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6. Szveg

-Now I understand you've been to New Zealand, which is a country a very long way away from
Europe, and understand that you were there for 3 weeks. Could you tell us something about it'?
-Well, actually, I was there for a month.
-For a month?
-I went over Christmas I spent four weeks in New Zealand which was wonderful because the weather
was hot: it was their summer and it was a wonderful contrast from Christmas in England in Europe.
-Hm. Tell us something about the journey because that must be one of the worst things about the
travelling to a country like New Zealand. Did it take a long time to recover?
-Oh, yes, well, the journey was a nightmare. The journey was 30 hours sitting close to people, more
close than you'd want to sit with your closest friend, like sardines.
-I can imagine.
-For 30 hours. And it was very odd because in New Zealand I had no jet-lag. In New Zealand I got off
the plane and I felt all right. When I came back to Budapest I was unwell for a week. I couldn't sleep, I
was distorted.
-Which way did you fly to New Zealand? Was it through Asia or through America?
-Through Asia. And came back the same way, and maybe that had something to do with it.
-Yes, it often does. Tell us a little bit about the landscape in New Zealand. Many people think it's
similar to England. Is that true?
-In a way, ...that it's ..it's more dramatic. It looks like England, but the climate is wonderful; they have
hills, they have mountains, forests, beautiful sea-shore, all with wonderful weather at the same time
and in the South Island they have high mountains with snow and glaciers.
-I should imagine you did a lot of walking.
-Oh, yes, I did a great deal of walking and travelled around New Zealand by train and bus as well.
-Yes.
-And that was quite an experience because there is only one bus or one train a day, so if you miss it
you have to come back tomorrow. There is one bus from Napia to Wellington and you catch that or
you try again the next day.
-If there's one lasting impression you have of the country, something you would recommend to other
people what would it be?
-Well, then it would be the people. Because the people were uniformly kind and hospitable and I've
never been treated so well as a foreigner anywhere ever. It's a beautiful country and really very
friendly people. I think because they're such a long way away from everybody, that any stranger is
welcomed as a voice from somewhere else. Most of them came originally from Britain and they still
have very strong ties as they still think of it as the home country, so anybody from there is doubly
welcome.

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Hallgassa meg a szveget s vlaszoljon az albbi krdsekre:

1. Mirt volt olyan klnleges lmny az utazs idpontja az angol hlgy szmra? (3)

2. Az oda- s visszautazs kztt milyen klnbsgekrl beszl? (4)

3. Az orszg melyik rszben vannak a nagy hegyek j-Zlandon? (1)

4. Az j-zlandi s az angliai tj mennyiben hasonlt, illetve mennyiben tr el? (2)

5. Az j-zlandi belfldi kzlekeds milyen sajtossgt emlti? (1)

6. Hogyan fogadjk az ott lakk az idegent, a briteket s mirt? (4)