A guide to common sense of Australian immigrants' life

Australia is a country with beautiful environment. People have a high quality of life and pay great attention to some details in life. For new immigrants in Australia, if they want to adapt to the immigrant life in Australia more quickly after applying for immigration, they must know some common sense of life. Come and have a look with me.

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Australians usually say please when asking for something or service (please say thank you when you get someone's help or something). If you don't say please and thank you, it will be considered impolite. Australians usually say sorry to attract others' attention; If you accidentally bump into someone, say sorry. Australians will say sorry or forgive me if they burp in public places or other people's homes (please forgive me).

When meeting people and keeping appointments, try to be punctual. If you know you will be late, try to contact each other and let them know. If you make an appointment with a professional, you will be charged if you are late or miss the appointment without prior notice. People who are often late will be considered unreliable. If you receive an invitation with a reply and a date. This means that the inviter wants you to inform them whether you accept the invitation or not. In this case, according to social etiquette, you should reply before the printing date. Most Australians blow their noses with handkerchiefs or paper towels instead of blowing on the ground. So is spitting. Many people will say when you sneeze that the idiom bless you has no religious meaning. You know, some behaviors are not only impolite, but also illegal. These examples include swearing in public places, cutting in line, and urinating outside public toilets or private toilets.

Australian lingua franca

For newcomers to Australia, they may not be familiar with many expressions or slang commonly used in Australia. If you are not sure about the meaning of some common expressions, just ask. Some examples of common expressions include:

When you are invited to a social or work party, people will ask you to bring a plate. This sentence means that you are required to bring a dish to share with others.

BYO means bring your own drinks, including wine, juice, soda or water. Some restaurants are owned by BYO, you can bring your own wine, but usually these restaurants will charge you a bottle opening fee, which actually includes the cost of providing you with clean wine glasses.

Two weeks. Every two weeks is two weeks. Many Australians get paid or paid every two weeks.

Other common sense of life

The power supply in Australia is 240V/250V, 50Hz, and the socket used is a three-hole flat socket.

Trams in Australia run in the middle of the road, so you have to get on and off more than half a way.

There are two kinds of lawyers in Australia. One is BAR RISTER, a lawyer who can appear in court. The other is a lawyer. He can't appear in court.

Because Australia is in the southern hemisphere, it is best to face the north, so don't bring domestic habits.

The grading standard of Australian universities is the average score of candidates in the total number of candidates. For example, 95 points means that the candidate's score is in the top 5%.

Australia Eastern Standard Time is two hours earlier than Beijing Time.

There are traffic lights for pedestrians at intersections with traffic lights in Australia. Please press the button before crossing the road and cross the road at the traffic lights.

There is no death penalty in Australia.

Australia implements a weekly salary system, which generally pays wages every Thursday.

Australia has a 12 compulsory education system.

Australia began to implement a new tax system on July 1 2000, and imposed a consumption tax (GST) of 10% on most goods and services, except unprocessed foods, such as vegetables, fruits and raw meat.

After the implementation of GST in Australia, the proportion of personal income tax has also been lowered accordingly.