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新近借了本书,2003年版，谈到了50位著名的澳大利亚人,我把它全部列出来，看看大家能认识几位。 Robyn Archer - singer, writer and director (www.robynarcher.com.au) Ron Barassi - One of the great legends of Australian Rules Football. Don Bradman - The world's greatest batsman (www.donbradman.com.au) Peter Brock - Australia's most successful racing-car driver (www.brock05.com) Robert O'Hara Burke - An explorer (www.burkeandwills.net) Evonne Cawley - Tennis players, first Aboriginal Australian to win at Wimbledon Victor Chang - The surgeon who performed Australia's first heart-lung transplant (www.victorchang.com.au) Caroline Chisholm - A Social worker who helped women and children in the nineteenth century Alfred Deakin - Australia's first Attorney-General and on of the founding fathers of Federation Edward 'Weary' Dunlop - A surgeon who took exceptional care of prisoners of war during World War II Matthew Flinders - An explorer who drew the first detailed maps of Australia and its coastline Howard Florey - A scientist who developed penicillin Errol Flynn - An actor who scandalised Hollywood with his swashbuckling ways John Flynn - Funder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service Dawn Fraser - An Olympic champion considered to be the world's best-ever female swimmer (www.dawnfraser.com.au) Cathy Freeman - A champion sprinter and the first Aboriginal runner to represent Australia at the Olympic Games (www.cathyfreeman.com.au) May Gibbs - A writer and illustrator who created the Gumnut Babies, Snugglepot and Cuddlepio (Wwww.maygibbs.com.au) Percy Grainger - Thought to be one of the best composers of the twentieth century Germaine Greer - A writer Fred Hollows - An eye doctor Barry Humphries - The entertainer Paul Jennings - A writer for kids Daniel Johns - The lead singer and songwriter of silverchair. (www.charipage.com; www.silverchair.nu) Ned Kelly - Australian folk hero, legend and famous bushranger Nicole kidman - An internationally famous actor Charles Kingsford Smith - A flying ace Wally Lewis - One of Australia's greatest rugby league players (www.rleague.com/interactive/trivia) Norman Lindsay - An exceptionally creative writer and artist Eddie Mobo - An Aboriginal activist who gained land rights for his people Mary Mackillop - A catholic nun who is likely to become Australia's first saint Jesse Martin - The youngest person to sail non-stop around the world on his own. [ 本帖最后由 rdcwayx 于 2008-3-29 05:50 编辑 ] |
