My English teacher need me to give a presentation on one foreign(non-Chinese) culture. I choose the country Australia. So what should I talk about? I mean, what's the most fantastic thing about the culture?
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It is called the Lucky Country and the Land of Plenty.\n\nIt is one of the most democratic country in the world.  All people are equal.  It is tolerant.  It embraces all cultures, bending backwards taking all from anywhere!\n\nIt allows some ethnic women fully clothed in their black religious attire to submerge themselves in public pools where their own people must follow the rules and wear proper swim attire.\n\nIt provides free interpreters and translators to tell the government that it suxs (first time I use this expression- cool!). and they want equal rights. \nIt can have all 4 seasons at one time across the massive continent.  \n\nYou have chosen a fantastic country to present to your culture.  You should surf the net for more info.
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what about an australian kiss? its like a french kiss but down under!!!
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My experience was quite good.  I've heard that each location (country) may vary considerably in personality.  It would probably be beneficial to ask questions directly to the location in which you are interested.
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Where are you from?\nWhat is your native tongue speak?\nare there any sub-languages in your native language?\nWhat is your staple diet?\nhow would you describe you native society?(matriarchal/patriarchal)\nDid you culture ever have caste system or class system?\nWhat is it that distinguishes your cultuer from others?\nDoes your culture have songs/lullabys/stories?\nDoes your culture have superstitions?\nOr legends Or urban legends?\nDo you think/feel todays modernisation is changing your culture(corrupting original thought process)?\nWhat do you predict for the future?how will it be different as compared to as it is today?
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things to include in your speech are :\n- different cultures read body language differently (in some cultures such as japan, eye contact is a sign of disagreement)\n- different words mean different things in different cultures\n- the way people conduct their job is different in many cultures\nthese are some ideas to get you started.. also say that understanding the basic communication elements in different cultures minimizes stress and disagreement among workers which eventually leads to better work production (better in effeiciency and work is more effective in producing positive results in the workplace and reaching goals)
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http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/aboriginalaustralia.htm#famous\n\ngood luck
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Crikey - what an odd question.......they speak English, naturally.  There are very few indigenous tribes left in Tasmania thanks to our not so nice period of history where settlers deiced it would be a "good idea" to eradicate them.  The tribal people that remain may speak their own dialects, but predominantly it is English.\n\nTasmania is known as "The Apple Isle" as they have a cooler climate compared to the Mainland which makes for good apple orchads.  \n\nAs afr as traditions / customs go - Tasmania was settled, as was the rest of Australia, not much more than 200 years ago, so traditions are few - in saying that Australians have their own cultural idiosyncracies that are too plentiful to list.\n\nTraditions / cultural holidays celebrated in Tasmania would include ANZAC Day (lest we forget), Melbourne Cup (the race that stops the nation), the Tastes of Tasmania Food and Wine Festival runs in January and the Sydney to hobart Yacht Race is a huge annual event and, of course, Australia Day\n\nHope this helps.....
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OK abc here is a serious answer to your question. We live so far away from everywhere else (even south America and/or Canada for most of the US) that we just have not had the experience. I'm think i am more knowledgable than most ppl i know, on Europe anyway, since my in-laws are from Liverpool and one of my good friends and her hubby are Irish, but i don't think most ppl in the US even know a person that is from another country (that is not a S. Am country). I know if you live in Englad, Germany, Spain, Italy ect...you can fly to another country in a matter of a few hours and it is fairly cheap. Honestly most Americans would love to be able to visit (can I stay at your house lol) but it is to expensive. I think this goes along with the education question. Its not that we don't learn our history, it is just much easier to remember something if you have visited the place (i can give you quite a detailed account of the Alamo) or if your family was involved (Revolution, cilvil war). If you are wondering if we learn about the daily habits (such as food perference, job opportunities, fashion) of the modern English at school no we don't, but I really don't think that it would be the job of the school to teach this.\n\n\nI also think that the reason we love accents is because we rarely hear them! We would sit and listen to someone from England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia all day....you guys are really popular here lol\n\nI was wondering about the nationalities of the users on this site...is there a way to see that?
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famous sites and landmarks, days in history (dday) and how the countries surrounding them( ie Switzerland) affect inlfuence each others culture. Also dont forget about Francophone countries in Africa!  a great one is Morroco but there are many) and also include those in the carribean (st lucia), Canada, Louisiana area, Martinique and the French antillies. You should focus on how wide spread the culture is because it literally is all over the world.
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Anthropology, with a specific focus on Eastern culture sounds like just the thing for you. You could help promote understanding, I can't think of anything more important than that.
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This a topic about English language, or literally, the English culture? If its the latter, I can almost certainly help you out: I'm from England! I am English! If it's the former, I may not be much use: we spell some words quite differently to you Americans, and we have weird expressions for things!
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Only and Only mixing more and more with internation people will make u understand and ease the tension the world is having for a quite long time now.I am a bangladeshi and been to australia and stayed there for 7 years-and that really made me understand why the Australian authority always rejects south east asia's peoples application to allow them to stay in their country---its not xenophobia(fear of aliens) as the south east media would like to potray about the mentality of australian people.I am not gonna elaborate on that,but I know now that most australian people are one the most honest,decent,fun loving,kind hearted nation on earth.I met the british,the greeks and a lot of other people to understand that they started to hate the muslims or arabs or asians only after the media started this dirty game of potraying foreigners(from arab and asia)as evils.If u are an american,u r now potrayed as evil as well in the middle eastern too.But,to be very honest-if u could go pass the media mayhem and say hello to an young bangladeshi,you are definitely going to end up being freinds.....every human being has the same emotions....but he or she is right now a bit of hesitant because of the media.Remember one thing,If u are looking at an animal and feel scared,it is also feeling the same about you.And this rule is applicabale to human beings too.....bye for now.Have a truly nice life full with friends everywhere in the globe unlike the politicians.
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What are the traditions of your country? Bring them a few things that are famous pop culture from your country. I dated a woman from Austria..and she brought got me chocolate..and we shared alot of things here. I took her to an authentic German restaurant and shared a meal like one she would have at home.
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How was school today?\nDid you like your friends?\nWhat did you played today?\nDo you like your teacher?\nSing that song you learned...\n\nAs much as you get and understand about their world as much as you find topics that help to establish a conversation, and believe me it could be much more interesting than this!
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Provided you've got the money for plane fare, visitng Australia is easy to arrange.\n\nE.\n\nBut it should be stated that the original sentence is a better way of selling your point.
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talk about something that is interesting...
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Really I think any language beautiful, except for English and German.  I love how Asian languages are.  I think they are so cool.  I also love Thai food :-)