Emma英语-116如何理解澳大利亚的奇怪俚语AustraliansSlang(15)

A sparkie is an electrician. A chippie is a carpenter.
Sparkie 是电工的意思。Chippie 是木匠的意思。
And this kind of continues into all other types of work as well. A truckie is a truck driver.
这种表达也可以应用在其他类型的工作中。Truckie 是卡车司机的意思。
A poli is a politician and you"ll often hear this used in Australian media when talking about politicians. A sickie is a sick day.
Poli 是政客的意思，你可以经常在澳大利亚的媒体中听到，当他们谈论政客的时候。Sickie 是病假的意思。
But not a real sick day. I don"t know if this happens much in your country but a sickie is when you take a day off work but you"re not actually sick.
但并不是真正的病假。我不知道这在你的国家是否经常发生，sickie 是你请了一天的假，但是却不是真的生病了。
Maybe it"s because the weather"s really nice and you want to go fishing with your mates. This is called chucking a sickie or pulling a sickie.
也许是因为天气真的很好，你想和你的朋友去钓鱼。这叫做“chucking a sickie”或者是“pulling a sickie”。
What else is there? Info is information. Intro is introduction.
还有什么呢？Info 就是信息。Intro是介绍的意思。
And I think those two are pretty commonly used across lots of different English-speaking countries but in Australia we definitely love it because we love those shortened versions. A mo, the moustache.