墨尔本PTE素材库——Naidoc Art

墨尔本PTE素材库——Naidoc Art

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这篇文章主要讲解了在墨尔本一所学校所举行的一项特殊的艺术项目。学生们通过制作马赛克作品来讲述澳洲本土土著居民与澳洲穆斯林群体间的故事。

这两个群体间的历史其实可以追溯到几百年前，但是这段历史非常鲜为人知。十九世纪初，欧洲移民在探索澳大利亚时需要穿越澳洲中部的荒漠，而骑马穿越遇到了很多困难，于是他们就开始向“骆驼专家”中东族裔寻求帮助。而在他们穿越的途中，遇到了澳洲土著居民，这也就促成了中东穆斯林群体和土著居民的一段故事。

通过马赛克这一艺术形式，学生们讲述了这段鲜为人知的历史故事，同时也展示了澳大利亚的文化和历史。

这段文字是一段很好的人文听力材料，大家可以试试把它当成Re-tell Lecture的素材。

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Students at an Islamic school in Melbourne are currently working on a special art project for NAIDOC Week next week. They’re creating a mosaic that tells the story of the shared history between Aboriginal and Muslim people in Australia. Take a look.

These kids are using art to learn about a pretty interesting chapter in Aussie history.
The relationship between Muslim and Indigenous Australians. A bond that actually goes back hundreds of years.

STUDENT 1: In our community we have a lot of mosaic artists. Mosaic is a way to bring people together and connect us and the cultural diversity.

It’s like an Aboriginal painting as well, there’s a story in it. Back in the 1800s, European settlers wanted to explore the interior of Australia but they soon realised their horses wouldn’t quite cut it. So, they turned to the experts of desert exploration, camels. They had to be shipped in from places like Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, along with some expert riders. Those riders became known as the Afghans.

Through their travels they came into contact with Aboriginal people and it sparked a big exchange of skills, knowledge and goods. The Aboriginal people helped the Afghans get a better understanding the Aussie landscape and some even got jobs as guides to help the cameleers get by.

Over the years, Muslim cameleers lived side-by-side with Aboriginal people. The cameleers traded sugar, tea, clothing and metal tools with them. Many became friends and some even got married. Today, there are more than a thousand Indigenous Australian Muslims living around the country.

As for the cameleers, they were eventually phased out in the 1930s as this new invention made desert travel a lot easier. Meanwhile the unemployed camels headed back into the desert to start their new careers as wild animals.

The story of the cameleers is something these guys found out about during a visit to the Islamic Museum of Australia. It meant a lot to them so they decided to share it with others through their mosaic.

STUDENT 1: My favourite part is the cameleers simply because during one of the expeditions the horses couldn’t make it but the camels made it out.

STUDENT 2: It’s got to be Uluru, it’s got to be Uluru – it just looks cool.

But most of all, they say it’s a celebration of the diversity that makes Australia great.

STUDENT 2: The root of Australia is obviously Indigenous Australia so when you’ve got modern Australia which is obviously all this multiculturalism combined with the root of Australia it is like a good representation of what Australia really is today.

(Source: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4487792.htm)