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New Zealand

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 Today we are going to learn about amazing country of New Zealand. Discuss the following questions: What do you know about New Zealand? What do you think New Zealand is popular for? Do you want to travel to New Zealand? Why? Before reading, make sure to learn new words! https://wordwall.net/resource/112144657 Reading The People and Culture of New Zealand The Māori are the native people of New Zealand. They came from Polynesia. Before Europeans arrived in the 1800s, there were about 200,000 Māori. That was larger than the population of many other Pacific islands. Then wars and new diseases killed many of them. By the end of the 1800s, only about 42,000 Māori were left, which is much smaller than before. Today, the Māori are an important part of New Zealand’s population. In fact, they are a larger element in New Zealand’s population today than Aboriginal peoples in Australia or Indigenous peoples in the United States. In the 2020s, about 18% of New Zealanders said they have Māori anc...

Cooking

Task 1.  Discuss the following questions: 1. Do you like cooking? Why?  2. What dishes can you cook? 3. What is more important: the ability to cook or the taste? Task 2. Read the text: Remember the anchovy and tomato pizza that you created? For most of us, it takes a long time to learn how to make something tasty, but not for Remmi Smith. Still a teenager, she’s already creating fantastic dishes. She’s also becoming well known for her Italian salad dressing, which is delicious. And with her knowledge of social media, she’s making sure that everyone knows she’s here! Remmi, who lives in the USA, is just 16. She has already starred in two cookery shows and has published a book of healthy recipes. From the age of four, Remmi helped in the kitchen by preparing vegetables. By the age of seven, Remmi was a real foodie who could cook complete meals for her family. Remmi, who was born in China, began making videos for fun. Her mother took videos of her while she was cooking and put ...