Топик на английском языке wellington. New Zealand

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?

New Zealand (1)

New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia. The country is situated on two main islands - the North Island and the South Island - and several dozen smaller islands. Most of the smaller islands are hundreds of kilometers from the main ones.

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is the largest city. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken throughout the country. Many native people speak their own language» Maori, in addition to English.

The country once belonged to the British empire. Today it is an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Britain and a number of its former colonies.

New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. The British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of New Zealand. She appoints a governor general to represent her, but the governor general has little power. The legislation, prime minister, and Cabinet run the national government.

Britain gave New Zealand a constitution in 1852, when it was a British colony. But through the years the New Zealand legislature has changed almost all its provisions. Today, the nation has no written constitution.

The first people who settled in New Zealand were a brown-skinned people called Maoris. They came from Polynesian islands located northeast of New Zealand. The country was discovered by Europeans in 1642, but they did not start to settle in the islands until the late 1700"s. Today, most New Zealanders are descendants of the early European settlers. Maoris make up about 12 % of the country"s population

New Zealand has one of the highest standard of living in the world. For many years, the economy of the country depended largely on agriculture. Today agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries are all important to the economy. New Zealand"s economy depends on trade with many countries - Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.

Новая Зеландия (1)

Новая Зеландия - это островная страна на юго-западе Тихого океана. Она находится в 1600 км к северо-востоку от Австралии и приблизительно в 10 500 км к юго-западу от Калифорнии. Новая Зеландия принадлежит к большой группе островов, которая называется Полинезией. Страна расположена па двух главных островах - Северном и Южном - и нескольких десятках более мелких островов. Большинство мелких островов удалены на сотни километров от главных островов.

Столица Новой Зеландии - Веллингтон, крупнейший город - Окленд. Государственный язык Новой Зеландии - английский, на нем говорят по всей стране. Коренное население, кроме английского, говорит на своем собственном языке - маори.

Когда-то страна входила в состав Британской империи. Сейчас она является независимым членом Содружества, ассоциации Британии и нескольких бывших ее колоний.

Новая Зеландия является конституционной монархией. Королева Великобритании Елизавета II является главой государства Новой Зеландии. Она назначает генерал-губернатора, который ее представляет, однако генерал-губернатор не обладает большой властью. Законодательная власть, премьер-министр и кабинет осуществляют управление государством.

Британия дала Новой Зеландии конституцию в 1852 году, когда она была британской колонией. Однако за прошедшие годы законодательная власть Новой Зеландии изменила почти все ее положения. Сейчас это государство не имеет записанной конституции.

Первыми людьми, которые поселились в Новой Зеландии, были люди с коричневой кожей, называемые маори. Они пришли с Полинезийских островов, расположенных к северо-востоку от Новой Зеландии. Страна была открыта европейцами в 1642 году, однако они не селились на островах до конца XVIII века. Сегодня большинство новозеландцев являются потомками ранних европейских поселенцев. Маори составляют около 12 % населения страны.

В Новой Зеландии уровень жизни - один из самых высоких в мире. Многие годы экономика страны в большой степени зависела от сельского хозяйства. Сегодня как сельское хозяйство, так и обрабатывающая промышленность и сфера услуг важны для экономики. Новозеландская экономика зависит от торговли со многими странами: Австралией, Великобританией, Японией и Соединенными Штатами.

Questions:

1. Where is New Zealand situated?
2. What city is the capital of New Zealand?
3. What languages do people in New Zealand speak?
4. What is the official language in New Zealand?
5. Who is New Zealand"s head of state?
6. Who runs the national government?
7. Who were the first people to live in New Zealand?
8. What are the main industries of the country?

Vocabulary:
to lie - находиться
is situated - расположена
the North Island - Северный остров
the South Island - Южный остров
dozen - дюжина
capital - столица
official language - государственный язык
Maori - маорийский язык
the Commonwealth of Nations - Содружество
the United Kingdom - Соединенное Королевство
to appoint - назначать
governor general - генерал-губернатор
to represent - представлять
legislation - законодательная власть
prime minister - премьер-министр
Cabinet - кабинет
government - правительство
provision - положение
brown-skinned - с коричневой кожей
to settle - селиться
New Zealander - новозеландец
descendant - потомок
settler - поселенрц
to rriake up - составлять
population - население
standard of living - уровень жизни
agriculture - сельское хозяйство
manufacturing industry - обрабатывающая промышленность
service industry - сфера услуг
trade - торговля

New Zealand

New Zealand, an independent state and a member of the Commonwealth, is situated south-east from Australia. The country consists of three large islands and also many small islands. New Zealand is a mountainous country. New Zealand"s rivers are short. The climate in New Zealand is warm and the greater part of the country is well watered. There are good forests of evergreen trees and large areas are rich grasslands. New Zealand has very few native animals. The kiwi, a bird which lives in the forest and does not fly, is found nowhere else in the world. The kiwi is the national emblem of New Zealand. The main cities in North Island are Auckland, the largest city and port, and Wellington, the capital. Christchurch and Dunedin are the most important towns in South Island. New Zealand is sometimes called "The Britain of the Pacific", because the cities and towns of the country resemble very much those of England. New Zealand"s climate with rainfalls all the year round, is very favourable for dairying, sheep-farming and cattle-farming, as well as growing fruit, vegetables and flowers. The population of New Zealand is over three million people, more than two thirds of whom live in North Is-land. The Maori people make up eight per cent of the total population. The Maoris are famous for their folk-songs, music and dances, they are very skilled in wood-work. New Zealand is a self-governing state and a member of the Commonwealth. The Governor-General represents the King or Queen of England. The Parliament of the country consists of one house only, the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister heads the cabinet. The main political parties are the Labour Party and the National Party of New Zealand.

New Zealand

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.

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.

New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 km southeast of Australia and about 10 500 km southwest of California. New Zealand belongs to a large island group called Polynesia. The country is situated on two main islands - the North Island and the South Island - and several dozen smaller islands. Most of the smaller islands are hundreds of kilometers from the main ones.
Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Auckland is the largest city. English is the official language of New Zealand and is spoken throughout the country. Many native people speak their own language» Maori, in addition to English.
The country once belonged to the British empire. Today it is an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations, an association of Britain and a number of its former colonies.
New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy. The British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of New Zealand. She appoints a governor general to represent her, but the governor general has little power. The legislation, prime minister, and Cabinet run the national government.
Britain gave New Zealand a constitution in 1852, when it was a British colony. But through the years the New Zealand legislature has changed almost all its provisions. Today, the nation has no written constitution.
The first people who settled in New Zealand were a brown-skinned people called Maoris. They came from Polynesian islands located northeast of New Zealand. The country was discovered by Europeans in 1642, but they did not start to settle in the islands until the late 1700"s. Today, most New Zealanders are descendants of the early European settlers. Maoris make up about 12 % of the country"s population
New Zealand has one of the highest standard of living in the world. For many years, the economy of the country depended largely on agriculture. Today agriculture, manufacturing, and service industries are all important to the economy. New Zealand"s economy depends on trade with many countries - Australia, Britain, Japan and the United States.

Новая Зеландия (1)

Новая Зеландия - это островная страна на юго-западе Тихого океана. Она находится в 1600 км к северо-востоку от Австралии и приблизительно в 10 500 км к юго-западу от Калифорнии. Новая Зеландия принадлежит к большой группе островов, которая называется Полинезией. Страна расположена па двух главных островах - Северном и Южном - и нескольких десятках более мелких островов. Большинство мелких островов удалены на сотни километров от главных островов.
Столица Новой Зеландии - Веллингтон, крупнейший город - Окленд. Государственный язык Новой Зеландии - английский, на нем говорят по всей стране. Коренное население, кроме английского, говорит на своем собственном языке - маори.
Когда-то страна входила в состав Британской империи. Сейчас она является независимым членом Содружества, ассоциации Британии и нескольких бывших ее колоний.
Новая Зеландия является конституционной монархией. Королева Великобритании Елизавета II является главой государства Новой Зеландии. Она назначает генерал-губернатора, который ее представляет, однако генерал-губернатор не обладает большой властью. Законодательная власть, премьер-министр и кабинет осуществляют управление государством.
Британия дала Новой Зеландии конституцию в 1852 году, когда она была британской колонией. Однако за прошедшие годы законодательная власть Новой Зеландии изменила почти все ее положения. Сейчас это государство не имеет записанной конституции.
Первыми людьми, которые поселились в Новой Зеландии, были люди с коричневой кожей, называемые маори. Они пришли с Полинезийских островов, расположенных к северо-востоку от Новой Зеландии. Страна была открыта европейцами в 1642 году, однако они не селились на островах до конца XVIII века. Сегодня большинство новозеландцев являются потомками ранних европейских поселенцев. Маори составляют около 12 % населения страны.
В Новой Зеландии уровень жизни - один из самых высоких в мире. Многие годы экономика страны в большой степени зависела от сельского хозяйства. Сегодня как сельское хозяйство, так и обрабатывающая промышленность и сфера услуг важны для экономики. Новозеландская экономика зависит от торговли со многими странами: Австралией, Великобританией, Японией и Соединенными Штатами.

Questions:

1. Where is New Zealand situated?
2. What city is the capital of New Zealand?
3. What languages do people in New Zealand speak?
4. What is the official language in New Zealand?
5. Who is New Zealand"s head of state?
6. Who runs the national government?
7. Who were the first people to live in New Zealand?
8. What are the main industries of the country?

Vocabulary:

to lie - находиться
is situated - расположена
the North Island - Северный остров
the South Island - Южный остров
dozen - дюжина
capital - столица
official language - государственный язык
Maori - маорийский язык
the Commonwealth of Nations - Содружество
the United Kingdom - Соединенное Королевство
to appoint - назначать
governor general - генерал-губернатор
to represent - представлять
legislation - законодательная власть
prime minister - премьер-министр
Cabinet - кабинет
government - правительство
provision - положение
brown-skinned - с коричневой кожей
to settle - селиться
New Zealander - новозеландец
descendant - потомок
settler - поселенрц
to rriake up - составлять
population - население
standard of living - уровень жизни
agriculture - сельское хозяйство
manufacturing industry - обрабатывающая промышленность
service industry - сфера услуг
trade - торговля