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17.09.2021 13:25 •  Английский язык

Спереводом reading read the dialogue. what topics are discussed in this conversation? trevor: it was your first time in australia, wasn't it? pat: oh, yes! of australia? hrevor: and what are your first impressions it's an amazing country! their summers are in winter. australian animals are pretty funny. their bears live in trees and are vegetarians. trevor: they are probably kept as pets. pat: no. the australians keep duckbills as pets. trevor: what's a duck bill? water, lays pat: a duckbill is a mammal that lives in the eggs, has a bill and sings like a nightingale trevor: something like "get three for the price of one' pat: exactly. and australia has the biggest grasshoppers in the world trevor: really? what are they called? pat: kangaroos. the australians hunt them with boomerangs that's why male kangaroos are called "boomers' in australian slang. trevor: what's a boomerang? pat: it's a kind of a coat hanger. you throw it away and it comes back. trevor: what language do the australians speak? pat: their own variety of english. australian english is spoken all over the country. trevor: is australian english different from british english? pat: yes, as different as british english from ameri english. the basic language is the same but the accent i different and some words and phrases are different. at least it's easy to understand vocab in australia someone who is not particularly basic smart 'doesn't have enough brains to give himself a headache' or is 'lamb-brained' prett trevor: pretty straightforward, isn't it? are you going to write an article about australia own. parti today? pat: no, i'm invited to a party, see you tomorrow accel slant trevor: see you later