文化之旅澳大利亞

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提到澳大利亞，你首先想到的是什么？活蹦亂跳的袋鼠、憨態(tài)可掬的樹袋熊、綿延數(shù)里的白色海灘、聞名世界的悉尼歌劇院……    澳大利亞的標(biāo)志性特征遠(yuǎn)不止這些。這是地球上最小和最平坦的大陸上的獨(dú)特國家。這里有南半球獨(dú)具特色的自然景觀，孕育了種類繁多的動(dòng)植物。這里曾經(jīng)是人煙稀少、流放罪犯的偏遠(yuǎn)地域，現(xiàn)在卻是移民聚集的繁華國度。這里有勤勞勇敢的各族人民，他們努力工作，也盡情享受生活；他們在競爭中當(dāng)仁不讓，也珍惜“同伴之誼”；他們熱情豪爽，不拘小節(jié)，蔑視那些在聚會(huì)時(shí)蹭酒卻從不買單的人；他們熱愛體育，也關(guān)心政治，但是最關(guān)注的還是自己的生活。    本書以簡潔的語言，介紹了澳大利亞的地理概況、歷史傳統(tǒng)、社會(huì)價(jià)值觀念、宗教信仰，以及澳大利亞人的生活、工作、娛樂、休閑、社交、家居等各個(gè)方面，向讀者展示了一幅真實(shí)生動(dòng)的澳大利亞全景圖，既可作為初訪澳大利亞的旅行向?qū)?，又是了解這個(gè)國家歷史、政治、文化、風(fēng)土人情的一面鏡子。    現(xiàn)在就讓我們一起走近這塊神奇的土地，開始我們的澳大利亞文化之旅吧。

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Map of AustraliaIntroductionKey Facts1　彼國彼民2　價(jià)值觀3　居家圖景4　求其友聲5　運(yùn)動(dòng)至上6　休閑時(shí)光7　在路上8　商務(wù)導(dǎo)航9　交流與通迅GlossaryResourcesFurther Reading About the AuthorAcknowledgment

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　　Until late in the nineteenth century, these areas were separately governedBritish colonies. In the late 1800s, Australians realized the advantages to begained by becoming one unified nation. A constitution was drawn up andapproved by the British Parliament in 1901, reflecting the countrys Britishorigin and based on the Westminster system of government.　　The King or Queen of England is the official head of state, and has formalpower but little direct authority over Australian laws and government. TheGovernor-General is the monarchs representative.　　As in the U.K. and Canada, the Prime Minister is the leader of the party thathas the most members elected to the parliament, which is divided into upper andlower houses. The lower house, the House of Representatives, has 148 memberselected for a three-year term and is essentially the legislative body. Only thishouse can propose and pass bills that affect government money and spending.The upper house, the Senate, has 76 members—— 12 from each state and two fromeach territory. Those from states serve six-year terms; those from territoriesserve three-year terms.

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