Quora问答——你所不知道的异国（新西兰）
“这里没有霍比特人，也没有半兽人，托尔金电影里的其他东西我们也都没有，好嘛？哦，彼得·杰克逊（新西兰导演）是个例外。”
“我们并不讨厌澳大利亚人，黑他们只是一种民族爱好。嗯，在你有钱搬过去之前。”
上一期你所不知道的异国，讲到了澳大利亚和苏格兰的风情，不止是袋鼠和格子裙而已。今天小编会继续带大家了解一下，你所不知道的新西兰，看看Quora上有哪些幽默的回答！
Q: What do you think every foreigner should know about your country?
Please state your country, and feel free to add details related to any field, which you want people to know about your country.
Answered by Dwayne Davies
New Zealand:
There are no Hobbits, Orcs, floating eyeballs, or anything else from the Tolkien movies. Apart from Peter Jackson, he is part Hobbit.
Hobbit: n. 霍毕特人（英国作家托尔金笔下的矮人族）
Orcs: n. 奥克斯（半兽人）
floating: adj. 流动的；漂浮的，浮动的 v. 漂浮（float的现在分词）
eyeball: n. 眼球；眼珠子 vt. 盯住看；仔细对…打量 vi. 仔细打量；盯着
Tolkien: 约翰·罗纳德·鲁埃尔·托尔金，CBE（英语：John Ronald Reuel Tolkien，1892年1月3日－1973年9月2日），英国作家、诗人、语言学家及大学教授，以创作经典史诗奇幻作品《哈比人历险记》、《魔戒》与《精灵宝钻》而闻名于世。
Peter Jackson: 彼得·杰克逊（导演，编剧）
We are not governed by Australia. Yes, Australia has nothing to do with NZ government at all. We here in NZ are perfectly capable of governing ourselves, despite having a population of four million .
There are not 20 sheep to each person. There is merely seven of them per person. What do we look like, obsessed with sheep?
govern: vt. 管理；支配；统治；控制 vi. 居支配地位；进行统治
be obsessed with: 痴迷于……
You can see all of NZ in two weeks. All of our population might fit into even moderate sized cities, but the landmass is about the same as the UK. Try seeing that all in two weeks, and you are going to have to invent faster than light travel.
We do not have the same accent as Australians. We have a totally different accent.
We do not all hate Australians. Its just considered a national hobby to bad mouth them, until you can afford to move there.
fit into: （使）适合， （使）合乎…的时间[空间]，与…融为一体； 纳入
moderate: adj. 稳健的，温和的；适度的，中等的；有节制的 vi. 变缓和，变弱 vt. 节制；减轻
landmass: n. 大陆
Australian: n.澳大利亚人 adj.澳大利亚的； 澳大利亚人的
bad mouth: [美国、加拿大俚语]抨击，诽谤，恶言中伤，恶毒攻击；流言蜚语
Answered by Anonymous
1.It’s way down there – In fact Wellington, the Capital City of New Zealand, is the southernmost capital city in the world.
way down: [美国口语]在更下面、更远的地方
Wellington: n. 惠灵顿（新西兰首都）
southernmost: adj. 最南的
2.No snakes here! – Edit: So after some research it seems that there once were snakes in New Zealand, millions of years ago when New Zealand was attached to the Mainland (Australia etc.), but they haven’t appeared since the Ice Age. Also sometimes(rarely) sea snakes appear.
attach to: vt. 依附，附属；加入；使依恋；把…放在
Australia: n. 澳大利亚，澳洲
the Ice Age: 冰河时代; 冰川期
3.Kiwi – Not the fruit, our native flightless bird is also a term to call a New Zealander. Currently endangered as they are flightless and easily attacked by other animals and they also lay massive eggs!
Kiwi: n. 猕猴桃；几维（一种新西兰产的无翼鸟）；新西兰人
flightless: adj. （鸟等）不能飞的
endangered: adj. 濒临灭绝的；有生命危险的
4.All Blacks – We’re insanely great at Rugby!
insanely: adv. 疯狂地；狂暴地；精神错乱地
Rugby: n. 英式橄榄球；拉格比（英格兰中部的城市）
5.The name New Zealand was from Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
Dutch: adj. 荷兰的；荷兰人的；荷兰语的 n. 荷兰人；荷兰语 adv. 费用平摊地；各自付账地
cartographer: n. 制图师；地图制作者
Zeeland: n. (Zeeland)人名；(荷)泽兰；(英)齐兰
6.There are more sheep than there are people. Oh, and sometimes they protest.
7.New Zealand has won more Olympic gold medals, per capita, than any other country.
gold medal: 金牌；金质奖章
per capita: [统计] 人均；（拉丁）每人；按人口计算
8.Lord of the Rings was filmed here – You probably already know.
Lord of the Rings: 《魔戒》；《指环王》（美国电影名）
9.Bungy Jumping was invented here – By AJ Hackett.
Bungy Jumping: 高空弹跳，蹦极
10.We drive on the left – Like Australia and England.
11.We are located on the Ring of Fire – Which means that we have several volcanos and get about 1400 earthquakes each year. Mount Ruapehu is one of the most active volcanos in the world. Lake Taupo is actually a crater caused by the largest known eruption in the world 26,500 years ago. You also may have heard of the 2 earthquakes in Christchurch, one in 2010 and one in 2011 killing 185 people.
the Ring of Fire: 活火山带，火山圈
volcano: n. 火山
Mount Ruapehu: 鲁阿佩胡山
Taupo: [地名] [新西兰] 陶波
crater: n.火山口，喷火口； 弹坑； [天文学]巨爵座； （月球上的）环形山 vt.在…上形成坑； 取消； 毁坏 vi.形成坑； 毁坏； 消亡
Christchurch: n.克莱斯特彻奇（或译基督堂市）（新西兰城市）
“我们并不讨厌澳大利亚人，黑他们只是一种民族爱好。嗯，在你有钱搬过去之前。”
上一期你所不知道的异国，讲到了澳大利亚和苏格兰的风情，不止是袋鼠和格子裙而已。今天小编会继续带大家了解一下，你所不知道的新西兰，看看Quora上有哪些幽默的回答！
Q: What do you think every foreigner should know about your country?
Please state your country, and feel free to add details related to any field, which you want people to know about your country.
Answered by Dwayne Davies
New Zealand:
There are no Hobbits, Orcs, floating eyeballs, or anything else from the Tolkien movies. Apart from Peter Jackson, he is part Hobbit.
Hobbit: n. 霍毕特人（英国作家托尔金笔下的矮人族）
Orcs: n. 奥克斯（半兽人）
floating: adj. 流动的；漂浮的，浮动的 v. 漂浮（float的现在分词）
eyeball: n. 眼球；眼珠子 vt. 盯住看；仔细对…打量 vi. 仔细打量；盯着
Tolkien: 约翰·罗纳德·鲁埃尔·托尔金，CBE（英语：John Ronald Reuel Tolkien，1892年1月3日－1973年9月2日），英国作家、诗人、语言学家及大学教授，以创作经典史诗奇幻作品《哈比人历险记》、《魔戒》与《精灵宝钻》而闻名于世。
Peter Jackson: 彼得·杰克逊（导演，编剧）
We are not governed by Australia. Yes, Australia has nothing to do with NZ government at all. We here in NZ are perfectly capable of governing ourselves, despite having a population of four million .
There are not 20 sheep to each person. There is merely seven of them per person. What do we look like, obsessed with sheep?
govern: vt. 管理；支配；统治；控制 vi. 居支配地位；进行统治
be obsessed with: 痴迷于……
You can see all of NZ in two weeks. All of our population might fit into even moderate sized cities, but the landmass is about the same as the UK. Try seeing that all in two weeks, and you are going to have to invent faster than light travel.
We do not have the same accent as Australians. We have a totally different accent.
We do not all hate Australians. Its just considered a national hobby to bad mouth them, until you can afford to move there.
fit into: （使）适合， （使）合乎…的时间[空间]，与…融为一体； 纳入
moderate: adj. 稳健的，温和的；适度的，中等的；有节制的 vi. 变缓和，变弱 vt. 节制；减轻
landmass: n. 大陆
Australian: n.澳大利亚人 adj.澳大利亚的； 澳大利亚人的
bad mouth: [美国、加拿大俚语]抨击，诽谤，恶言中伤，恶毒攻击；流言蜚语
Answered by Anonymous
1.It’s way down there – In fact Wellington, the Capital City of New Zealand, is the southernmost capital city in the world.
way down: [美国口语]在更下面、更远的地方
Wellington: n. 惠灵顿（新西兰首都）
southernmost: adj. 最南的
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2.No snakes here! – Edit: So after some research it seems that there once were snakes in New Zealand, millions of years ago when New Zealand was attached to the Mainland (Australia etc.), but they haven’t appeared since the Ice Age. Also sometimes(rarely) sea snakes appear.
attach to: vt. 依附，附属；加入；使依恋；把…放在
Australia: n. 澳大利亚，澳洲
the Ice Age: 冰河时代; 冰川期
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3.Kiwi – Not the fruit, our native flightless bird is also a term to call a New Zealander. Currently endangered as they are flightless and easily attacked by other animals and they also lay massive eggs!
Kiwi: n. 猕猴桃；几维（一种新西兰产的无翼鸟）；新西兰人
flightless: adj. （鸟等）不能飞的
endangered: adj. 濒临灭绝的；有生命危险的
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4.All Blacks – We’re insanely great at Rugby!
insanely: adv. 疯狂地；狂暴地；精神错乱地
Rugby: n. 英式橄榄球；拉格比（英格兰中部的城市）
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5.The name New Zealand was from Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland.
Dutch: adj. 荷兰的；荷兰人的；荷兰语的 n. 荷兰人；荷兰语 adv. 费用平摊地；各自付账地
cartographer: n. 制图师；地图制作者
Zeeland: n. (Zeeland)人名；(荷)泽兰；(英)齐兰
6.There are more sheep than there are people. Oh, and sometimes they protest.
7.New Zealand has won more Olympic gold medals, per capita, than any other country.
gold medal: 金牌；金质奖章
per capita: [统计] 人均；（拉丁）每人；按人口计算
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8.Lord of the Rings was filmed here – You probably already know.
Lord of the Rings: 《魔戒》；《指环王》（美国电影名）
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9.Bungy Jumping was invented here – By AJ Hackett.
Bungy Jumping: 高空弹跳，蹦极
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10.We drive on the left – Like Australia and England.
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11.We are located on the Ring of Fire – Which means that we have several volcanos and get about 1400 earthquakes each year. Mount Ruapehu is one of the most active volcanos in the world. Lake Taupo is actually a crater caused by the largest known eruption in the world 26,500 years ago. You also may have heard of the 2 earthquakes in Christchurch, one in 2010 and one in 2011 killing 185 people.
the Ring of Fire: 活火山带，火山圈
volcano: n. 火山
Mount Ruapehu: 鲁阿佩胡山
Taupo: [地名] [新西兰] 陶波
crater: n.火山口，喷火口； 弹坑； [天文学]巨爵座； （月球上的）环形山 vt.在…上形成坑； 取消； 毁坏 vi.形成坑； 毁坏； 消亡
Christchurch: n.克莱斯特彻奇（或译基督堂市）（新西兰城市）
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