北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 19 Communication 3

[00:01.40]Australian English
[00:03.55]Australian English began in 1788
[00:05.91]when the first British prisoners
[00:07.64]were sent away to Australia
[00:09.39]as punishment.
[00:11.10]For fifty years, Australia was one big prison.
[00:14.23]The Australian accent was heavily
[00:16.05]influenced by Cockney,
[00:17.94]as there were large numbers
[00:19.01]of working class Londoners
[00:20.72]who were transported to Australia
[00:22.94]for the crimes.
[00:24.13]Australian English still has Cockney phrases
[00:27.11]and expressions and is also distinctive¹
[00:29.57]because of the Aboriginal² words
[00:31.74]that have come into the language-
[00:33.37]words like "kangaroo" and "boomerang".
[00:37.54]New Zealand English
[00:39.59]New Zealand English started in 1840,
[00:42.68]with the treaty between the British
[00:44.32]and the Maoris in New Zealand.
[00:46.70]This began the colonization³ of the two islands
[00:50.41]New Zealand English sounds very similar
[00:52.81]to Australian English,
[00:54.47]but uses more British words
[00:56.18]and expressions and has borrowed words
[00:58.73]from the Maoris,
[01:00.16]particularly for the names of flowers and trees
[01:02.79]

1 distinctive   

adj.特别的，有特色的，与众不同的

参考例句：

• She has a very distinctive way of walking.她走路的样子与别人很不相同。
• This bird has several distinctive features.这个鸟具有几种突出的特征。

2 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

3 colonization   

殖民地的开拓，殖民，殖民地化； 移殖

参考例句：

• Colonization took place during the Habsburg dynasty. 开拓殖民地在哈布斯堡王朝就进行过。
• These countries took part in the colonization of Africa. 这些国家参与非洲殖民地的开发。