2015年8月21日金曜日 - 
Callum：G’Day from Australia - Part 1
Australia:
the land down under! A mystical
land where the locals ride kangaroos, hunt crocodiles, and are constantly under attack from sharks, spiders, snakes and drop bears! A place where the people
drink Fosters by the carton, live in the bush, and are always throwing another
shrimp on the barby (BBQ)!
All
of the above is not true – except for the spiders in summer, perhaps.
Australia
is not as foreign or mystical as some people believe. However, it definitely is a country of natural
beauty with some of the best beaches in the world, unique fauna and flora, and friendly, welcoming,
relaxed people.
My
name is Callum and I have recently arrived from Perth, Western Australia. Perth
is one of the most isolated
cities in the world and has been my home town for the past twenty three years.
I am now living in Osaka but let me tell you a little bit more about Australia
and our way of life.
G'day.
= Good day. A very relaxed way of greeting someone and a typical Australian
phrase.
Some
others are:
No
worries. = No problem, okay.
Yeah,
nah, yeah. = is said when agreeing with someone about a good thing.
Nah,
yeah, nah. = is said when agreeing with someone about a bad thing.
bloody
= an exclamation,
used in a sentence like “The train is bloody late!”
Australians
tend to talk quite fast and use a lot of slang words and have a strong accent.
Even Japanese people who can speak English well, sometimes find it hard to understand
me!
Australian
culture tends to be very relaxed and casual, which includes not taking things,
or yourself, too seriously. I think a part of why we are so relaxed is because
it gets very hot in Australia – sometimes up to 45 degrees celsius!
mystical：神秘的な
under attack from：～に襲われる
drop bears：クマが落ちてくる
the barby (BBQ)：オーストラリアではBBQをバービーといいます
definitely：間違いなく
fauna and flora：動植物
isolated：孤立している
exclamation：感嘆詞
degrees celsius：摂氏～度