Answer the questions about “Australian English at the beach”
1 I understand the meaning of all the signs, but some,such as “Shark Alarm” “A crocodile has been sighted in this area”, I hadn’t seen before .

2 Not all signs are used in Sydney like “A crocodile has been sighted in this area”.

3 I think most of the signs are used in my country, but I’m not sure because my hometown doesn’t have surf beaches.

4 I did the quiz of “The Aussie Cozzie”, I'm interested in it, because it helps me to understand the story; learn some new words and know the history of the Aussie swimming costume.

5

They were all wearing swimming costumes , but the man in left picture is wearing bathing trunks, the one on the right is wearing a neck to knee swimming costume.

The woman on the left is wearing a one piece swimming costume, while the one on the right is wearing a neck to knee bathing suit. Notice the different swimming caps. The more fashion is the left than right.

About me

Sharon is my English name, which is the sign of starting my new life in Australia. I have nerve had an English name before. I come from Shanghai China and I' ve been here since 2001.

I was a journalist in China, I had been achieved many dreams in Shanghai, which like I won National News Award and Shanghai News Award nine times, I have written few books... Now I'm a student here. I missed many things in my life---the interesting job, the environment which I am used to, the people whom I knew...my life is totally different now.

What do I like living here? I like best is the independence, nobody tells me what to do. Here I can do what I want, so I feel free. Also Sydney is the best city for living in the world, it has mild weather, fresh air, more space and friendly people, there things which I got and I like so much.

I miss something and get something, that's life, I think!