Топик поездка в новую зеландию. Новая Зеландия (топик на английском)

What is the name of the country which has volcanoes and rivers of ice, deer and sea-elephants?

It is New Zealand, called the Land of the Long White Cloud by the Maoris.

New Zealand is an island country. It is made up of three islands: the North and South Islands and Steward Island, a small land mass just to the south of (he South Island. Most of its people live in North Island, and that is where you find big volcanoes like Egmont and Tongariro and the boiling pools and geysers and lakes of bubbling mud. Auckland, Christ church and Wellington are the biggest cities. Wellington is the capital.

South Island is larger than North Island and has the highest mountains. There you can find the snow-capped Southern Alps, rising 3.764 metres to the tip of Mount Cook (named after Captain Cook, of course, because he visited the islands before sailing on westwards and discovering the eastern coast of Australia).

South Island is very beautiful with its Alps and lakes, its glaciers and fiords. Have you ever heard of Milford Sound? That is one of the most picturesque of the fiords, with cliffs rising straight up out of the water, the whole scene reflected in the water. Down there, too, are the Sunderland Falls, where water drops six hundred metres, making these falls one of the highest waterfalls in the whole world.

So you can see there is plenty to look at in New Zealand. Plenty of things to do for tourists, because New Zealand is also famous for its fishing, snow sports, mountaineering, sailing and hiking.

The climate is pleasant at all seasons, without much difference between winter and summer. New Zealand does not have the terrible heat of Australian summers; the oceans temper its climate and the mountains bring down quite a lot of rain.

What do the people do? Farm mostly. Dairy products, meat and wool are the main exports. New Zealand ranks second only to Australia as an exporter of wool. There are many factories there too, with hydro-electric stations to produce the power for them.

North Island is where you find the Maoris, the fine people who lived in these islands hundreds of years before the white man came. Most of them live near Auckland.

The Maoris, a Polynesian people, are the aborigines of New Zealand. After long stays in Indonesia and the South Pacific, which they explored for many years, they made their great journey to New Zealand about the middle of the 14th century. They sailed in double canoes open to all weathers. They knew the winds, the ocean currents and the stars, and this earned them the name of Vikings of the Sunrise.

The capital of New Zealand since 1865, and one of its busiest ports, Wellington is at southern end of North Island, lying among hills on the western side of a natural harbour.

It is the third largest city in New Zealand.

Auckland (the former capital) is the first largest city, and Christchurch is the second.

The Maori name for Wellington Harbour means the great bay of Tara. According to Maori legend, Tara was the first Polynesian settler in this place. But Nicholson (after a Royal Navy captain) was the name given to it by the first British settlers, and it is still sometimes called by this name.

In 1839 a British officer bought the site of Wellington from the Maoris; he got it in exchange for blankets and some other unimportant things. In 1840 the first settlers arrived and called their settlement Britannia. By 1842 there were 3.700 colonists in the settlement and Britannia had become Wellington.

The kiwi is rather an unusual bird found only in New Zealand. It has no tail, almost no wings, and its nostrils are situated near the end of its bill. No other bird lays an egg so large in proportion to its size. Its egg is about one fifth of its own weight. This is a tremendous size.

In many countries. New Zealander. too, are known as Kiwis, for the bird is also the symbol of people of the two islands.

Forests of exotic pines near the centre of New Zealand"s North Island, cover an area of more than 160000 hectares. This is the largest single continuous area of planted forest in the world. New Zealand has more than four hundred thousand hectares of planted forests.

The most important wood is pine, which grows five times faster in New Zealand than in its native habitat in California, USA.

1. What is New Zealand called by the Maoris?

2. How many islands is New Zealand made up of?

3. Are there many geysers in New Zealand?

4. What climate has New Zealand? Is it pleasant?

5. What do the people do?

6. What does New Zealand export?

7. What is the capital of the country? What other big cities of New Zealand do you know?

8. Who are the aborigines of New Zealand?

9. Who was Tara according to Maori legend?

10. What unusual bird is found in New Zealand? What are New Zealanders sometimes called in other countries?

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.

Популярный справочник для туристов "Одинокая планета" ставит Веллингтон (столица Новой Зеландии) на 4-ое место среди городов мира. Лучший город мира - Нью-Йорк, затем Танжер в Марокко, Тель-Авив в Израиле, и за ними Веллингтон.

Wellington seems little because you can walk around the central city quite easily. Many people live near the centre of the city or a 20 minute bus ride from the centre. The population of the city is only 180,000 but if you include the whole region, it is closer to half a million people.

Веллингтон кажется небольшим, потому что легко можно обойти его центральную часть. Многие его жители живут недалеко от центра города или в пределах 20 минут на автобусе от центра. Население города всего 180 тысяч человек, но с учётом пригородного района - уже около полумиллиона.

Wellington has an attractive harbour. Some of the central business district – CBD – is flat with the harbour on one side and hills on the other. A cable car runs up the hill from the CBD to the university and the suburb of Karori – the only cable car in New Zealand today. People who live on the hills often have a wonderful view of the harbour or of native bush. People who live around the coast can enjoy the beaches.

В Веллингтоне удобная гавань. Часть центрального делового района (CBD) - равнинная, с бухтой с одной стороны и холмами с другой. Из равнинной части фуникулёр поднимет вас на холм к университету и пригороду Карори. Это единственный фуникулёр в Новой Зеландии. Перед жителями холмов открывается чудесный вид на гавань и поросшую кустарником местность. Живущие на побережье наслаждаются пляжами.

There are many natural attractions in Wellington, including parks with native bush and a bird sanctuary. It is also the cultural capital of New Zealand – the home of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, drama school, New Zealand Ballet, museums including Te Papa – the National museum, art galleries and several professional theatres. It’s the place where Sir Peter Jackson has his film studios and Sir Richard Taylor has Weta Workshops. People like to call this “Wellywood” i.e. Wellington’s Hollywood.

В Веллингтоне много природных достопримечательностей, включая парки с местными видами кустарников и птичий заповедник. Город также и культурная столица Новой Зеландии: здесь работают симфонический оркестр, театральное училище, балет, среди музеев - Национальный музей (так называемый "Te Papa"), картинные галереи и несколько профессиональных театров. Здесь находятся киностудии сэра Питера Джексона и знаменитая студия спецэффектов "Weta" сэра Ричарда Тейлора. Многие с удовольствием называют это "Велливуд", то есть веллингтонский Голливуд.

Perhaps the most important feature of the city is that the CBD is alive with people. Victoria University has some departments downtown so students live and work in the city. Many people work in Parliament or in government departments. Because there are not many shopping malls in the suburbs people come to the city to shop.

What is the name of the country which has volcanoes and rivers of ice, deer and sea-elephants?

It is New Zealand, called the Land of the Long White Cloud by the Maoris.

New Zealand is an island country. It is made up of three islands: the North and South Islands and Steward Island, a small land mass just to the south of (he South Island. Most of its people live in North Island, and that is where you find big volcanoes like Egmont and Tongariro and the boiling pools and geysers and lakes of bubbling mud. Auckland, Christ church and Wellington are the biggest cities. Wellington is the capital.

South Island is larger than North Island and has the highest mountains. There you can find the snow-capped Southern Alps, rising 3.764 metres to the tip of Mount Cook (named after Captain Cook, of course, because he visited the islands before sailing on westwards and discovering the eastern coast of Australia).

South Island is very beautiful with its Alps and lakes, its glaciers and fiords. Have you ever heard of Milford Sound? That is one of the most picturesque of the fiords, with cliffs rising straight up out of the water, the whole scene reflected in the water. Down there, too, are the Sunderland Falls, where water drops six hundred metres, making these falls one of the highest waterfalls in the whole world.

So you can see there is plenty to look at in New Zealand. Plenty of things to do for tourists, because New Zealand is also famous for its fishing, snow sports, mountaineering, sailing and hiking.

The climate is pleasant at all seasons, without much difference between winter and summer. New Zealand does not have the terrible heat of Australian summers; the oceans temper its climate and the mountains bring down quite a lot of rain.

What do the people do? Farm mostly. Dairy products, meat and wool are the main exports. New Zealand ranks second only to Australia as an exporter of wool. There are many factories there too, with hydro-electric stations to produce the power for them.

North Island is where you find the Maoris, the fine people who lived in these islands hundreds of years before the white man came. Most of them live near Auckland.

The Maoris, a Polynesian people, are the aborigines of New Zealand. After long stays in Indonesia and the South Pacific, which they explored for many years, they made their great journey to New Zealand about the middle of the 14th century. They sailed in double canoes open to all weathers. They knew the winds, the ocean currents and the stars, and this earned them the name of Vikings of the Sunrise.

The capital of New Zealand since 1865, and one of its busiest ports, Wellington is at southern end of North Island, lying among hills on the western side of a natural harbour.

It is the third largest city in New Zealand.

Auckland (the former capital) is the first largest city, and Christchurch is the second.

The Maori name for Wellington Harbour means the great bay of Tara. According to Maori legend, Tara was the first Polynesian settler in this place. But Nicholson (after a Royal Navy captain) was the name given to it by the first British settlers, and it is still sometimes called by this name.

In 1839 a British officer bought the site of Wellington from the Maoris; he got it in exchange for blankets and some other unimportant things. In 1840 the first settlers arrived and called their settlement Britannia. By 1842 there were 3.700 colonists in the settlement and Britannia had become Wellington.

The kiwi is rather an unusual bird found only in New Zealand. It has no tail, almost no wings, and its nostrils are situated near the end of its bill. No other bird lays an egg so large in proportion to its size. Its egg is about one fifth of its own weight. This is a tremendous size.

In many countries. New Zealander. too, are known as Kiwis, for the bird is also the symbol of people of the two islands.

Forests of exotic pines near the centre of New Zealand"s North Island, cover an area of more than 160000 hectares. This is the largest single continuous area of planted forest in the world. New Zealand has more than four hundred thousand hectares of planted forests.

The most important wood is pine, which grows five times faster in New Zealand than in its native habitat in California, USA.

1. What is New Zealand called by the Maoris?

2. How many islands is New Zealand made up of?

3. Are there many geysers in New Zealand?

4. What climate has New Zealand? Is it pleasant?

5. What do the people do?

6. What does New Zealand export?

7. What is the capital of the country? What other big cities of New Zealand do you know?

8. Who are the aborigines of New Zealand?

9. Who was Tara according to Maori legend?

10. What unusual bird is found in New Zealand? What are New Zealanders sometimes called in other countries?

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Новая Зеландия - I Новая Зеландия группа островов в Тихом океане, к В. от Австралии; см. Новая Зеландия (государство). II Новая Зеландия (New Zealand) I. Общие сведения Н. З. государство в юго западной части Тихого океана. Входит в… … Большая советская энциклопедия

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НОВАЯ ЗЕЛАНДИЯ - (маори Aotearoa, англ. New Zealand) Общие сведения Официальное название Новая Зеландия. Расположена в юго западной части Тихого океана. Площадь 268,021 тыс. км2, численность населения 4,1 млн чел. (2003). Государственные языки английский и маори … Энциклопедия стран мира

НОВАЯ ЗЕЛАНДИЯ - (New Zealand) гос во в юго зап. части Тихого ок., расположено на двух больших о вах Северном и Южном, а также на о вах Чатам, Стюарт. Площ. 268,7 тыс. км2. Население 2,7 млн. чел. (1966), гл. обр. потомки брит. переселенцев; коренное население… … Советская историческая энциклопедия

Nowadays, we cannot imagine our modern life without travelling. We can travel on business or for pleasure. Also, we can travel by air, by sea or by road. As for me, I prefer to travel by plane, it is most convenient and fastest.

I like travelling very much. It is very interesting to travel from one country to other country, especially when you know foreign languages, you can to communicate with people from different countries and make new friends.

When I grow-up my dream is to be an interpreter, with this profession you will be travel around the world very much, I like to meet more new people and make new friends. I was always interested in different countries, geographical position of countries and peoples.

So I would like to tell you about my favourite country.

My favourite country is New Zealand. I have many friends from this country, I met them on international web-site, I like chatting with them, we speak about everything.

New Zealand is located over 1,600km south east of Australia. The capital of New Zealand is Wellington. New Zealand has a population of around 3.5 million, of whom 13 % are Maori.

The official languages are: English and Maori. The biggest cities are: Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch. I`d like to go to the Auckland. Climate of New Zealand has what is known as a maritime climate. Also, New Zealand has the best beaches for doing water-sports: swimming, diving, fishing, sailing and windsurfing. The most popular sport in New Zealand is windsurfing.

In New Zealand mostly of peoples celebratethe Christmas on the beach, because when we have a winter, they have a summer.

I think that New Zealand is a country of beauty, filled with amazing and unique wildlife. People living in this country are very lucky.

Перевод:

В наше время мы не можем представить нашу современную жизнь без путешествия. Мы можем путешествовать для бизнеса или для удовольствия. Также, мы можем путешествовать воздухом, морем или по суше. Что касается меня, то я предпочитаю путешествовать самолётом, это больше всего удобнее и быстрее.

Я очень люблю путешествия. Это очень интересно путешествовать из одной страны в другую, особенно когда ты знаешь иностранные языки, ты можешь общаться с людьми с разных стран и заводить новых друзей.

Когда я вырасту, моя мечта - быть переводчиком, с этой профессией ты будешь очень много путешествовать по всему свету, мне нравиться встречать больше новых людей и заводить друзей. Я всегда была заинтересована в разных странах, географическим положением стран и народами.

Поэтому я хотела бы рассказать вам о моей любимой стране.

Моя любимая страна - Новая Зеландия. Я имею много друзей из этой страны, я встретила их на международном веб-сайте, мне нравиться общаться с ними, мы говорим обо всем.

Новая Зеландия расположена в 1,600 км от юго-востока Австралии. Столица Новой Зеландии - Веллингтон. Население Новой Зеландии около 3.5 миллионов человек,изс которых 13% - маори. Официальные языки: английский и маори. Самые большие города: Веллингтон, Окленд и Крайстчерч. Я хотела бы поехать в Окленд. Климат Новой Зеландии известен как приморской климат. Также, Новая Зеландия имеет лучшие пляжи для разных видов водного спорта: плавания, ныряния, рыбалки, парусного спорта и виндсерфинга. Самый популярный спорт в Новой Зеландии - это виндсерфинг. В Новой Зеландии большинство людей празднуют Рождество на пляже, потому что когда у нас зима, у них лето.

Я думаю что, Новая Зеландия - страна красоты, с удивительной и уникальной живой природой. Люди живущие в этой стране очень счастливы.