ào dà lì yà
澳大利亚
guó jiā
国家
cí diǎn
词典
zhōng xīn
中心
miàn lín
面临
zī jīn
资金
xuē jiǎn
削减
yǐn fā
引发
bù mǎn
不满
Funding Cuts to Australia's National Dictionary Centre Spark Discontent
zuì jìn最近 ,ào dà lì yà guó lì dà xué澳大利亚国立大学xiǎng想jiǎn shǎo减少zhī chí支持ào dà lì yà澳大利亚guó jiā国家cí diǎn词典zhōng xīn中心de的zī jīn资金 ,zhè这ràng让hěn很duō多ào dà lì yà澳大利亚rén人hěn很shēng qì生气 。
Recently, the Australian National University wanted to reduce funding support for the Australian National Dictionary Centre, which made many Australians very angry.
ào dà lì yà澳大利亚guó jiā国家cí diǎn词典zhōng xīn中心zhuān mén专门yán jiū研究ào dà lì yà澳大利亚yīng yǔ英语 ,hái还bāng zhù帮助chū bǎn出版le了ào dà lì yà澳大利亚guó jiā国家cí diǎn词典 。
The Australian National Dictionary Centre specializes in studying Australian English and also helped publish the Australian National Dictionary.
zhè ge这个cí diǎn词典shōu jí收集le了hěn很duō多ào dà lì yà澳大利亚tè yǒu特有de的cí yǔ词语 ,bǐ rú比如 “ galah ” (shǎ guā傻瓜 )hé和 “ dingo ” (ào zhōu澳洲yě gǒu野狗 ,yě也yòng lái用来xíng róng形容bù kě不可xìn信de的rén人 ) 。
This dictionary collects many words unique to Australia, such as 'galah' (fool) and 'dingo' (Australian wild dog, also used to describe an untrustworthy person).
hěn很duō多rén人rèn wéi认为 ,zhè这běn本cí diǎn词典duì对bǎo hù保护ào dà lì yà澳大利亚de的wén huà文化hěn很zhòng yào重要 。
Many people believe this dictionary is very important for protecting Australian culture.
xiàn zài现在 ,cí diǎn词典zhōng xīn中心kě néng可能huì会bèi被guān bì关闭 ,hěn很duō多lǎo shī老师hé和xué shēng学生dōu都zài在kàng yì抗议 。
Now, the dictionary centre might be closed, and many teachers and students are protesting.
tā men他们xī wàng希望xué xiào学校néng能jì xù继续zhī chí支持cí diǎn词典zhōng xīn中心 ,bú yào不要ràng让ào dà lì yà澳大利亚de的yǔ yán语言hé和wén huà文化shòu dào受到yǐng xiǎng影响 。
They hope the university will continue to support the dictionary centre and not let Australia's language and culture be affected.