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olonies of both countries, and they have membership of the British Commonwealth in mon. English is the official language of the two countries. Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought together as the ANZACS (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) in World War I and II. Both countries have large sheep populations, and the wool industry is very important to the economies of each. However, there are also some differences between the two countries. Australia’s population of about twenty million is consid erably larger than that of New Zealand which is approximately four and a half million. Australia’s land area is also much greater than New Zealand’s. A large part of Australia’s interior is desert but that is not the case in New Zealand. 分析:文章分為兩部分,其中第一部分在給出材料的基礎(chǔ)上把兩個(gè)地區(qū)相同的地方集中起來(lái)進(jìn)行描述。不同點(diǎn)方面的比較也可通過(guò)不同句式表達(dá),例如文中出現(xiàn)的比較句,和最后一句 ——前面肯定而后面使用否定語(yǔ)氣的句式等。 。 美文賞析 Book Knowledge vs. Personal Experience? On the cartoon, we can see a man with glasses sitting beside a well. He is fishing while reading a book in which it is said that fish can not live without water. Therefore he thinks he might get fish from the well where there is water. But can he get fish? The answer goes without saying. Like the man on the picture, some people argue that book knowledge is more important than practical experiences. According to them, books are sources of knowledge because books record the experience of many other people, and h