paid a weeky"old age pension".
[-1:13.00]* During one's working life,
[-1:14.00]one has to pay a percentage or a fixed sum out of noe's wages to the government.
[-1:15.00]When one reaches retiring age(usually 60 or 65),
[-1:16.00]one stops work and receives a sum of money each week called the"old-age pension".
[-1:17.00]4.Some farmers have turned to keeping deer
[-1:18.00]and there are now about 3000 deer farms in the country.
[-1:19.00]turn to
[-1:20.00]* Our talk soon turned to the changes of the farm.
[-1:21.00]* After he left school he became a teacher,but later he turned to driving.
[-1:22.00]5.Apart from their milk,
[-1:23.00]the wool from their coats is used in expensive clothing.
[-1:24.00]apart from
[-1:25.00]* Apart from English,he is good at French.
[-1:26.00]* Apart from me,there were ten people at the meeting.
[-1:27.00]6.New Zealand wine is of high quality and is sold all over the world.
[-1:28.00]of+n.
[-1:29.00]* They are both of middle height.
[-1:30.00]* The work I am doing is not of very much value.
[-1:31.00]* George is a man of great courage.
[-1:32.00]* I've something of great importance to discuss with you.
[-1:33.00]7.In summer,people like to go sailing,swimming,horse-riding,
[-1:34.00]and rock-climbing in the mountains.
[-1:35.00]* Did you go dancing last night?
[-1:36.00]* Let's go mountain-climbing next weekend.
[-1:37.00]go boating go cycling
[-1:38.00]go fishing go riding
[-1:39.00]go shooting go skating
[-1:40.00]go swimming go camping
[-1:41.00]go dancing go hunting
[-1:42.00]go sailing go shopping
[-1:43.00]go walking
[-1:44.00]8.The kiwi,which is New Zealand's national bird.
[-1:45.00]is one of these types of flightless birds |