p.s.

The Letter "N"

1. New South Wales
2. Northern Territory
3. national parks

* Kakadu National Park (visitor guide .pdf) - a fantastic, colourful guide to the park. No questions on it, but you may want to scan it for your own enjoyment if you have some free time ;-)


Kakadu National Park - Introduction with Jacob Nayinggul from Parks Australia on Vimeo.



Kakadu National Park – Guluyambi river cruise from Parks Australia on Vimeo.



Kakadu National Park – Culture Camp from Parks Australia on Vimeo.



* Uluru National Park - go on a virtual tour round the monolith by clicking here


Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – Welcome from Anangu from Parks Australia on Vimeo.



Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – About Tjukurpa from Parks Australia on Vimeo.



Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – Working together from Parks Australia on Vimeo.



Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park – We do not climb from Parks Australia on Vimeo.


4. Nobel Laureates
5. national holidays


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The letter "M" - postscript: MUSIC

Here is a list of "cult" Australian songs you may be familiar with and never knew they were actually Aussie.


1. Kylie Minogue - Locomotion
2. INXS - Suicide Blonde
3. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
4. Men At Work - Down Under
5. Powderfinger - These Days
6. MGF - Unsent Letter (documentary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
7. Nick Cave - Weeping Song , Into My Arms
8. Midnight Juggernauts - Into the Galaxy
9. AC/DC - Back in Black, Thunderstruck

10.

Catching up on last week's topic

LANGUAGE

So surely you know English, right? And you've been exposed to Aussie accent long enough to understand everything, correct?

Let's check ;-)



1. Start off with this clip. It's a simple conversation between two lovable critters, somewhere in the outback. If you can - make a list of uniquely Aussie words and phrases that you can hear in this clip.


Then have a look here, and see if you can find their meanings.

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2. English is not the only language which is spoken in Oz. Variety of languages are used in Australia - look them all up here.


3. The language reflects the temperament and personality of the people who use it. A short guide to Aussie Slang this way.


4. Finally read this text on Language and Identity. It's trully brilliant. (click the picture)





























For real nerds: language forum discussion on Australian accents and their distribution (it's interesting because there are contributions from Australians of different age, education and background).

Australian voices

AQI - Blue



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REGIONAL ACCENTS

AUSTRALIAN WORD MAP

The letter "M"

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Because of the recent changes to the timetable, we'll make some alteration to the division into Thursday and Friday group.

On paper it's:
teachers - Thursday
all translator groups - Friday

But Ms Stanisz agreed that these 6 people who had to wait for the classes on Friday last semester, can attend the Thursday group as "compensation" for the inconvenience they had to endure.


So, in practice it means:

Thursday: teachers and translation group 2
Friday: tanslation groups 1 and 3


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OK, now let's go back to discussing all things Australian, shall we? ;)

Let's begin with a sightseeing round in Melbourne. Watch the clip below, and if you want to learn more follow this link: slideshow





Our second topic is marsupials.



(more marsupial humour here - Mark Parisi site :-) )

For general information go to Australian Wildlife website, and then have a look at this clip:



The last topic that you may expect some questions on is mateship and larrikinism. Once again we'll be trying to define "Aussie soul". I'm more interested in general attitude than dates and names ;-)


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New semester

Hi guys!

I'm having real trouble dividing you into teams for this semester. Ms Stanisz insists that the groups are more or less equal in size, but at the same time I don't want to generate any time when you have to wait for classes.

So far it breaks down like this:

Teacher groups can ONLY have the class on Thursday (on Friday they have other subjects). So all 11 of you will join the Thursday group.

Then Translator group T1 CAN'T have a class on Thursday because they would have to wait over an hour for their next class. So let's write the 5 of you down for Friday, ok?

And that leaves us with translator groups T2 and T3. Guys, I'm terribly sorry, but I can't have you all on Thursday. My suggestion is that the 4 of you from group T3 join the teachers on Thursday (you have a long hellish day anyway, so let's not make it any worse, eh?), while the 6 of you from T2 join T1 on Friday.


Sounds like a deal?


Please leave your comments below.

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!