很多墨尔本悉尼考PTE的同学词汇量不仅不大，也不地道。今天墨尔本悉尼文波PTE的创始人文波老师就给大家总结下今天Herald Sun 中部分地道英语词汇，希望对大家的PTE考试有帮助。下面开始：
keep the title 保持住这个头衔
fire imagination 激发想象力
spark debate 引发争论
cater for our booming population 满足我们日益增加的人口
champion the ideas 支持这些观点
make a positive difference 做出积极的变化
planning authorities 市政规划的专家
the burgeoning worker numbers 慢慢增加的工作人数
blur the traditional boundaries 模糊传统的界限
The Melbourne Metro Rail would be a game-changer. Melbourne Metro Rail 可能是改变比赛的东西。
put a lid on MCG 给MCG加一个盖子
weatherproof the stadium 让体育场抵御天气
a retractable roof 一个可以收回去的屋顶
technology is on our side 科技以及可以让我们…
After their visas were revoked 他们的护照被撤销之后
in youth detention center 在青少年拘留中心
strip visas from non-citizens 剥夺这些非公民的护照
they will be deported on completion of jail terms 他们一服完刑会被遣返
stage fright 舞台恐惧
squatters ：赖在空屋不走的人 ， someone who lives in an empty building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rent
treat yourself to an unparalleled experience 给自己一个无以伦比的体验
Victorians 维州人
Melbournians 墨尔本人
Sydneysiders 悉尼人
趣味背景：
悉尼人和墨尔本人之间的恩怨：
Sydneysider
A person who lives in Sydney, Australia and really hates Melbourne. Their hobbies include sooking about how Sydney is better than Melbourne because they have a massive chip on their shoulder.
Most of them are having trouble dealing with the fact that Sydney has had its day, and Melbourne has no where to go but up. Typically, they will have go on about how much it rains in Melbourne, oblivious to the fact that Sydney’s average rain fall is higher than that of Melbourne’s.
While they’re at it, they’ll also like to tell you that NRL is better than AFL. Again, oblivious to the fact that the average attendance for a home and away NRL game is about 15,000, while a home and away AFL game averages 40,000. The games that break the average are usually Melbourne Storm games held at Etihad Stadium.
They are also upset that Melbourne is the sporting, fashion and cultural capital of Australia. Sydney is although home to Australia’s drug capital, King’s Cross.
When they are not going on about how bad Melbourne is, they are usually sitting around bored because they don’t have anything else to do.
Sydneysider “Melbourne sucks, I can’t stand it. It’s really funny how Melbournians think we have a chip on our shoulder, the way they see it, you’d think all we ever do is complain about Melbourne!”
