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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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- A geographer – someone who studies physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and the effect of human activity on these.
- A dromedary – an Arabian camel that only has one hump.
- The Canary Islands – a Spanish archipelago and the southernmost autonomous community of Spain.
- Apparently – as far as one knows or can see.
- An explorer – a person who explores a new or unfamiliar area.
- The interior of Australia – the parts of Australia that are inland away from the coast and ocean.
- An expedition – a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, research, or war.
- Shoot something off something else – fire a bullet that removes part of something from the whole.
- Euthanise something – put (an animal) to death humanely.
- Introduced – (of an organism) brought to a place and let go in the wild.
- The Burke and Wills Expedition – an ill-fated Australian expedition from south to north of the continent in 1860-1861.
- Inland – away from the coast or ocean.
- An ox – a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a bull or cow.
- Farcical – relating to or resembling farce, especially because of absurd or ridiculous aspects.
- You couldn’t write this as fiction – a story so crazy that if it were made up, people would think it was stupid.
- A telegraph line – a wire strung between two locations allowing telegraphic communication between them.
- Run from A to B – go or stretch from location A to B.
- Amongst other things – used to indicate something is an example of many other things you don’t need to mention.
- A cameleer – a person who controls or rides a camel.
- An Afghan – a broad term for any cameleer from the mid-1800s in Australia.
- British India – the area of India in South Asia which for 100s of years was under the influence of the British.
- Broadly – in general and without considering minor details.
- The British Commonwealth – the political association of 54 member states, mostly former territories of the British Empire.
- Import something – bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
- For whatever reason… – because of an unknown explanation…
- Memorialise something – preserve the memory of something; commemorate something.
- Immigrate – come to live permanently in a foreign country.
- En masse – (French) in a group; all together.
- Direct ancestry – the relationship to a person that you can trace your heritage to directly.
- Heritage – something inherited at birth, such as personal characteristics, status, and possessions.
- Branch line – a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.
- A permanent population – a group of people who live in one location constantly.
- Around there – approximately; at roughly that time or location.
- Supplant something – take over or take the place of someone else, usually on purpose.
- 20th century – the 1900s; the period from 1900-1999.
- Put something down – euthanise or kill an animal humanely.
- A feral animal – a non-native animal that has escaped into the wild and is thriving.
- For context – to give you the relevant circumstances or information about something.
- In the wild – in the natural environment.
- Ironically – used in reference to a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation.
- A cull – a selective slaughter of animals, usually to reduce their numbers when their population size is a problem.
- An estimate (of something) – an approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.
- A viable population – a group of organisms that is self-sustaining.
- To my knowledge… – as far as I know or am aware…
- The time of Christ – the period of time when Jesus Christ was alive around 0BC; 2020 years ago in the past.
- An arid region – dry areas where there is below annual rainfall.
- The Old World – The West; Africa, Asia, and Europe.
- Per se – by or in itself or themselves; intrinsically.
