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高三英语课文19 高三课文：Unit 19 New Zealand The earliest people of New Zealand, the Maori, came from the islands of polynesia in the Pacific, which means many islands. In Maori history,the first traveller to reach New Zealand in the year 950 was a man called Kupe. He named the country Ao-tea-roa which means the land of the long,white cloud. Following his discovery many islanders travelled 3,500 kilometers by sea in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and 1350. They took with them dogs, rats and plants like the sweet potato,and settled mainly in North Island where the weather was warmer. As the Maori had no written language, the stories of Maori history were handed down from generation to generation. 新西兰最早的居民，毛利人，来自太平洋的玻利尼西亚，玻利尼西的意思是许多岛屿。毛利人的历史上，于950年第一个到达新西兰的旅行者是一个名叫库佩的人。他将这个地方称之为奥蒂罗。意思是白云绵绵的地方。继其发现之后，许多岛民于1100年至1350年间驾着他们那窄小的帆船航行3500公里来到这一新的国度。他们随身带去了狗、老鼠及像红薯之类的植物，并且大部分定居在气候比较温暖的北岛。由于毛利人当时没有书面语，毛利人的历史故事是一代一代传下来的。 By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers. However,in later years there were fierce arguments over land rights and many battles were fought between the settlers and the Maori. As a result of these wars and diseases, the Maori population fell from 100,000 to 42,000. Their population has now increased to 435,000, and today they make up about 13% of the population. 截止1840年已有约2，000名欧洲人，其中大部分是英国人，到新西兰定居，毛利人与这些移居者签订了一个协议。然而后来数年中在移居者与毛利人之间因土地所有权问题产生了激烈的争论，还因此引发了多次战争。由于这些战争与疾病，毛利人的人口从100，000人下降到4，200人。不过现在他们的人口已增长到435，000人，如今他们已占全国人口的13%。 New Zealand is also home to about 170,000 Pacific Islanders from Oceania who have settled mainly in Auckland in North Island. Both Maori and Pacifice Islanders are encouraged to use their own languages. The language which the Maori speak is related to the languages of Tahiti and Hawaiil. Today there are special kindergartens for Maori children, and the Maori language is now taught in more and more schools. You can also t