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1、Unit18 NewZealandⅠ.TeachingGoals:1.TalkaboutNewZealandandChina.2.Talkaboutlocationanddirection.3.Learntouse“It”asasubject.4.Writeadescriptionofacountryoraregion.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FourperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInformation:TheFirstPeopleinNewZealandLocatedtotheeastofAustralia,NewZealandisalivingland,asthel
2、ocalscallit.TheDutchnavigatorAbelTasmanwasthefirstEuropeantodiscovertheexistenceofthisnewlandin1642.Tasman'sjourneywasnotasuccess:theMaorinativesappearedfromthebeachesandapproachingtheship,startedtosingtheirchants.Tasmanrepliedwhathethoughtwasagreetingwiththeship'sband,notknowingthatinthiswayhe
3、wasacceptingthebellicose(好战的)challengebeingofferedbytheMaoris.Therefore,thesailorswerekilled.NewZealandwaseffectivelydiscoveredforthefirsttimebyCaptainCook.Cook'slandingwasmorefortunatethanTasman's.Infact,theEnglishnavigatortooksomePolynesianinterpreterswithhimtothelanding,throughwhomheshowedhi
4、sownfriendlinesstotheMaoris.Afteralongandarduous(艰难的)voyageacrossthePacificonboardcanoes,theMaoritribeswerethefirstrealcolonizersofNewZealand,arrivingherefromtheislandsofPolynesiaaroundathousandyearsago.CanoesmadetheMaoris'lifeonthenewislandpossible.TheMaritimeMuseumisaspecialspacethatisreserve
5、dfortherestorationandexhibitionofoldMaoriboats,bothoriginalsandreplicas(复制品).Inthe19thcentury,theEnglishsettlersreachedNewZealand.TheEnglishpeople,giventhetimesandthematuringofworldpublicopinion,wantedasoftcolonization(殖民本质),differentfromtheoneinnearbyAustralia,whichwasinternationallycondemned(
6、谴责)becauseitwasgreedyandbloody.InNewZealand,unlikeAustralia,theEnglishdidnotenslavethenativesorstealtheirland.ThetribesemphasizedtheirownpreviousarrivalinthislandbycallingthemselvesMaoris.Now,theystillfollowthetraditionalcultureandcustoms.ThereisaMaoris'typicalmeetinghousewhereinoldertimes,buts
7、tilltoday,thetribesgottogethertocelebratetheirritesandtomakeimportantpoliticaldecisions.Here,thenativepopulationdecidedtomerge(合并)withthefirstEnglishsettlersintoasinglekingdom.Inthefirstelections,whichwereheldin1890,allcitizensove
