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nenenenene

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谢谢你~~

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我身边的ABC说是Moon Festival。。。

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nil不错，是个蛮好玩的TX

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看过Australia还有Tomorrow when the war began
没了。。。。。

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墨爾本Box Hill附近有什么免費学英语的好地方呢？
如果是週一、四、五的最好。
是在教會、圖書館或活動中心皆可。
如果有收費，但收費不高，也應是能為人所接受的。
如能提出，感激不盡！

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very professional  

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looking forward to the next

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Which wiki are you talking about?
I always use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page and http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page
Have no idea about other wiki.

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谢谢，能分享一下是在哪里查到的吗？

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又称“擦出火花” 。

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Are you yellow with woman, youbing? 翻译：油饼你与妇女黄色吗？

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路过路过！

最后发表： 其乐荣荣
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谢谢！澳洲英语！

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Sheep shearing is an important industry in Australia. A female sheep is called a ewe.
A lamb is a young sheep, less than 12 months old.
The farmer herds the sheep with the help of a sheep dog.
He drives around the farm in a utility vehicle – known as a ute.
The sheep are organised in pens, and into a race – the narrow rails help to control the animals.
This is useful for dipping, where sheep are sprayed with medicine to protect them from disease.
Inside the shed, the shearer shears the sheep – up to 200 a day.
The rousabout is a wool handler, sweeping the wool from the floor and throwing it onto the table.
Each sheep produces about 4-5 kilograms of wool, known as the fleece.
The wool is sorted and classed into grades, and then pressed into a bale weighing almost 200 kilograms.
So that’s shearing: ewe, lamb, ute, sheep dog, race, dipping, shearer, rousabout, fleece and bale.

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English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian and Old Saxon dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of what is now northwest Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands in the 5th century. Up to that point, in Roman Britain the native population is assumed to have spoken the Celtic language Brythonic alongside the acrolectal influence of Latin, from the 400-year Roman occupation.

One of these incoming Germanic tribes was the Angles, whom Bede believed to have relocated entirely to Britain. The names 'England' (from Engla land "Land of the Angles") and English (Old English Englisc) are derived from the name of this tribe—but Saxons, Jutes and a range of Germanic peoples from the coasts of Frisia, Lower Saxony, Jutland and Southern Sweden also moved to Britain in this era.

Initially, Old English was a diverse group of dialects, reflecting the varied origins of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Great Britain but one of these dialects, Late West Saxon, eventually came to dominate, and it is in this that the poem Beowulf is written.

Old English was later transformed by two waves of invasion. The first was by speakers of the North Germanic language branch when Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivar the Boneless started the conquering and colonisation of northern parts of the British Isles in the 8th and 9th centuries (see Danelaw). The second was by speakers of the Romance language Old Norman in the 11th century with the Norman conquest of England. Norman developed into Anglo-Norman, and then Anglo-French - and introduced a layer of words especially via the courts and government. As well as extending the lexicon with Scandinavian and Norman words these two events also simplified the grammar and transformed English into a borrowing language—more than normally open to accept new words from other languages.

The linguistic shifts in English following the Norman invasion, produced what is now referred to as Middle English, with Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales being the best known work.

Throughout all this period Latin in some form was the lingua franca of European intellectual life, first the Medieval Latin of the Christian Church, but later the humanist Renaissance Latin, and those that wrote or copied texts in Latin commonly coined new terms from Latin to refer to things or concepts for which there was no existing native English word.

Modern English, that includes the works of William Shakespeare and the King James Bible, is generally dated from about 1550, and when the United Kingdom became a colonial power, English served as the lingua franca of the colonies of the British Empire. In the post-colonial period, some of the newly created nations which had multiple indigenous languages opted to continue using English as the lingua franca to avoid the political difficulties inherent in promoting any one indigenous language above the others. As a result of the growth of the British Empire, English was adopted in North America, India, Africa, Australia and many other regions—a trend extended with the emergence of the United States as a superpower in the mid-20th century.（Source: Wikipedia）

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**Vocabulary**
hangar: A large building with extensive floor area, typically for housing aircraft
depict: Show or represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form
drumming up: To drum up is to solicit things, especially trade or customers
grazier: A person who rears or fattens cattle or sheep for market
patriotic: Having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country
conjure up: Cause someone to feel or think of (something)

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Thanks for the reminder, all of the Nexus series articles are from the same web site:
原始来源：http://australianetwork.com/nexus/default.htm

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***Vocabulary***

4WD：Four-wheel drive
dray: A truck or cart for delivering beer barrels or other heavy loads
catchy：Instantly appealing and memorable
entrepreneur: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it
tagalong: someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along
out of strife：to get out of trouble
patch of dirt：an area of land, and in this case a very large area of land.
mecca：A city in western Saudi Arabia, considered by Muslims to be the holiest city of Islam
dune：a ridge of sand created by the wind
speck: A tiny spot

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Q1: Any one knows what does "level terms" mean?
We can go and buy a horse and compete on level terms.

Q2: What does "Lettsy" mean?
"Let's say"?

[ 本帖最后由 pinxinge 于 20-8-2010 17:37 编辑 ]

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***Vocabulary***
airstrip：跑道
airlifts 空运
bush people 丛林生活的人们
in that setting 在那样的环境中
pitch-black night 漆黑的夜晚
flares：a bright but unsteady light or flame that does not last long
taxi：（飞机在地面）滑行
paramedic: a person whose job is to help people who are sick or injured, but who is not a doctor or a nurse 护理人员；医务辅助人员
road trauma: 交通事故伤害
exacerbate：使恶化，使加重
bucking：猛然震荡；猛烈颠簸
GP：a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who works in the local community, not in a hospital 社区医生
RFDS：Royal Flying Doctor Service
asthma：哮喘
vehicle roll-overs： 翻车
fundraising 筹款
evacuate: to move people from a place of danger to a safer place
public subscription 公共捐助

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***Vocabulary***
business premises: 经营场所
incarnation： a period of life in a particular form
Taoist, Buddhism and Confucianism道教，佛教，儒家
cyclone 飓风
written off：报废
caretaker：a person whose job is to take care of a building
Indentured labor 契约劳工
affluent：Having a great deal of money; wealthy
wherewithal：The money or other means needed for a particular purpose
tropics 热带
gamut：The complete range or scope of something
Hard yakka艰苦的工作一般指体力劳动

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学习了

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Bungy jumping 蹦极跳
have a chip missing out of one’s head 缺心眼，犯傻
heaps of 很多
adrenalin肾上腺素
loads of 大量的
crap
a slang word synonymous with shit
waddle 摇摇摆摆地走

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传说nmit 比较好过的

idp的加场 也是比较好过的。。。

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十分有用，希望继续哦，把今天的分都加了

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口语测试的时候 具体问些什么呢？就是叫什么从哪来 平时的爱好这些吗？

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你叫他来试试再说吧

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谢谢了

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2010年7月31日雅思考试回忆            
听力(两旧两新，预测全中)
S1 09127S1    S2 06108S2   S3 wetland的消失   S4 supermarket

阅读A
Passage 1: optimism and health  Passage 2: 鸟类的迁徙 Passage 3: ingenuity
阅读G
Passage 1: cleaning the train  Passage 2: 不同的店卖不同的货品Passage 3: mail and letter Passage 4: zoo  

写作A
Task 1: Bar Charts: 四个国家和全世界总的城市人口的变化：1975年，2002年及对2015年的预测。
Task 2: University students should pay all the cost of their studies because university benefits individuals more than the society as a whole. To what extent do you agree?
写作G
Task 1: The computer company has a competition and the price is a computer. The best letter will win the prize. Write to the computer company manager: 1. describe your situation; 2. why you need the computer; 3. how influence you with the computer in the future.
Task 2: Some people think that advertising is useful and informative while others believe advertising gives false information and increases the price of goods. What is your opinion?

口语
A thing that your family kept for you; your hometown; an impressive walk; an electronic equipment (not computer); a traveling with friends; a book; one people you helped; a special card or letter; a modern building; a person who lives with you; a person you like from the TV program; you childhood school; your favorite sport; a shop you like; food you liked in childhood; a sport event; a famous person in a foreign country; a wild animal; your favorite season; a historic place; an artist or musician; a healthy lifestyle

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你记性太好了吧

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2010年7月10日雅思考试回忆            
听力
S1给朋友寄礼物和邮寄方式: 1.Canada, 2.photo, 3.bag, 4.postcard, 5.watch, 6.auspost, 7.cheapest, 8.100, 9.gold, 10.56
S2 J和Steve 谈论足球裁判和有关课程: 11.B, 12.A, 13.C, 14课程时间8am 到6pm, 15.25 each class, 16.find a place in uni 问男的为什么学这个课, 17.tough 问关于课程结业考试如何, 18. Level的选项, 问什么最难, 19.regrettable 问对待男女的区别,选A, 20. limitations
S3关于研究所介绍: 21.research 处于planning的阶段 22.wildlife specialists 研究生跟全世界其它地方交流, 23.no soil 是这个研究所选址的主要问题, 24.invented soil 如何解决soil问题, 25.size 问greenhouse最容易给人留下第一印象的, 26.2天不开门,27.after lunch 或者开门前去, 28.special buses给参加人提供轮椅和这个, 30. ￥4  题目是5-16岁的票价
S4动物的睡眠和推理人类睡眠问题: 31.attacks, 32. mammals, 33. breathe, 34.dangers, 35. bones, 36.memories, 37.learning, 38.problems, 39.rat, 40. genetic 的structure of fruit flies
阅读A
Passage 1: 区分龙涎香(Ambergris)和琥珀(amber):matching,填空,Yes/No/NG
Passage 2: 饥饿对学习的影响段落大意配对 Passage 3: placebo对医学的影响:配对,单选,T/F/NG
阅读G
Passage 1: 狗的登记管理  Passage 2: 国外的自来水收费
Passage 3: 新西兰的辅助就业  Passage 4: 探险队去南极科考  
写作A
Task 1: Three maps of a village illustrate the change in years of 1800, 1900 and 2000.  
Task 2: Some people think that younger people are not suitable for important positions in governments of countries. Others argue that younger people have new ideas in these positions. Discuss both view and give your opinion.
写作G
Task 1: You bought a book online but haven’t received it yet. Write a letter to the book company about: what book you bought; why do you need the book immediately and what are your suggestions.
Task 2: Some tourists bring about negative effects to the host countries. What are the causes and how to solve the problem?
口语
A funny new story; the first thing you make by yourself; music, an experience to help others, historic story, person who lives with you, movie, traveling, hobby in your childhood, what did you do last week, famous person not from your country, garden or park you visited and liked, good thing that can improve your heath, journey you like to go to with your friend, modern building, electronic equipment, school you attended when you were a child, special meal, TV program/ radio program which you often listen to or talk with your friends and colleagues, an area of your city that has recently changed
www.chinesefirst.org.au

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那就是urbandictionary.com.au，绝对搞笑，试看两例对Bogan一词的解释如下：

1. bogan A fascinating beast. The majority of the species are hideously repugnant and unintelligent, and yet they manage to breed in ever-increasing numbers and populate an area known as the outer west. It is quite common to find five or six offspring in each family group, often with a different father for each new baby. Their habitat consists of a weatherboard or brick-veneer dwelling and is characterised by an early-model Holden or Ford in the driveway surrounded by a group of males discussing why the carby is stuffed and the results of last night's footy (a primitive gladiator-like spectator sport enjoyed by most bogans). The female of the species, while smaller in stature, is far more loud and aggressive than the male. While the males tend to be very friendly and congregate with other males, the females spend most of their time in supermarkets and shopping malls, using a shrill high-pitched call to discipline their children and contact other females. Males and females rarely interact socially except during breeding season, which is otherwise known as Friday night. During this time, females are allowed to enter the male-dominated area known as "the pub" and display their impressive coloured plumage to a prospective mate. Herein lies an interesting phenomenon. Males will often fight over a particularly attractive female and she will mate with only one male, while some less attractive females have been known to have several partners simultaneously. Ahhhh. The wonders of nature.

2. bogan In Tasmania, Australia there are 2 breeds of bogans, there's the typical male "aussie" style bogan: who wears "wife basher" shirts (singlet tops) with many torn holes, tight stone wash jeans or some other pants, usually either wearing one or tied around the waist or slung over there shoulder a flanelette (flannie) shirt or holden/ford tops, and a pair of old blundstone boots (blunnies) and usually drives and old Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon. And swear the faces off, usually every second word is f**k. And are commonly seen with a can of VB in there hand.

Then there's the 2nd type usually teens who are seen decked out in dada, wutang, fox racing, eminem plastic crap, and the baggy wutang, fubu, emineme brand etc jeans and usually topped off with a cap of some kind, thinking that they're so damn cool but they're not. The female version is jeans that are so tight like you would not believe, have their hair pulled back and slicked down with a whole tub of gel except for 2 front bits which are pulled out and are the same length as the rest of their hair (commonly called "bogan bits") and wear dada, wutang, fubu, fox racing etc, jumpers 10 times too big for them and wear whole stick of eye liner on each eye and way too much foundation and are seen pushing prams around followed by a colony of young children (all to different fathers)

您也看出来了，这是真正的“取之于民、用之于民”，希望对大家理解澳洲俚语有所帮助，激起一些学习澳式英语的兴趣。。。

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终于人身攻击了，哇哈哈哈~
好走，不送！

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徐璟瑶雅思8分考试经验分享
准备时间
对于冲刺考7的同学，如果是已经有一定的基础，只是需要一些应试技巧，所以准备时间不需要太长。如果只是单科没有到7分，准备3至4周比较合适。如果少于3周，时间可能不够将技巧使用熟练。但是多于4周，就会出现疲惫放松的情况。
分科准备
听力
看电视是非常好的练习听力的方法，特别是新闻节目。既可以学习一些常用词汇，又可以了解社会民生。听力并不是单独对于词汇或句子的理解，而是对于语言的整体解读，所以平时的积累非常重要。
口语
在连续参加3次雅思考试之后，我发现口语考题变化不大，所以针对机经做练习，应该是很有效的方法。
阅读
如果要短期提高阅读水平，坚持练习是必要的。基本技巧是先读题再读文章，将标志词标注出来用于定位。标志词包括人名，数字，表示关系的连词等等。
写作
事实证明海外新东方写作老师教授的方法是有效的，但一定要根据正确方法练习一段时间才能达到好的效果，我的经验证明上完课后，如果不练习马上参加考试，成绩有可能还是不理想。
准备写作考试可以分为三个步骤：
•        根据上课内容，理解写作技巧并且掌握更多高级词汇和句型。
•        针对两大类雅思写作题目，经过反复推敲写出文章，固定文章写作基本元素。
•        运用固定的基本元素练习不同主题写作，并且设定写作时间，适应考试节奏。
  www.chinesefirst.org.au

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source:http://www.kdictionary.com

There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character."  How true is that!

Recently I shared my study notes which were taken while I was staying with an Australian family in a website. When I published my post in the website, I also created a link to my website for English learning. To my surprise, I got many criticisms from some people. I don't mind people criticise me as long as they got the points and in a nice way. But some criticisms are quite nasty. Two main things they criticise are: One is my notes are useless for English learners as it only contains words or phrases with occasional typos or imperfect Chinese translation; the other is I use the website as platform to advertise my website. My response for the first point is:  these words or phrase are from my life experience in Australia. The reason I want to share my notes is to give people a taste of what words we use in Australia. I am sharing rather than teaching. I hope people can point out my mistakes as well. For the advertising part, I told them millions of times that I advertise my website because I believe it is a good tool for people to learn English. It is a not for profit website.

Now I have to draw a conclusion that it is wasting time to try to convert these people. No matter how hard I try to convince them, the feedback is always negative. Internet is supposed to be an open space for people to share and learn. But some people just use it as a tool to tease other people for fun. Maybe I have to accept the reality that a lot of extreme people do exist in cyber space. They are just like bugs keep annoying you and don't let you alone. It is really up to us to decide how to cope with them and their opinions. If you believe you are doing the right thing, you should keep doing it. Don't let these people's judgements interfere what you are doing. We cannot change a person, but we can choose the way we deal with people.

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Thank you very much.      

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鬼子这里有个ground floor,上次还碰到一个lower ground,一般LG就是指这个，结果电梯坐到地下室了。
LG/ G真的很tricky啊

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ABC是雅思7分就能听懂的吗？ 老大，你的雅思听力是靠听懂了才做题啊，呵呵。

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原文来自：http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/language/a/aussiespeak2.htm Australian Language Common Words and Phrases
By Larry Rivera, About.com Guide

To better understand the Australian languge, here's a list of some common Australian words and phrases. While some of them may be colloquial in usage, they are commonly used in spoken or written Australian. They are neither Aussie slang, nor the more esoteric rhyming slang, although the distinctions are too fine to worry about. Britons will find the Australian language easier as the United Kingdom and Australia do have many similar, even identical, words and phrases commonly used.  So here's something to barrack forParticularly for North Americans (Canadians included), here are some common Aussie words and phrases to know:  barrack for. Cheer. as in barrack for the Blues (a sports team). Warning: Don’t use root willy-nilly unless you know what it means in Australian. battler. Someone who tries hard despite money problems. bitumen. Paved road, asphalt. bludger. One who won’t work and usually relies only on Social Security payments. bonnet. Hood (of a car) boot. Trunk (of a car) bottle shop. Liquor store. bushfire. Forest fire, wildfire. bushranger. Outlaw, highwayman. BYO. Bring your own (wine). Said of restaurants without a liquor licence. cask (of wine). Boxed wine ready to drink from a spigot. chemist, or chemist’s. Pharmacy or drugstore. come good. Turn out okay. cut lunch. Sandwiches. deli. Milk bar, delicatessen. esky. Insulated container (usually to keep beer cold). flake. Shark meat, what you usually get in fish and chips. give it away. Give up. grazier. Cattle or sheep farmer. holidays (sometimes colloguially shortened to hols). Vacation. knock. Criticise. lamington. Sponge cake covered in chocolate and coconut. lift. Elevator. lolly. Candy. lay-by. Buy on instalment without taking the goods until fully paid for. milk bar. Usually a general store. newsagent. Newspaper shop. non-smoking area. No smoking area. offsider. Assistant or partner. out of pocket. Spent more than was received. pavlova. Meringue and cream dessert. perve. Be a peeping Tom, or to look with lust. From pervert. pictures. The movies, cinema, as in Let's go to the pictures. ratbag. A weirdo or something like that. ropable. Extremely angry or bad-tempered. sealed. Paved, as in sealed road. Not a dirt road. shellacking. Criticism for a thorough and shameful defeat. shonky. Dubious, unreliable. shopstealing. Shoplifting. sunbake. Sunbathe. takeaway. Take out, to go. windscreen. Windshield (of a motor vehicle).