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Real English Discussions Course
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Introduction
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Real English Discussions Course
Week 1 - Bushfires & Australia's Ecosystems5 Topics -
Week 2 - Deadly & Harmless Australian Spiders5 Topics
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Week 3 - Political Corruption in Australia5 Topics
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Week 4 - How Climate Change Has Worsened in Dad's Lifetime5 Topics
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Week 5 - Australian Pub Drinking Games5 Topics
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Week 6 - The Australian Open5 Topics
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Week 7 - Early Exploration of Australia5 Topics
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Week 8 - Tasmanian Devils & Tigers5 Topics
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Week 9 - How Australia Got Camels5 Topics
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Week 10 - Women vs Men's Sport in Australia5 Topics
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Week 11 - Australia's Most Dangerous Animals5 Topics
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Week 12 - Australia's Worst-Ever Bushfire Season5 Topics
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Bonus SectionBonus 1 - Origins of the Coronavirus5 Topics
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Bonus 2 - Why the War on Drugs Never Worked5 Topics
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- My goss – my news.
- Going on – happening; occurring.
- Infected – (of a person, organism, etc.) affected with a disease-causing organism.
- Sports funding rort – a recent story about corrupt politicians fraudulently giving money to certain sports clubs.
- A grant – a sum of money given by a government or other organisation for a particular purpose.
- A sporting body – an organised group of people who deal with sport in an official way.
- The Department of Sport – the part of the Australian government that deals with sport.
- A federal election – an election where the Federal Government is voted on.
- A seat – a parliamentary constituency.
- An election – a formal and organised choice by vote of a person for a political office or other position.
- Pork-barrelling – the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes.
- Fund something – give money to something.
- Dodgy – (Aussie slang) dishonest or unreliable.
- Corruption – dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
- Overt – done or shown openly; plainly apparent.
- Line one’s own pockets – make money especially by using dishonest, immoral, or illegal methods.
- Oversee something – supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity.
- A set of criteria – a collection of principles or standards by which something may be judged or decided.
- Weight something – give something a handicap to improve fairness.
- Rank something – give (someone or something) place within a grading system.
- Funnily enough… – used to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
- Attend something – go regularly to something.
- Come out – be made public.
- See the light of day – (literally) be born; (figuratively) begin to exist or to become publicly known or available.
- Manage something – be in charge of (a business, organisation, or undertaking); run something.
- Hand something over to someone – give something to someone, often reluctantly.
- A bias – inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.
