英语翻译New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast

英语翻译
New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast of Australia.It is made up of two large islands :North Island and South Island .New Zealand is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east ,and the Tasman Sea to the south and west .It is about the same size as the Philippines .Wellington ,the capital city ,lies on the North Island .Other important cities are Auckland in the north ,Christchurch on the South Island and Queenstown ,further to the south .
New Zealand has a mild sea climate ,while the north is subtropical .It rains quite a lot .The warmest months are December to February .The coldest months are June to August .
The ocean and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue and many of New Zealand’s cities lie on a bay and have a natural deep harbour .The sand beaches in New Zealand are also very clean .New Zealand has a very beautiful natural landscape with green hills and mountains .Some of the mountains are dead volcanoes .The North Island is famous for an area of hot springs ,some of which throw hot water high into the air .Some of this heat near the earth’s surface is used to make electricity .There are many plants and animals that only live in New Zealand.The most famous animal is a little bird that cannot fly .It is called a kiwi and it is New Zealand’s national bird .
The Maori were the earliest people to come to New Zealand .When they discovered it about 1000 years ago ,they called it Aotearoa ,which means “Land of the long white cloud”.The Maori came from the islands of Polynesia in the Pacific .It is some 3500 kilometres from Polynesia to New Zealand ,which they traveled in narrow boats .They brought dogs ,rats and plants with them and settled mainly on the North Island where the weather was warmer .Around 1421 ,Chinese sailors discovered the islands on one of their voyages around the world .The Dutchman Abel Tasman named the islands New Zealand in 1642 .More than 120 years later ,Captain James Cook took possession of the islands in 1769 and from that time British people started to settle in New Zealand .By 1840 about 2000 Europeans ,mainly British ,had come to settle in New Zealand ant the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers .That day is still celebrated as a national holiday .It is every year on the sixth of February .Today there are still many people in New Zealand who call England “ the home country “ ,although it is a place where most of them have never been .

新西兰是一个岛国,位于东海岸的澳大利亚.它由两个大岛：北岛和南岛.新西兰周围是太平洋的北部和东部,和塔斯曼海到南部和西部.这是有关的尺寸相同,菲律宾.惠灵顿首都,位于北岛.
其他重要城市是奥克兰北部,克赖斯特彻奇的南港岛和皇后镇,再向南.
新西兰气候温和的海水,而北亚热带.下雨了不少.最热的月是12月到2月.最为寒冷的月份是6月至8月.
海洋和海洋环绕的岛屿是深蓝色,许多新西兰的城市躺在湾及深有天然港湾.在沙滩在新西兰也非常干净.新西兰有一个非常美丽的自然景观与绿色的丘陵和山区.一些山区的死亡火山.北岛是著名的温泉区,
其中一些扔热水高到空气中.有些热接近地球表面的是用来发电.有许多植物和动物,只生活在新西兰.最有名的动物是什么鸟,不能飞.它叫猕猴桃,是新西兰的国鸟.
毛利人是最早的人来新西兰.当他们发现了约1000年前,他们称之为奥特雷,这意味着“土地长期白云” .毛利人从波利尼西亚的岛屿在太平洋.这是约3500公里,从波利尼西亚到新西兰,他们走过窄船.他们把狗,
大鼠和植物与他们同在,解决主要在北岛的天气温暖.大约1421年,中国水兵的岛屿上发现他们的一个航行在世界各地.荷兰人贝尔塔斯曼命名群岛新西兰在1642年.超过120年后的今天,詹姆斯库克船长在拥有这些岛屿,并在1769年从当时乙
ritish人们开始定居在新西兰.由1840年约2000年欧洲,主要是英国,已经到了解决蚂蚁在新西兰的毛利人签署了一项协议,这些定居者.这一天仍然是庆祝国定假日休市.这是每年2月第六届.今天,仍有许多人在新西兰谁呼吁英国“母国” ,尽管它是一个地方,其中大多数是从未.