New Zealand课件.ppt

New Zealand National Flag National Emblem National Day: Waitangi Day ( 1840.2.4) New Zealand Dollar National Flower: Spinulose tree ferns (桫椤 ), four wing scholar (四翅槐 ) Capital: Wellington The largest city: Auckland (1,318,700 ) 1 .Land People and History 1). Land In the south-west Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is a large, long group of islands----two main land masses separated by Cook Strait. New Zealand is in the southern temperate latitudes midway between the Equator and the South Pole. The climate is maritime. New Zealand’s geography New Zealand is in the Southern Pacific Ocean, halfway between the equator and the South Pole. The size of the country is similar to Britain or Japan. It has two main islands: North Island and South Island. Hilly and 3/4 land more than 200 meters above sea level. Three volcanic mountains in North Island: Ruapebh, Ngeaurohoe and Tongariro. The largest lake: Lake Taupo(托波湖) The highest peak: Mt Cook in South Island. 3764M The largest river:the Clutha(克鲁沙河) in S.I. and Waikato and the Wanganui in N.I.???? New Zealand is just west of the International Date Line, so it is the first country to get the new day. Earthquakes and volcanoes are the most serious potential natural disasters. Characteristics of New Zealand’s climate ①generally temperate, ②varied climate: In the far north it is subtropical(亚热带) and in some mountainous areas of South Island it is sub arctic（亚寒带, ③Rain falls all year round. Native plants and animals ①“the bush”丛林;native evergreen trees常青树: Kauri(栲李树) ，totara (椭榻拉树), the “cabbage tree” (a giant lily百合科植物). ②a nocturnal (awake at night) bird that can not fly. It is the national symbol and New Zealander call themselves Kiwis.几维鸟是一种夜间不会飞的鸟，是新西兰的象征 ③ kiwifruit(新西兰果)：introduced form Chinese monkey fruit(弥猴桃). ④the only native land mammal are two species of bats. 2). The New Zealanders Around 80% of New Zealanders identify themselves as having some European ancestry mainly from Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherl