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1、Unit6Part1Presenter:TodaySelinaKahnisinthearrivalareaatGatwickAirportcheckingouttoday'stopic—nationalstereotypes.Selina...Selina:Thanks,John.IhavewithmeEric,who'sjustflowninwithVirginAtlanticfromtheUSA.Eric:That'sright.I'vejustcomebackfromNewYork.Selina:Isitasdangerousasthe
2、ysay?Eric:No,NewYorkisn'tdangerous,nomorethananyotherbigcity,especiallyifyou'recarefulanddon'tadvertisethefactthatyou'reatourist.Selina:AndisittruewhattheysayaboutNewYorkers,thatthey'rerude,andthattheyonlycareaboutthemselves?Eric:Well,Ifoundthepeoplewereveryfriendly.However
3、,theydohaveareputationfornotcaringaboutotherpeople.IthinkthereasonforthisisthatlifeinNewYorkisincrediblystressful.Peoplejustdon'thavethetimetothinkaboutanybodyelse.Itisn'tthattheydon'tcare.Selina:IsthereanythingelseyounoticedaboutNewYorkers?Eric:TwothingsIhadheardaboutbefor
4、eIwenttoNewYorkdidseemtobetrue,though.Firstisthattheyarealwaystalkingaboutmoneyandhowmuchthingscost.Secondly,it'sthatpeopleeatallthetimeastheygoabouttheirdailylives,youknowthey"grazeonthehoof"astheywalkaboutthestreets.Selina:ThanksEric,andnowIhavewithme,Sue,who'sbeentotheso
5、uthofFrance...Part2NewZealandisanislandcountryintheSouthPacificOceanabout1200milessoutheastofAustralia.Ithasabout2575000people.TwothirdsliveontheNorthIslands,andonethirdonthelargerSouthIsland.MostofthemareofBritishdescent.AlmosteveryoneinNewZealandknowshowtoreadandwrite.The
6、governmentprovidesfreeeducationforchildrenfromages3to19.Educationiscompulsoryforchildrenbetweentheagesof7and15,butmostenterschoolbytheageof5.YoungchildrenwholivefarfromschoolsbelongtotheGovernmentCorrespondenceSchoolandlistentodailyschoolbroadcastsontheradio.NewZealandersen
7、joyoneofthehigheststandardsoflivingintheworld.Therearenopeopleofgreatwealth,butpovertyispracticallyunknown.Themajorityoffamiliesliveinone-storywoodenhomes.Mostfamilieshaveanautomobile,andmanyhavemodernhomeappliances.Becausethecountryisamajorproducerofsheepanddairyproducts,m
8、eatandbutterformalargershareofthedietthaniscommoninothercountries.Thepeopleareamon
