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Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism
第四課 虛擬旅行
Auckland, New Zealand
奧克蘭，新西蘭
Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.
奧克蘭是新西蘭最大的一座城市。
It has a population of just under a million people and is located on North Island.
這座城市的人口不到100萬，位于該島的北部。
This seaside city is an important centre for business and industry.
這座海濱城市是一個重要的商業(yè)中心和工業(yè)中心。
It is also the most exciting city in New Zealand with people of many different cultures living there.
因為許多不同文化的人在此定居，所以它還是新西蘭最令人興奮的城市。
The history of the city goes back 650 years when the Maoris settled in the area.
這座城市的歷史要追溯到650年前，當時毛利人在此定居。
European settlement began in 1840 when the British arrived.
當英國人1840年到此后，歐洲人開始在此定居。
Auckland was the capital of New Zealand for some time.
奧克蘭曾經(jīng)是新西蘭的首都。
Later, the capital moved to Wellington, because it was more central.
后來，首都遷移到惠靈頓，因為它處于更重要的地位。
Since 1945, the city of Auckland has grown and it now has large modern suburbs.
從1945年起，奧克蘭不斷發(fā)展，現(xiàn)在它已經(jīng)成為一個現(xiàn)代的大城市。
In 1985, the New Zealand government made the whole country a nuclear-free zone
1985年，新西蘭政府宣布整個國家是無核區(qū)，
and since then Auckland has been a centre for protest against nuclear testing in Asia Pacific.
從那時起，奧克蘭成為了太平洋地區(qū)反對核試驗的中心。
