北师大初中英语八年级上--Expansion3-1

[00:00.62]UNIT 3
[00:07.67]Expansion 3
[00:12.97]Exercise 2
[00:15.15]My name is Kevin.
[00:17.00]I am from New Zealand.
[00:19.24]Here is some information about my country.
[00:23.44]New Zealand is in the South Pacific¹ Ocean
[00:27.25]about 1,000 miles (1,600kilometers) southeast
[00:33.23]of Australia.
[00:34.98]New Zealand has two large islands
[00:37.96]called North and South Islands.
[00:40.84]The total area of my country is 103,000
[00:46.14]square miles (268,000 square kilometers).
[00:52.44]The capital is Wellington,
[00:55.12]but the largest city is Auckland².
[00:58.36]Both of these cities are on North Island.
[01:01.88]The population of New Zealand
[01:04.12]is about 3.8 million.
[01:07.44]On South Island there are many mountains
[01:10.75]while on North Island there are volcanoes³.
[01:16.30]The highest mountain in New Zealand is
[01:18.79]Mount Cook.
[01:20.29]It is 12,316 feet (3,754 meters ) high.
[01:28.95]Many of the lakes in New Zealand
[01:31.19]are in the craters⁴ of volcanoes.
[01:34.25]New Zealand's largest lake is Lake Taupo,
[01:38.90]which is 234 square miles
[01:43.01](606 square kilometers).
[01:46.66]New Zealand's longest river
[01:49.45]is the Waikato River.
[01:52.65]It is 270 miles (435 kilometers) long
[01:59.04]and runs north out of Lake Taupo.
[01:59.04]

1 pacific   

adj.和解的，平静的；[P-]太平洋的；n.[the P -]太平洋

参考例句：

• China lies on the east of the Pacific.中国位于太平洋东部。
• He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。

2 Auckland   

n.奥克兰(新西兰港市)

参考例句：

• Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.奥克兰是新西兰最大的城市。
• Return to auckland by bus in afternoon.下午乘车返回奥克兰。

3 volcanoes   

n.火山( volcano的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Volcanoes and geysers erupt. 火山和间歇喷泉均能喷发。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive. 他现在比任何人都能更多地向我们讲述有关活火山的情况。 来自《用法词典》

4 craters   

n.火山口( crater的名词复数 )；弹坑等

参考例句：

• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface. 这个行星的表面布满了小块陨石留下的撞击坑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. 战场上布满弹坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》