[00:00.00]putting out many of the fires
[00:01.91]which have devastated 740,000 acres of bushland
[00:05.43]in the Blue Mountain area,
[00:06.84]and have threatened the suburbs of Sydney,
[00:08.77]causing the evacuation of over 5,000 people.
[00:11.62]No lives have been lost,
[00:12.76]but the fires have killed thousands of sheep,
[00:14.68]and driven poisonous insects and snakes
[00:16.35]into the nearby city.
[00:17.90]Animal welfare workers fear
[00:19.33]that the local wildlife populations
[00:20.58]will take many years to recover.
[00:23.34]2 a) Compare the pronunciation
[00:26.60]of the phrases below.
[00:28.00]Tick if you can hear the difference.
[00:30.56]Can you imitate American/Indian/Australian
[00:34.23]pronunciation?
[00:35.75]a) globalisation policies
[00:40.20]globalisation policies
[00:42.78]b) police were on duty
[00:46.51]police were on duty
[00:49.03]c)four European finance ministers
[00:53.25]four European finance ministers
[00:56.76]British English and Indian English
[00:59.71]a) more than 70 million Hindus
[01:04.47]more than 70 million Hindus
[01:07.61]b) the religious festival
[01:11.08]the religious festival
[01:13.74]c) a thirty-square-mile tent city
[01:18.27]a thirty-square-mile tent city
[01:22.60]British English and Australian English
[01:26.45]a) the past fortnight
[01:30.68]the past fortnight
[01:33.16]b)eight hours
[01:36.56]eight hours
[01:39.07]c) no lives have been lost
[01:43.81]no lives have been lost
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