Podcast-Interview

Hi everyone!! We would like to share with all of you our podcast interview with Michelle, a girl who defines herself as a globetrotter:

Don't worry if you don't understand anything, here we leave you a script to make the comprehension easier.

Script

Myriam:  Good morning guys!! Or good morning diggers!! As Australians say.

We are five classmates of the University of Seville. We have been working in a blog project for the last three months. In our blog “The distinctive English of Australia”, you can find many interesting things about Australian language and culture. We invite you to join us on australianenglishfeatures.blogspot.com.

And now, we are in the University with Michelle to have an interview.She is an american girl  and she describes herself as a globetrotter. We have chosen this amazing girl because is too difficult to find an Australian native.

Hi Michelle!!

Michelle:  Hi guys!!

Myriam: Please, Tell us something about you. Where do you come from?

Michelle: Mmm,well I was borned and raised in Kansas in the U.S.A, and I come from a small town, and decided to I wanted to get out and go travel a bit, so I’ve been travelling for about 10 years, I am now 29 and have visited around fifteen different countries,so that’s a little bit about me, anything else? (Laughs)

Alicia: How long have you been travelling?

Michelle: Sorry, yes. I’ve been traveling for nine or ten years and… yeah.

Alicia: Why did you decided to come to Seville?

Michelle: I really love the Spanish language, I love Spanish culture, and I was upon the north of Spain and it was too cold so I came into Seville because is much warmer.

Julia: Wow, wonderful!! We are glad you are here today with us. As you know our blog is based on Australian language and culture. What does Australia mean to you?

Michelle: When I think about Australia I think of wide open spaces, lots of freedom and kangaroos of course. There's also, there is the Sidney Opera House and the beaches and the coral reef, so the biggest thing I think about Australia is the nature and  how they take care of that there, yeah.

Julia: Ok, is it true that the plural form of you (youse) is considered as a bad habit?

Michelle: Youse, I am not too familiar with, umm, but I know in the U.S.A there is "the y’all" that we use a lot and that’s consider just it’s not very educated, yeah.

Pedro: Ok, Jazz is a kind of music which America and Australia share. What can you tell me about that?

Michelle: Umm, well, Jazz is really the base of all modern music actually it started way back actually with the slaves in the U.S.A, and obviously there is a whole lot of immigration between Australia and the U.S.A, so I imagine that’s why there is that connection and it is really the base for hip hop, and rock ‘n roll, and swing and… I love Jazz, I love listening to it..., I love other different styles and I think I have to be more familiar with Australian Jazz.

Pedro: You know there are some differences between the American slang and the Australian one, like taxi and cab. Do you know other ones?

Michelle: Umm, I do there’s obvious the underground versus the subway, and gas station versus service station, or even just the basic one of sweater versus jumper...

Marta: Michelle, one last question; which part of Australia would you like to visit?

Michelle: I always wanna to visit “Ayer Rocks” (be)cause I really love different cultures, and specially indigenous cultures, and I know “Ayer Rocks” is quite the important monument for them there.

Marta: Ok, so that’s all for today. Thank you very much for your help, and maybe someday we will meet all together somewhere in Australia. Who Knows?

(farewell and thanks)

And now we are gonna have a drink with our friend Michelle to keep going talking about "some curious and interesting matters of Australia". :)

The expression "G Day"

 G Day is a contraction of good day....
 Australians used this expresion to say `hello´ and `hi´.
Also, used in the constructions G´day mate ( a greeting to a friend or acquaintance) and G´day, stranger 
(ironically, to a friend not seen in some time)...

His pronunciation is : /ɡəˈdeɪ/

I am going to leave you a funny video..

 - Source: Wikipedia

Traditional customs

 One of the traditions of Australia that most distinguishes it from the rest is that this country has a day itself, when the calendar reaches de January 26, all people celebrate ¨Australia Day¨ to commemorate the anniversary of the declaration of Australia as British colony for almost 225 years. As one of the last days summer holidays, many families and children take advantage of the holiday to have fun with music, picnics and fireworks.

Here you are a video how about Australians celebrate that day:

  Among other celebrations, on April 25 is a day important for Australian community because "Anzac Day" isa tribute to all those killed in the wars that included the singing of the Austalian Anthem, a prayer, recitations and moments of silences...

  -Source:

• http://www.nuestrorumbo.com/2010/06/23/tradiciones-y-costumbres-de-australia

Cricket

                           

Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, it had developed into the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international matches were being held. 

Cricket has been played in Australia for over 210 years and the first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803.

It is quite popular in all Australian states, so it is considered Australia's national sport. Cricket Australia is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket, which operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Australian cricket team, the Australia national women's cricket team and youth sides as well. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test tours and One Day Internationals with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures.

Here is a piece of a cricket match: Australia vs. England

 To know everything about this sport take a look at this page : http://www.cricket.com.au/get-involved/play-cricket/how-to-play(Cricket Australia). Come on guys, it's really interesting!!

Sources:

http://www.cricket.com.au/

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/cricket/early/cricket_early.html

Kylie Minogue

 As said my classmate, the music is a direct way to share accent or dialect. To show you another Australian accent, we have chosen another Australian singer: "kylie Minogue¨, who is one of the most representative in.

In my opinion, although this was not his first single, ¨Can´t get you out of  my head¨is their best known song...

So, I leave you a video of this amazing song.. listen and enjoy it!