Aborigine. Exploring Australia Learner s Guide. Amazing Adventures. 4 Interview p. 7

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1 Aborigine Sure, my people have been here in what is now called Australia for 50,000 years. We discovered this continent, and we have explored it ever since. My ancestors have always gone on long trips we call walkabout. We walk along tracks no-one can see. Tracks we call songlines. We sing special songs to find our way. We don t need any equipment, we live off the land. By eating plants and small animals, we can even survive in the vast deserts in the middle of Australia. Many white men have died exploring our country. They can t find the songlines and they can t survive alone in the wild. discover opdage explore udforske ancestors forfædre track spor equipment udstyr live off leve af survive overleve vast vidtstrakte

2 2 Captain Cook We made it! Terra Australis, the great land in the south. I knew it was here! Here I am, the first European to set foot on it. It s lovely! Lots of flowers and plants I have never seen before. So green and fertile. I will call this place Botany Bay. What is that over there? A large grey animal hopping on huge back legs I ve never seen anything like it. And now to plant the flag to claim this new land for King George the Third and the British people. There! Now back to the ship to celebrate. terra Australis australsk jord fertile frugtbar huge kæmpestore claim gøre krav på celebrate fejre

3 3 Lieutenant Flinders Log entry 2st June 80. Tomorrow we sail for England. We have at last sailed the good ship Investigator all round Terra Australis, or Australia as we now call it. It s a huge continent with many different kinds of plant and animal life and different climate zones. I have mapped the whole coastline, but what is in the vast centre of the country we cannot guess. Down the east coast is a great coral barrier reef with thousands of sea creatures that are unknown to us. There is still a lot of exploring to be done, but we are going home with our maps and our specimens. log entry optegnelse i logbog the good ship "Investigator" det gode skib "Efterforskeren" huge kæmpestort different forskellige climate zones klimazoner map kortlægge coastline kystlinje vast vidtstrakte coral barrier reef koralrev sea creatures søskabninger unknown ukendt specimens prøver

4 43 McDouall Stuart This is Jamie reporting from the World Solar Challenge Race. We re up to 90k an hour and no other competitors are in sight. We reckon on 42 hours in all, nonstop. The Stuart Highway is a great road through the Australian desert from south to north. I can t help thinking what it was like a hundred and fifty years ago when John McDouall Stuart came through here with his guides and ponies. No roads or maps, no water for miles, no shade, not knowing if he had enough food. And it was his sixth try. What would he have thought of having a highway named after him? Wonder what he would have thought of solar power cars making the journey in 40 hours when he took nine months? Here s to you, John I love your highway! Solar Challenge Race Solenergi-bilvæddeløb up to 90k an hour op til 90 km i timen competitors konkurrenter reckon regner med desert ørken maps kort shade skygge wonder gad vide solar power cars soldrevne biler here s to you en hilsen til dig

5 53 Robyn Davidson Why pick on me? There I was, living an easy life at the camel farm when along came this woman with a dog. She pointed at me: I ll take that one, she said. Before I knew where I was, me and me three mates, Robyn, and the dog were all packed up and off across the desert. OK, OK, camels are supposed to be able to go without food and water for ages, but I haven t had to try that before. And she never stops; everyday up early, off across the desert, blazing hot sun, heavy packs. It s all right for her TV crews coming by to interview her, big hat, nice tent. But does anyone ask how we are doing? No one! And jeez, my feet hurt. desert ørken supposed to forventes at for ages i årevis blazing brændende heavy tunge TV crews tv hold tent telt hurt gøre ondt