Compare unique cultural Australian words with American English equivalents
Australian English American English
biscuit cookie
cue line
tucker food
car park parking lot
damper bread
paddock pasture
no worries you are welcome
mate buddy, pal
bewdy good one
bangers sausages
bloke fellow, man
chin wag chat
lipper smoker
dunny toilet
g’day hello
mob group
sheila female
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Read and translate the funny Australian stories into Ukrainian.
An American Goes To Oz
Randy, a Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Glen, an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, “Oh yeah. We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large”.
Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Glen shows off his herd of cattle. Then Randy immediately says, “We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows”.
The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field and so he asks, “And what are those, Glen?” the Aussie replies with an incredulous look, “Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?”.
aussie (Oz) [´ɒzɪ] – австралієць
ranch [rɑ:ntʃ] – ранчо
cattle [´kætl] – велика рогата худоба
longhorn [´lɒŋhͻ:n] – лонхорн (англійська порода великої рогатої худоби)
grasshopper [´ɡrɑ:sˏhɒpǝ] – цвіркун
True Australian Story
Back in 1948 General Motors introduced an Australian built car, the Holden. With minor changes they kept building the same model until 1956. There were supposed to be only about two dozen different keys for the model so if you had a few different keys the cars were very easy to steal.
A pal of my father's, Kevin Sutherland bought one in the mid 1950s and it was stolen a few months later. The village had only about 1100 people so police didn’t have much to search and didn’t find it. Some weeks later Mr. Sutherland went to the Queensland capital, Brisbane. That was about 750 miles away by road. While walking down the main street of the city he saw his car parked almost in front of his hotel. He rushed to his room, took his house key ring which still had the car keys on it, and drove the car to the nearest police station to report he had recovered it. The newspaper he had bought the day it was stolen was still on the back seat.
pal [pæl] приятель
Choose the best answer
1. The capital of Australia is :
a) Canberra; b) Sydney; c) Melbourne.
2. Compared to Canada, Australia is :
a) less populated; b) more populated; c) as populated.
3. Currency :
a) the Australian dollar; b) the American dollar; c) the British dollar.
4. Australia's nickname is 'Down Under' because Australia is:
a) in the Southern b) in the Northern c) in Ecuador.
hemisphere; hemisphere;
5. Where is Sydney ?
a) New South Wales; b) Western Australia; c) Queensland.
6. The first British settlers were:
a) prisoners and soldiers; b) sailors; c) farmers.
7. The Aborigines have lived in Australia for:
a) about fifty centuries; b) about four hundred c) about five
centuries; enturies
8. They have been Australian citizens for:
a) about forty years; b) about five years; c) about five centuries.
9. How many states are there in Australia?
a) 5; b) 6; c) 7.
10. What is the biggest town in Australia?
a) Brisbane; b) Melbourne; c) Perth; d) Sydney.
11. What is another name for Australia?
a) Down Under; b) Kiwi; c) Tasmania; d) Uluru.
12. What was found in Australia in 1851?
a) coal; b) gold; c) oil; d) silver.