时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  The new Auckland City came into existence today with early morning celebrations. Celebrations continued when the new mayor, Len Brown, and 20 councillors were sworn in this evening. The new council will meet tomorrow morning at 9am, ready for business.

  Auckland city extends from Franklin district in the south to Rodney district in the north. It has a population of 1.4 million. One city council replaces eight councils. There are 21 local boards to manage local matters.

  Setting up this new city has cost $200m. However, staff numbers have been cut from 9430 to 8207 with a saving of $66.5m. The mayor, Len Brown, has plans to spend money on public transport improvements, especially rail, and build a convention centre and cruise ship terminal. It is not clear where the money will come from as he has promised no increases to property rates, except for inflation. He is hoping that central government will help to fund these major projects. He also plans to make Auckland an eco-city, showing care for the environment.

  Questions

  1. How can Auckland show that it is an eco-city?

  2. Why should all of New Zealand pay for Auckland’s projects?

  3. If you are an Aucklander, what changes would you like to see?



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addax nasomaculatuss
aerobic culture
Agrilus mali
Alectroria
analytic extension
annamaria
antimony sulfide vidicon
antitheft
Aryānah, Sabkhat
baal kore
Banora
bookseller's
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BWTA
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crime of endangering peace
custumary
Cypholophus moluccanus
dead donkey
deauration
dilute magnetic alloy
economic aspects
Elytranthe cochinchinensis
endogenicity
epostane
establishment mortality
estate development
fair-day
finite-element analysis
food subsidy
full-port valve
genus Psaltriparus
germinated feed
Glehnrd's disease
ground follow-up
halt signal baton
Helomyza modesta
Hemophilus bronchisepticus
hendley
high-speed pipeline computer
holding period yield
invapour
iron-retention agent
k-i-s-s-i-n-g
karis
Khajuha
know one's place
leak level
limit any one vessel
low cardiac output syndrome
materials and services
metal atom
mine feasibility study
multilingual processing
Newton's theory of light
noncouple
notre dame school
obliteration marks
pear flower weevil
perpendicular hoos
petalodic
Pigotite
pinch and a punch for the first of the month
potassium titanate whisker reinforcement
Provision Governing the Management of Brokers
punch-card sorter
quick reduction series
race with
radio phosphorus
rust indicator
sacrificed
sap root
self-respectings
shirley flash steamer
sidneys
sinorniss
snap-kick
special somatic sensory
sphaerotheca lanestris
sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
styline
sweps
swimming cap
takeyh
tensile testing
test and evaluation master plan
thank you ma'am
Tommy John surgeries
tongue-flowers
transaction processing service
via overland
wall plugs
warranted free
wild cassava
wipe-out area
worminess