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1、Chapter18NewZealandSocietyandCultureⅠ.GeographyOfficialNameNewZealandCapitalWellingtonArea270,534sqkmGeographicalFeaturesNewZealandislocatedintheSouthernHemisphere,inthesouthwestcornerofthePacificOcean.Alarge,longgroupofislandmadeupoftwomainlandmasses,theNorthIslandandtheSouth
2、Island,separatedbyCookStrait.NewZealandisamountainouscountry.MtCook(3,754meters)isthehighestpeak.TheSouthIslandOntheSouthIsland,thelargestofalltheNewZealand,theSouthernAlpsrunalmosttheentirelengthoftheisland,forminganaturaldividingrange.SouthIslandhasabundantglaciers.TheNorthI
3、slandTheNorthIslandisfamousforspectacularvolcanoesandthethermalregion.ClimateNewZealand'sclimateisdominatedbytwomaingeographicalfeatures--theseaandthemountains.NewZealandisinthesoutherntemperatelatitudesmidwaybetweentheEquatorandtheSouthPole.Ithasamaritimeclimate.It’stemperatu
4、resseldomfallbelow0℃orrisingabove30℃.SeasonsareoppositetotheNorthernHemisphere.Summer(January-March)Winter(July-September)MajorCitiesWellingtonAucklandWellingtonisthecapitalofNewZealand.Intermofpopulation,itisNewZealand'ssecondlargestcity.Wellingtonisthecultural,commercialandc
5、osmopolitancenterofthecountry.AucklandisthelargestcityinNewZealand.IntheMaorilanguage,Aucklandmeans"thecityof100lovers".WellingtonAucklandAnimalandPlantsManyofNewZealand’snativefloweringplantsareunique.Arichvarietyoftrees,treeferns,groundferns,mossesandotherplantsmakeup“thebus
6、h”,asNewZealanderscalltheirforests.NewZealandhas250speciesofbirdsincludingthekiwi,aNewZealandbirdwithalongbeakandhair-likefeathers,whichcannotfly.AnimalandPlantsTreeFern银蕨:NewZealand'simpressivetreeferncangrowtoatoweringheightof15meters.Withmorethan150fernspeciesgrowinginNewZe
7、aland,theplanthasbecomeanationalsymbol.AnimalandPlantsKiwis几维鸟：ItisthenationalsymbolofNewZealandandNewZealandersrefertothemselvesasKiwis.AnimalandPlants四翅槐AnimalandPlants猕猴桃kiwifruitⅡ.HistoryDiscoveryofNewZealandNewZealandasaColonyNewZealandasaDominionNewZealandasaRealmDiscove
8、ryofNewZealandPolynesianMaoriarrivedabout1,200yearsago.Thefir
