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Police tell teens not to put their photos on Facebook

In Australien wurde ein junges Mädchen ermordet - nun möchte die Polizei, dass alle Jugendlichen ihre Photos aus Facebook entfernen.

Jessica Watson, die jüngste Solo-Weltumseglerin aller Zeiten?

Australian girl sails around the world alone

Die Australierin Jessica Watson kehrt diesen Monat nach Sydney zurück - als jüngste Solo-Weltumseglerin aller Zeiten, na ja fast!

Thousands of people – not dolls – were photographed naked outside the Sydney Opera House

Thousands take off their clothes for art

More than 5,000 people took their clothes off outside the Sydney Opera House so that US artist Spencer Tunick could photograph them.

The music of Oz: our favourite Australian bands and musicians

From electronic pop-rockers The Veronicas to stadium-filling hard-rockers AC/DC, a lot of great music and popular bands come from down under. Here we talk about some of our favourites.

New accent, new you?

Actors have to learn new accents for films, plays and TV shows all the time. But can normal people change their accents?

Helen Reddy's song "I Am Woman" helped girls and women fight for equality

The song that changed my world

"If I have to I can do anything". Here's how one song, by Australian singer Helen Reddy, changed my world, and helped me to make life better for the girls at my school.

Practise listening comprehension with Spot on MORE's Listen & Learn exercises!

Have you ever wondered how long you'd be able to survive in a place like Australia's outback? Why not try our listening exercises about surviving in unfriendly environments – and surviving unfriendly people.

2) Staying alive

Listen to the dialogue between Christine and Jacob again. Then listen again while you fill in the missing lines of dialogue on page 17 of your MORE! workbook.

Dein Sprachmagazin in easy Englisch - mit dem Extrathema Australien

Spot on 3/2010

Spot on im März

Diesen Monat steht Spot on Kopf - mit dem großen Extrathema Australien. Wir zeigen euch außergewöhnliche Orte und verraten faszinierende Fakten, liefern jede Menge Reise- und Sprachtipps und lassen Teens zu Wort kommen, die wirklich wissen, was Down Under abgeht. All das und vieles mehr findest du diesen Monat in Spot on.

3) Not friends at all

In this scene from the Australian film Muriel's Wedding, Muriel hears that her "friends" aren't real friends at all. Can you understand what the characters are saying?

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