Today Australia is home to the largest Greek and Italian communities in the world, outside Greece and Italy. This has helped the Australian accent develop.

　　 Australian English was created by the first generation of children born in the new area. Since they talked with people who have different accents, they began to speak a distinct dialect of English that was to become the language of the nation. These differences were first noted by late arrivals in the early 1800s, and the language sounds like Cockney English, spoken by the working­class in London.

　　 Soon, words from native languages were to become part of the Australian English. Here are some words you may consider them to be Standard English. In fact, they are from native Australian languages!

　　 △The names of many places and animals, including Canberra (the Australian capital, meaning "meeting place" in a local language)．

　　 △Hard yakka - meaning "hard work"， coming from the language of the Brisbane area.

　　 △Cooee - a call used traditionally by native Australians to attract attention, because the sound can travel long distances.

　　 △Bung - meaning "dead"， but also used to mean broken or useless, for example, "He has a bung eye"．

　　【语篇解读】　澳大利亚英语是怎么发展而来的呢？有哪些词是从土著语转变过来的呢？本文简单介绍了其历史和一些土著词汇。

　　4．What is commonly believed according to Paragraph 1?

　　A．Australians are offspring of those criminals.

　　B．Some Australians are children of those criminals.

　　C．Small crimes meant going to prison in Australia.

　　D．Australians are offspring of the British people.

答案与解析：A　推理判断题。根据第一段的"It is commonly thought that Australians are offspring of those criminals！"可知，人们普遍认为澳大利亚人是那些罪犯的后代。