[00:00.62]UNIT 3
[00:07.67]Expansion 3
[00:12.97]Exercise 2
[00:15.15]My name is Kevin.
[00:17.00]I am from New Zealand.
[00:19.24]Here is some information about my country.
[00:23.44]New Zealand is in the South Pacific Ocean
[00:27.25]about 1,000 miles (1,600kilometers) southeast
[00:33.23]of Australia.
[00:34.98]New Zealand has two large islands
[00:37.96]called North and South Islands.
[00:40.84]The total area of my country is 103,000
[00:46.14]square miles (268,000 square kilometers).
[00:52.44]The capital is Wellington,
[00:55.12]but the largest city is Auckland.
[00:58.36]Both of these cities are on North Island.
[01:01.88]The population of New Zealand
[01:04.12]is about 3.8 million.
[01:07.44]On South Island there are many mountains
[01:10.75]while on North Island there are volcanoes.
[01:16.30]The highest mountain in New Zealand is
[01:18.79]Mount Cook.
[01:20.29]It is 12,316 feet (3,754 meters ) high.
[01:28.95]Many of the lakes in New Zealand
[01:31.19]are in the craters of volcanoes.
[01:34.25]New Zealand's largest lake is Lake Taupo,
[01:38.90]which is 234 square miles
[01:43.01](606 square kilometers).
[01:46.66]New Zealand's longest river
[01:49.45]is the Waikato River.
[01:52.65]It is 270 miles (435 kilometers) long
[01:59.04]and runs north out of Lake Taupo.
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