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英語趣味課堂:新西蘭 New Zealand

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2017年01月31日

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Todd: Hello!

Leo: Hello!

Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please?

Leo: Sure. My name's Leonard Tui. I'm from Auckland, New Zealand.

Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard?

Leo: Yes, Leonard.

Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard?

Leo: Some people call me Leonard.

Todd: Leonard!

Leo: Some call me Leo. Some call me Lenny.

Todd: Oh, wow! Quite, quite a few. Back home, what do your friends call you?

Leo: Back home just Leonard.

Todd: Leonard. Oh, OK! Great, um, so tell us about New Zealand.

Leo: Well, I come from Auckland which is the largest city in New Zealand. The total population of New Zealand is just under 4 million. Auckland has roughly the one point two million.

Todd: OK. Oh, great.

Leo: And, uh, Auckland is in, more near top of the North Island. The weather there is pretty mild3.

Todd: OK. What is the best thing about New Zealand?

Leo: I would say the outdoors, the nature, just basically getting outside...enjoying life.

Todd: OK. How long has it been since you lived in New Zealand?

Leo: It's been seven years now.

Todd: Oh, really! Wow, do you miss it?

Leo: I actually miss the, the social side, the family and the outdoors.

Todd: Yeah, yeah, I hear it's a beautiful place.

Leo: Oh, it is. Especially in the South Island.

Todd: Wow! Yeah, I really hope to go there sometime. I hear it's just a fantastic place. OK. Thanks a lot.

Leo: You're welcome.

學習內容:

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

back home

Back home, what do your friends call you?

You can use the phrase 'back home' to talk about where you are from if you are away from home. Notice the following:

I will get you one when I go back home.

My life back home is completely different.

mild

The weather there is pretty mild.

If weather is 'mild' it means8 it isn't extremely hot or cold, but comfortable most of the time. Notice the following:

After spending a lot of time in a hot climate I am always really cold in a mild one.

It was a really mild winter last year.

outdoors

The best thing about New Zealand is the outdoors or nature.

We you are outside you can say that you are outdoors. Notice the following:

It is nice to be able to spend some time outdoors.

Why don't you go outdoors and play with your friends?

social side

I miss the social side, the family and outdoors.

The 'social side' of you life is the part that includes your friends, family or the people that you are close to. The social things you do in your life are what you do with other people when you aren't working or going to school. Notice the following:

The profession and social side of his life are very different.

The social side of my life really changed after university.

sometime

I really hope to go there sometime.

We use 'sometime' to talk about a general time in the future that we don't have planned yet. Notice the following:

You will have to come over and see our new house sometime.

We are going to go to Europe sometime next year.

1 Auckland

n.奧克蘭(新西蘭港市)

參考例句:

Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.奧克蘭是新西蘭最大的城市。

Return to auckland by bus in afternoon.下午乘車返回奧克蘭。

2 roughly

adv.概略地,粗糙地,粗魯?shù)?/p>

參考例句:

If you treat your coat so roughly,it will be worn out soon.你如果這么糟蹋你的外套,它很快就不能穿了。

The island is roughly circular in shape.這個島嶼大致是圓形的。

3 mild

adj.溫暖的,暖和的,(天氣,尤指冬天);性情溫和的

參考例句:

That coat is too heavy for such a mild day.這樣暖和的天氣,穿那件大衣太厚了。

He is mild of manner.他舉止溫和。

4 basically

adv.基本上,從根本上說

參考例句:

His heart is basically sound.他的心臟基本上健康。

Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的計劃。

5 sometime

adv.將來某一時候;改天

參考例句:

He came sometime last month.上個月某個時候他曾經來過。

It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日這總會在什么地方發(fā)生的。

6 phrase

n.短語,詞組;成語,習語

參考例句:

The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.這個短語被采用后很快就流行了。

That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.這就是我一直找的那個短語。

7 completely

adv.完全地,十分地,全然

參考例句:

She never completely gave up hope.她從不完全放棄希望。

I feel completely in the dark on this question.這件事使我感到茫然。

8 means

n.方法,手段,折中點,物質財富

參考例句:

That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段獲取機密。

We must get it done by some means or other.我們總得想辦法把它干完。

9 extremely

adv.極其,非常,極度

參考例句:

The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.這部電影太精彩了,我非看不可。

The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.這個老人極難相與。

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