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Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand. It has apopulation2 of more than a million. That is to say， a quarter ofall New Zealanders live there. It has a large population byNew Zealand standards3， it is also a large city. GreaterAuckland covers4 6，232 square miles. Its a very large city byworld standards. In fact， Auckland is made up of a number ofsmaller cities which all join together.

奧克蘭是新西蘭最大的城市。它有100 多萬(wàn)人口。也就是說(shuō)，四分之一的新西蘭人住在那里。按照新西蘭的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，它人口眾多，面積也很大。大奧克蘭占地6232 平方英里，按照世界標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，這是一個(gè)非常大的城市。

事實(shí)上，奧克蘭是由許多小城市組成的，這些城市都連接在一起。

Auckland is built around two beautiful harbours5. Everywhere you go inAuckland you will see water. On a fine day， you will also see hundreds of boatssailing on the water. For this reason， Auckland is known as “The City of Sails”.The city sits on seven hills which were formed6 50，000 years ago by volcanicactivity7. At the same time， many islands8 were formed in the harbour. The mostfamous one is Rangitoto. You can see it from all over Auckland.

奧克蘭被兩個(gè)美麗的港口所環(huán)繞。在奧克蘭，你所到之處都能看到水。在晴朗的日子里，你還會(huì)看到數(shù)百艘小船在水面上航行。因此，奧克蘭被稱(chēng)為“風(fēng)帆之城”。這座城市坐落在7 座山上，這幾座山是5 萬(wàn)年前的火山活動(dòng)形成的。與此同時(shí)，海港內(nèi)形成了許多島嶼。最著名的是朗伊托托。你可以在奧克蘭各處看到它。

Maori have lived in Auckland for 1，000 years. Today Auckland has the largestpopulation of Maori in New Zealand. Many Pacific Islanders have moved toAuckland. Auckland now has the larger population of Pacific Islanders than anyother city in the world. Now Auckland has attracted9 people from Asia and othercountries. That makes Auckland a truly multi-cultural10 city.

毛利人在奧克蘭生活了1000 年。今天，奧克蘭是新西蘭毛利人最多的地方。許多太平洋島民搬到了奧克蘭。奧克蘭現(xiàn)在擁有比世界上其他任何城市都要多的太平洋島民?，F(xiàn)在，奧克蘭吸引了來(lái)自亞洲和其他國(guó)家的人們。這使奧克蘭成為一個(gè)真正的多元文化城市。

Auckland has many interesting things to see. The main business and shoppingdistrict11 is Queen Street where you can buy anything you want. The entertainment12district is also on Queen Street. You can go to a show or a film， and then to arestaurant or club. There is a big visitors centre， which is a good place to start atour of Auckland.

奧克蘭有很多有趣的東西可以觀賞。主要的商業(yè)和購(gòu)物區(qū)是皇后街，在那里你可以買(mǎi)到任何你想要的東西。娛樂(lè)區(qū)也在皇后街。你可以去看演出或電影，然后去餐館或俱樂(lè)部。這里有一個(gè)大型游客中心，是開(kāi)始奧克蘭之旅的好地方。

At the top of Queen Street you willfind Karangahape Road. It is full of smallshops and colorful markets with cheapproducts13. You will see people， food andproducts from many countries of the world.On the other hand， Parnell is the expensiveplace to shop. For the young andfashionable14， Ponsonby is the place for expensive restaurants， clubs and night life.

在皇后街最繁華的地段，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)卡朗加哈普路。這條街上到處都是小店和五花八門(mén)的市場(chǎng)，出售著廉價(jià)產(chǎn)品。你會(huì)看到來(lái)自世界上許多國(guó)家的人、食物和產(chǎn)品。另一方面，帕內(nèi)爾是一個(gè)昂貴的購(gòu)物場(chǎng)所。對(duì)于年輕時(shí)尚的人群來(lái)說(shuō)，龐森比是昂貴餐廳、俱樂(lè)部和夜生活的聚集地。

You can drive around the harbour and it has many great places to swim andsmall villages with restaurants and shops. Auckland is a green city with 22 parks.The weather is warm all year， so locals15 and visitors can enjoy an outdoor life.

你可以開(kāi)車(chē)?yán)@著海港周?chē)D(zhuǎn)，那里有很多游泳的好地方，還有一些小村莊，里面有餐館和商店。奧克蘭是一個(gè)有著22 個(gè)公園的綠色城市。全年天氣溫暖，當(dāng)?shù)厝撕陀慰涂梢韵硎軕敉馍睢?/p>

Notes

1. sail 帆. 航行；啟航；開(kāi)船

2. population 地區(qū)；國(guó)家等的……人口；人口數(shù)量

3. standard 品質(zhì)的；標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；水平

4. cover 占……一片面積

5. harbour 港；海港

6. form 使……出現(xiàn)；形成

7. volcanic activity 火山活動(dòng)

8. island 島；島嶼

9. attract 吸引；引起

10. multi-cultural 多元文化的

11. district 地區(qū)；區(qū)域

12. entertainment 娛樂(lè)；娛樂(lè)表演

13. product 產(chǎn)品；制品

14. fashionable 流行的；時(shí)髦的

15. local? 當(dāng)?shù)厝?/p>