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Auckland,NewZealandVirtualTourismPreparationfortheClass[TeachingAims]Topractiseintensiveandextensivereadingskills(anticipatingmeaning,scanning).Todevelopstrategiestomatchtopicswithparagraphs.Toidentifyimportantwordsinatext.[TeachingDifficulty]SomestudentsmightknowlessthanothersaboutNewZealandandsofeelatadisadvantage,thusrequiringmoreattentionandtimetounderstand.[TeachingPrcedure]Step1,IntroduceVirtualTourismbyrecallingthechangesbroughttoourlivesbycyberspacethroughtheyears.Step2,UsingPPTprojecttotakeatourtoAuckland,NewZealand,explainingwordsandexpressionsthroughthetext.(picturesbeingshownandentensiveintroductionbeingnarrated.)Step3,Askstudentswhatthehaveknownaboutthiscityafterfinishingreading.Step4,Tellstudents'understandingbydoingsomeTrueorFalsequestions.[Summary&Homework]Summarizestudents'responseintheclass.LeaveExercise5and6ashomeworkfortheday.LocationofNewZealand

intheworldMapofNewZealand4What'sSpecialaboutNewZleand?NewZealandisknownasthelandofthelongwhitecloud.新西蘭被稱為“長(zhǎng)白云之鄉(xiāng)”NewZealandisfamousforitsspecialexistance,suchas...AucklandAlthoughWellingtonisthecapitalofNewZealand,Aucklandremainsthelargestcityofthiscountry.AucklandNewZealandAucklandisthelargestcityinNewZealand.IthasapopulationofjustunderamillionpeopleandislocatedonNorthIsland.Thisseasidecityisanimportantcentreforbusinessandindustry.ItisalsothemostexcitingcityinNewZealandwithpeopleofmanydifferentcultureslivingthere.奧克蘭是新西蘭最大的城市，人口接近一百萬(wàn)，位于北島。這個(gè)海濱城市是新西蘭重要的商業(yè)和工業(yè)中心，也是新西蘭最具活力的多元文化城市。AucklandNewZealandThehistoryofthecitygoesback650yearswhentheMaorissettledinthearea.Europeansettlementbeganin1840whentheBritisharrived.AucklandwasthecapitalofNewZealandforsometime.Later,thecapitalmovedtoWellington,becauseitwasmorecentral.Since1945,thecityofAucklandhasgrownanditnowhaslargemodernsuburbs.In1985,theNewZealandgovernmentmadethewholecountryanuclear-freezoneandsincethenAucklandhasbeenacentreforprotestagainstnucleartestinginAsiaPacific.奧克蘭的歷史可追溯到650年前，那時(shí)毛利人在奧克蘭定居。1840年英國(guó)人到達(dá)奧克蘭，從此開始了歐洲人在此地的定居。奧克蘭曾是新西蘭的首都。后來(lái)，首都遷至惠靈頓，因?yàn)樗咏鼑?guó)家中心。自1945年起，奧克蘭城開始擴(kuò)展，至今已有大面積現(xiàn)代化市郊。1985年，新西蘭政府確定整個(gè)國(guó)家為無(wú)核區(qū)，從此奧克蘭成為亞太地區(qū)反核試驗(yàn)中心。AucklandNewZealandFamoussightsincludeMtEden,oneofmanylargevolcanoes,aswellastheAucklandHarbourBridge.AttheParnellVillage,youcanvisitsomeofthefirstEuropeanhomes.Inthecity,youcanenjoyanamazingviewfromtheSkyTower,whichisthecity’stallestTower.YoucanalsoseeMaoritraditionaldancesattheAucklandMuseum.奧克蘭的著名景點(diǎn)包括眾多大火山之一的伊甸山，及奧克蘭港灣大橋。在帕內(nèi)爾村，你可以去參觀一些歐洲最早的定居者的家園。在城里，站在該市最高的塔--天空塔上，你可以欣賞到令人驚異的景色。在奧克蘭博物館，你可以看到毛利人表演傳統(tǒng)舞蹈。AucklandNewZealandFromanywhereinthecity,youcanseethesea.Aucklandiscalled“thecityofsails”becauseithasmoreboatsthananywhereelseintheworld.Ithasawarmclimatewithplentyofsunshine-theaveragetemperatureinJanuary(summer)is23.4℃andinJuly(winter)itis7.8℃.IthassomeofthebestbeachesinNewZealandfordoingwatersports:swimming,diving,fishing,sailingandsurfing.無(wú)論在城里任何地方，你都可以看到海。奧克蘭被稱為“風(fēng)帆之都”，因?yàn)檫@里的船只比世界上任何一個(gè)地方都多。這里氣候溫和，陽(yáng)光充足--平均氣溫一月（夏季）23.4攝氏度，七月（冬季）7.8攝氏度。新西蘭的一些海灘是最好的水上運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)所：人們可以在這兒游泳、潛水、釣魚、航海及沖浪。AucklandNewZealandItiseasytotravelbetweenAucklandandtherestofNewZealand.Thereareregularinternationalflights,too.However,flightsfromEuropetakeovertwenty-fourhoursandareexpensive.從奧克蘭到新西蘭各地旅游都很方便，也有定期國(guó)際航班。然而，從歐洲飛到奧克蘭則要花24個(gè)多小時(shí)，而且價(jià)格也很貴。TellTrueorFalseaccordingtothetext1,PeoplefromdifferentcountriesliveinNewZealandatpresent.True2,ThehistoryofAucklanddatesbackto1840yearsago.False3,PeopleareattractedtoAucklandpartlybecauseofits