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New Zealand Way of Life — Новозеландский стиль жизни

New Zealand have a high standard of living. New Zealanders eat more butter and meat per person than do the people of any other country. The government’s medical program provides excellent health care. About 70 % of New Zealand people own their houses. Almost every family has a car.
Most New Zealanders live in singlefamily houses with a small vegetable gardens. In the larger cities, some people live in highrise apartment buildings. Almost in every New Zealand home there are refrigerators, wash mashines, and other modern electrical appliances.
But air conditioning and central heating are rare because the weather rarely becomes extremely hot or extremely cold. In summer, New Zealanders prefer to keep windows open. In winter, fireplaces or electric heaters keep the homes warm.
Although about fourfifths of New Zealand’s population live in urban areas, cities are uncrowded. Traffic jams seldom occur, even in downtown areas. Large cities have excellent restaurants,

milk bars, theatres, concert halls, and other places of entertainment. City life in New Zealand tends to be, rather quiet. However it is changing in larger cities, where international tourism is developing rapidly.
Near a fifth of New Zealand’s people live in rural areas — in some of them, small settlements are linked by good roads. But in other areas, rancher’s nearest neighbours may live kilometers away.
Some ranchers live almost in isolation. Nevertheless, most farms and ranches have electricity. Many farm families run their farms with little or no hired help.

Новозеландский стиль жизни

У новозеландцев очень высокий уровень жизни. Новозеландцы потребляют больше масла и мяса на душу населения, чем люди в других странах. Эффективнейшая система здравоохранения обеспечивается правительственной медицинской программой. Около 70 % новозеландцев

владеют своими домами. Почти в каждой семье есть машина.
Большинство новозеландцев живут в домах на одну семью с небольшим огородом. В более крупных городах некоторые люди живут в высотных домах. Почти в каждом новозеландском доме есть холодильник, стиральная машина и другая современная бытовая техника.
Однако кондиционеры и центральное отопление — редкое явление, так как погода очень редко бывает слишком жаркой или слишком холодной. Летом новозеландцы предпочитают не закрывать окна. Зимой камины и электрические обогреватели сохраняют тепло в доме.
Хотя около четырех пятых населения Новой Зеландии живет в городских районах, города не перенаселены. Пробки на дорогах случаются редко, даже в центре города. В больших городах есть превосходные рестораны, молочные бары, пабы, театры, концертные залы и другие места отдыха. Жизнь в большинстве городов Новой Зеландии довольно тихая. Хотя она изменяется в больших городах, где быстро развивается международный туризм.
Около пятой части новозеландцев живет в сельских районах. В некоторых из них маленькие поселки соединены хорошими дорогами. Но в других районах ближайшие соседи фермера могут жить очень далеко.
Некоторые фермеры живут почти в изоляции. Тем не менее на большинстве ферм есть электричество. Многие фермерские семьи ведут хозяйство с небольшим количеством наемных рабочих или без них.

Questions:

1. Who pays for health care in New Zealand?
2. How many New Zealanders own their houses?
3. Where do the most New Zealanders live?
4. Are central heating and air conditioning popular in New Zealand? Why?
5. What does city life in New Zealand look like?
6. How do New Zealand farmers live?

Vocabulary:

New Zealander — новозеландец
standard of living — уровень жизни
government — правительство
to provide — предоставлять
health care — здравоохранение
to own — владеть
single-family — на одну семью
vegetable garden — огород
high-rise apartment building — многоэтажный жилой дом
refrigerator — холодильник
wash mashine — стиральная машина
electrical appliances — бытовая техника
air conditioning — кондиционирование
central heating — центральное отопление
extremely — слишком
to prefer — предпочитать
fireplace — камин
electric heater — электрический обогреватель
urban — городской
uncrowded — малонаселенный
traffic jams — пробки на дорогах
downtown — центр города
entertainment — развлечение
to tend — иметь тенденцию, быть
rapidly — быстро
rural — сельскохозяйственный
settlement — поселок, деревня
to link — связывать
rancher — фермер
nevertheless — тем не менее
electricity — электричество
hired help — наемная рабочая сила

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