Despite a neighborly disdain which encompasses everything from sports to accents and even the weather, Australians have warmer feelings towards New Zealand than any other country, a new poll has found.
The Lowy Institute think-tank put New Zealand top of a list of 19 countries, narrowly ahead of Canada and maintaining a position it first reached in 2007.
The survey, which gives the lie to gentle ribbing often handed out to their smaller, less wealthy neighbor, asked 1,001 Australians to rate the warmth of their feelings for a country out of a maximum 100 points.
New Zealand gathered 84 and Canada had 82. Communist North Korea was bottom of the list with 37 points, just below Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Indonesia, Australia’s northern neighbor, achieved its highest ever rating of 54 as Canberra pursues a push for better ties with the Muslim country. The poll was conducted during a March visit by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Australia and New Zealand’s shared history dates back to British colonial days and includes World War I, when both contributed troops to the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC).
Australia, population 22 million, and New Zealand, with about four million inhabitants, have close economic and diplomatic ties and compete regularly at cricket and rugby, fuelling a healthy regional rivalry.(AFP)
一項新民調發現,儘管澳洲對紐西蘭有諸多不屑──從體育到口音、甚至天氣都讓他們感冒,但澳洲人最愛的還是這個鄰居。
智庫「羅威學會」的民調結果顯示,紐西蘭以些微差距領先加拿大,在十九個國家中排名第一,保住二00七年以來蟬聯的寶座。
該調查請一千零一名澳洲民眾就對各國熱情友善程度評分,滿分為一百。調查結果證明,澳洲老愛取笑面積與國力均不及自己的紐西蘭之印象有誤。
紐西蘭得到八十四分、加拿大八十二分。獲得三十七分的共產北韓則名列伊朗、伊拉克及阿富汗之後墊底。
由於坎培拉方面致力推動與北鄰印尼的雙邊友好關係,因此這個回教國家得到了有史以來最高的五十四分。今年三月進行民調時,正巧碰上印尼總統蘇西洛•班邦•尤多約諾訪問澳洲。
澳洲和紐西蘭昔日都是英國殖民地,第一次世界大戰時,雙方還曾合力出兵組成「澳紐軍團」。
總人口兩千兩百萬的澳洲與人口約四百萬的紐西蘭,除經濟與外交上密不可分外,也會定期舉行板球、橄欖球賽切磋球技,是健康的區域競爭者。(法新社╱翻譯:林倩如)
It’s no secret that Japanese people have a deep affection for noodles. Like in the rest of East Asia, noodles are an important staple food, second only to rice. Japanese people have enjoyed noodles for over 1,000 years. The first noodles came from China and were introduced around 800 CE. As time passed, noodles in Japan not only became widespread but also developed some unique Japanese characteristics. The three most popular types of noodles in Japan are ramen, soba, and udon. Ramen, typically made from wheat flour, is usually thin and firm. The dough is kneaded and left to
Rice is an essential ingredient in Taiwanese cuisine. Many foods are made of rice, adding more variety to our cooking, such as rice cake, or “gui.” Wagui is made by steaming rice flour batter in a bowl. The term “gui” refers to a type of food made from rice, while “wa” refers to a bowl. The pronunciation of “gui” in Taiwanese Hokkien is similar to the word for “nobility” in Chinese, so it is common for people to prepare various types of gui, including wagui, as offerings to the gods or ancestors,. 米是台灣重要的主食,用米製成的食品十分多元,豐富我們的飲食,如米做成的「粿」。粿的意思是米做成的糕點,碗粿是將在來米漿倒入碗中蒸熟,因而得名。粿因為音同「貴」,因此碗粿等粿食常用作供品祭拜神明和祖先。 nobility (n.) 高貴,高尚;貴族 offering (n.) 供品 While Taiwan may not be
On Tuesday last week, the flame for this summer’s Paris Olympics was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony. It will then be carried through Greece for more than 5,000km before being handed over to French organizers at the Athens venue used for the first modern Olympics in 1896. The pageantry at Olympia has been an essential part of every Olympics for nearly 90 years since the Games in Berlin. It’s meant to provide an ineluctable link between the modern event and the ancient Greek original on which it was initially modelled. Once
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