Cop A Gander At These Rippers Too...
ディンゴが見ればあなたはどこへGO?
Where Will You Go If You See A Dingo? Stretch a fence from the Queensland coast to the cliffs of South Australia and you have the Dingo Fence. At roughly 5,600 kilometers, one of the longest structures ever built by humans, longer than the distance from Tokyo to Jakarta. Its entire job is to keep one animal out: the dingo. 考えRoo が最後にディンゴを見たのは、ディンゴフェンスに沿って南オーストラリアの荒野を自転車で走っていたときだった。 遠くの丘の上で、じっとこちらを見つめる一匹の犬。オオカミでもなく、普通の犬でもない。 それがディンゴだった。 What’s a dingo? The dingo (Canis familiaris, sometimes classified separately) is Australia’s wild dog, believed to have arrived with seafarers from Asia around 3,500–5,000 years ago. It is now the continent’s largest land predator, feared by sheep farmers and protected as a native species in national…
豪キャブラリー: Skite
傲慢で自慢すると普通の英語ではboastまたはbragのような言葉で示すが、オージー英語ではskiteという。 Skiteは典型的なオージー英語であり、もう早死語に近いと思う。今、あまり若者に使われていないようだ。
豪キャブラリー:Chuck a sickie
Chuck a sickie What’s happening when you chuck a sickie?
豪キャブラリ: Brekkie
A great way to start the day….
Hoon/不良
hoon Australian English When used as a noun, hoon refers to a hooligan, or vulgar and often violent person. As a verb, to hoon means to act violently or threateningly, often while driving a car. 日本語 名詞としての使い方は、フーリガンか不良や下品な人を表す言葉。動詞の場合は、乱暴や威力のあるように振る舞い。 Plain English 1) (n) A hooligan, a hood, thug. 2) (v) To act in a violent, threatening manner. Strine Dictionary
Booze bus/飲酒運転検問
booze bus Australian English A surprise police roadblock to test drivers for alcohol consumption. The “bus” refers to the large vehicle police use at the roadblocks. Initial questioning of those who register a blood alohol content above the legal limit takes place within the bus. 日本語 警察の飲酒運転検問のこと。 Plain English Breathalyzer test checkpoint. Strine Dictionary
