The land down under
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en the police questioned via the use of fist, boot and baton it produced a tough, hard breed of stand up criminal".
Australian animal jokes
is a land full of strange things animals that many people around the world have difficulty believing are true. For example, for most people around the world, it is bizarre to think an animal such as a kangaroo could exist. Not other country has animals that have a pouch, give birth to babies less than an inch long and hop around on two legs. Likewise, no other country has animals like the platypus, which lay eggs, suckle young, have a mouth like a duck and fur like a rat. In fact, when a platypus specimen was first sent to England, the English thought Australians had played a joke on them by sewing the mouth of a duck to a rat.the world has become accustomed to the unbelievable being possible in Australia, Australians have exploited the worlds belief by arguing that very ridiculous things occur in Australia. Americans have been told than kids ride in the pouch of a kangaroo to school. Europeans have been told that Australia is populated by dropbears, an evil species of territorial kolas that drop from trees to claw and bit at the neck. To ward off the danger, they should wear a bicycle helmet when walking in the bush. Some foreigners have even been fooled into thinking that in Australia there is a Hoop snake that takes its tail in its mouth and then goes bowling merrily along.
Inaccurate stereotypes
often make jokes about the inaccuracy of stereotypes. Many of examples could be seen in the movie Crocodile Dundee[40]. In the movie, wealthy reporter Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) hears about the heroic tale of survival of Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) and flies to the outback to verify his story. As they travel to the outback, Mick uses good natured dishonesty to win her charms. Mick secretly uses a razor to shave, but when he hears her coming, he pulls out a huge knife and pretends to shave with it. He looks at his mates watch then pretends he can tell the time by looking at the sky.night, the two are visited by one of Micks Aboriginal mates, Neville Bell, on his way to a corroboree. Sue tries to take the mans picture, but Neville says:
"You cant take my picture"responds:
"You are afraid it will take away your spirit"answers:
"No. You got lens cap on."then wanders off into the bush. Sue asks Mick how his finds his way in the dark. Mick says: "telepathy." Then there is the sound of the black fella walking into a tree, and an anguished cry:
"I hate the bush."
The underlying message behind the jokes is that stereotypes of Australians are not always accurate, but that Australians like to have fun with them anyway.Dundee - Making humour out of inaccurate stereotypes
Conclusion
is a marvelous place with its own culture, customs and traditions, with various nature and landscape. There you can find deserts, mountains and sunny beaches. It seems refreshingly free of class prejudice. Sometimes people there are rough and straightforward, but they take you for what you are, and are less concerned with how you speak, what job you do, where you went to school etc. I enjoy meeting people from many walks of life and treating each other as equals. I would like to visit Australia one day and to make sure myself that stereotypes about Australians dont work.
Glossary
1. King Edward VII (король Эдуа?рд VII) - (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 - 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. He was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which was renamed the House of Windsor by his son, George V.
. Flags Act (Закон О флаге) - is an act of the Parliament of Australia which defines the official Flag of Australia. Queen Elizabeth II gave Royal Assent on 14 February 1954 after opening the Commonwealth Parliament during her 1954 Royal Tour. It was the first of the few Commonwealth Statutes enacted by the reigning Monarch.
. Francis De Groot (Френсис Де Грооте) - (24 October 1888 - 1 April 1969) holds a notorious place in Australian history for his high-profile upstaging of New South Wales Premier Jack Lang at the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1932.
. Sydney Harbour Bridge (Харбор-Бридж (Сидней))- is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.
. Guinness Book of Records (книга рекордов Гиннеса) - is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
. Bob Hawke (Боб Хоук) - (born 9 December 1929) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from March 1983 to December 1991 and therefore longest serving Australian Labor Party (ALP) Prime Minister.
. Sir John Robertson (Джон Робертсон) - (15 October 1816 - 8 May 1891) was an Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales on five occasions.
. The Black and White Artists Society - Australian professional cartoonists organisation and was established on 17 July 1924
. Blue Streak (быстро движущийся предмет)- was a British medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) designed in 1955.
. NSW (Новый Южный Уэльс) - New South Wales is a state of Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively.
. Cascades Female Factory was an Australian prison in South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The site comprises five yards, cemetery and outbuildings and is contained within a rectangular city block.
. Australian Lyre Bird (Лирохвосты) - is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, that form the genus, Menura, and the family Menuridae.
. Echidna (ехидна) - also known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.
. Purple wallaby (кенгуру-валлаби)- was first classified in 1924 by Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, then director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, who noted a strange purple colouration around the neck as well as skull differences separating it from other rock-wallaby species.
. The Fierce Snake (Тайпан или Жестокая змея)- is native to Australia and is regarded as the most venomous land snake in the world based on LD50 values in mice.
. The Wombats (Вомбаты) - are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately 1 metre (39 in) in length with a short, stubby tail.
. Tasmanian Devil (Тасманийский дьявол)- is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania.
. Kangaroos (кенгуру)- is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning large foot).
. Emus (страус Эму)- is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius.
. Monotreme (Однопроходные)- are mammals that lay eggs (Prototheria) instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials (Metatheria) and placental mammals (Eutheria).
. Platypus (утконос) - is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
. Box Jelly fish (Кубомедузы)- are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their cube-shaped medusae.
. Stonefish (Бородавчатка)- is a genus of fish of the family Synanceiidae whose members are venomous, dangerous, and even fatal to humans.
. Sydney Funnelweb spiders (лейкопаутинный паук) - are venomous spiders of the family Hexathelidae
. Lung fish (Двоякодышащие) - are freshwater fish belonging to the Subclass Dipnoi.
. Triassic period (Триасовый период)- is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya (million years ago).
. Gold Rush (золотая лихорадка)- is a period of feverish migration of workers to an area that has had a dramatic discovery of gold.
. Don Bradman (Дональд Брэдмен) - (27 August 1908 - 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.
. IOC (Международный олимпийский комитет)- The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president.
. The Melbourne Cup is Australias major Thoroughbred horse race.
. GDP (ВВП)- Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period.
. Belangalo State Forest is a planted forest in the Australian state of New South Wales; its total area is about 3800 hectares.
. Natalie Tran (Натали Тран)- (born 24 July 1986) is a video blogger on YouTube from Sydney, Australia, using the nickname communitychannel.
. Chopper Reid (born 17 November 1954) is an Australian ex-criminal, who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels.
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