NEW ZEALAND – AN ISLAND NATION Pick up some positive adjectives to describe New Zealand. For example: breathtaking scenery _____nature _____cities _____people _____quality of life _____environment _____attraction _____temperatures _____society
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VOCABULARY 1. Use an atlas, find the map of New Zealand and check whether the following statements about the country are accurate. Correct the wrong ones. 1) New Zealand is a flat territory. 2) The Tasman Sea is on the east side of the islands. 3) There are more lakes in South Island than in North Island. 4) There is a mountain named after Captain Cook, a British explorer. 5) New Zealand has only three container ports. 6) There is an international airport in Dunedin. 7) There are more skiing facilities on the South Island than on the North Island. 8) New Zealand’s principal agricultural activity is growing cereals. 9) New Zealand is well provided with forests. 10) New Zealand has no fishing industry. 11) New Zealand has no off-shore natural gas fields.
2. Look at the words below. What do you think they mean and how are they connected to New Zealand? Wellington / Auckland / Kiwi / Māoris / rugby / the All Blacks / sheep / kiwis / Aotearoa / haka / bungee jumping / hongi / The Lord of the Rings / bush 1) Special national dance in which they stick their tongue out to scare enemies; 2) A national symbol, the most popular bird which cannot fly; 3) A nickname used for people who come from New Zealand; 4) Indigenous people of New Zealand, the first to settle on the islands, they tattoo their faces, caught birds and fish and lived in tribes; 5) A lot of New Zealanders are farmers and there are 12 times more sheep than people in New Zealand; 6) A native forest, which once covered most of the islands’ land; 7) An extreme sport, first popularized by a Kiwi, AJ Hackett, who made his first jump from Auckland’s Greenhithe Bridge; 8) The film trilogy was filmed on location in New Zealand and highlighted the country’s natural scenery and is widely associated with the country worldwide; 9) A favourite national sport in New Zealand; 10) The name of the national rugby union team; 11) The capital city of New Zealand; 12) The Maori name for the country of New Zealand; 13) The biggest city in New Zealand, with more than one third of New Zealand’s population (35 per cent) living there; 14) The traditional Māori greeting, performed by two people pressing their noses together; some include, at the same time, the touching of foreheads.
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