初级英语小故事 了解澳洲生活 - Spooking The Cows 大量澳本土常用口语词汇

yearshappy

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deadhead
1. a fan of Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead
2. a river snag of tree &/or log &/or large flotsam
3. a useless person on staff
4. verb & noun,  a toll vehicle(taxi, bus, train, truck(lorry/semi) travelling empty

All they do is stuff around ... -------- stuff about / doing nothing
Macca crashed down beside me ---------- 男生不知轻重的地猛地坐下来
See the babe with the wedgie up her butt --------- 女生穿衣太紧臀形暴露

This is the same slow learner .. ----- 学习上苯，悟性差
（国人以谦虚为美，澳人反之。尤其是找工时绝不用说自己苯，即使没有那个特定的工作经验，可以说自己是 quick learner  /
clumsy --------是指动作上的，不是头脑上的 ）

I didn't blast him ..-------- to shout at him, to shame him
I must beat Emily at everything ----------- to win ..

She thinks she is just it! ------- she thinks she is SOMEBODY (important, good at everything )
Whatssup / whazzup / whassup / whasabi ------------ what's up = how things are going 当做问候语是就是等于 Hi

I hate it when olds try to act cool ----------- 指成年人说话中使用 青少年语言

[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 28-12-2012 11:50 编辑 ]

dandan1212

dandan1212

缘圆

让我了解很多，谢谢分享！

yearshappy

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My skirt is too long. I sucked up to Mum, but she wouldn't listen.  -- 类似央求妈妈为她做。。
Suck it up - To cope with something unpleasant without complaining--usually because you have no choice.


Looking like I belong in a freak show  -  类似小丑表演
if female ferrets don't mate they get anaemic and die - Australian slang term for genitalia

She Artlined CA 4 SJJ all over Sam's workbook. a pen brand of Australian // CA SJJ 名字首字母 // 4 = for

She's got the hots for Stephen -------- to have feelings for someone
Heaps more happened --------- colloquial (generally Australian) word meaning "alot".

You learn weird crap in Health Ed （education 的简写） ----------- shit, poo, poop, anything relating to feces. Less offensive than shit, more offensive than poop

'cause --------- slang for 'because' or someone is too lazy to write because
reckon --------
to guess or suppose
to believe
to judge or consider
to think
口语表达常常用，太多的场合情境下用；只有生活在本地时间长了，运用起来会精确和自然。

[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 28-12-2012 11:52 编辑 ]

whitedew

I recon your posts are very close to our daily life~

yearshappy

原帖由 whitedew 于 28-12-2012 11:55 发表

                               
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I recon your posts are very close to our daily life~

选材料时，有过慎重考虑；
翻译尽量严谨，并经过对语言比较了解的英语母语者审核过
着重点是大家所说的，一到随意聊天场合就听不懂的词汇

完全可以拿到澳英语母语者前去说

[ 本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 4-1-2013 11:42 编辑 ]

JackyandF

谢谢楼主分享
学习

BLK

顶起来

ivan9707

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ivan9707

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liwanyu

很好的英语阅读材料，谢谢楼主