书虫?牛津英汉双语读物书虫.牛津英汉双语读物(百科类)(3级)(2)

The strangest place in New Zealand is surely Rotorua, a city near the centre of the North Island.Here the air smells like eggs, and hot water explodes out of the ground. You can walk beside lakesof hot water of extraordinary colours, and there are pools of natural hot water where you can swim.Near Rotorua, steam is used to make electricity. Not far away at Hot Water Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula you can find hot water coming upthrough the sand next to the cold sea. Visitors like to dig in the sand and make themselves a poolof hot water to lie in. About 150 kilometres west of Rotorua are the Waitomo Caves. These enormous caves were made by ariver. The best part of a visit is a journey along the river in a boat; you travel silently throughthe darkness of the caves until suddenly you see thousands of little stars above you. In fact thesestars are lights; they belong to very small animals, like flies, which live on the roof of the cave. In 1931 an earthquake destroyed much of the city of Napier, on the east coast of the North Island.When the new city was built, it was in the Art Deco style that was popular at the time. Now thereare only two places in the world where you can see a lot of Art Deco buildings – Napier, and SouthBeach in Florida, USA. Some of Napier’s Art Deco buildings were knocked down in the 1960s and1970s, but many of them are still there, and a lot of visitors come to Napier to see them. 新西兰*奇特的地方当属罗托鲁阿，它是靠近北岛中央的一座城市。这里的空气闻起来像鸡蛋的气味，热水从地底下喷涌而出，你可以在热气腾腾、颜色奇特的湖泊的岸边走走，或者在天然形成的温泉池里游泳。在靠近罗托鲁阿的地方，蒸汽被用来发电。 离罗托鲁阿不远的科罗曼德尔半岛上有热水沙滩。在这里，你能看到热水从沙滩里汩汩而出，而旁边是冰冷的大海。游客们喜欢在沙滩上挖出一个自制小温泉池，等里面流满热水后躺进去。 罗托鲁阿以西大约150千米处是怀托莫溶洞，这些巨大的溶洞由一条河侵蚀而成。参观溶洞*美妙的地方在于河上泛舟，你乘着船静静地驶过漆黑的溶洞，直到看见上方突然出现点点繁星。其实，这些"星星"是一些栖息于溶洞顶部的萤火虫之类的极小动物发出的光。 内皮尔是北岛东海岸的一座城市，在1931年的一场地震中大面积损毁。人们重建这座城市时，采用了当时流行的装饰派艺术风格。现在全世界只有两个地方能看到大量装饰派艺术风格的建筑，一个是内皮尔，还有一个是美国佛罗里达州的南海滩。在20世纪60年代和70年代，内皮尔有一些装饰派艺术风格的建筑被拆毁，但许多得以留存至今，吸引了大批游客前来参观。