Brisbane is a large port city on the east coast of Australia. It is the capital of the state of Queensland — not the capital of Australia; that is Canberra — and it is the country’s third-largest city, after Sydney and Melbourne. It sits on a river that is also called the Brisbane.

Brisbane is a large port city Brisbane是一座大港口城市 on the east coast of Australia 在澳洲東岸。It is the capital of the state of Queensland 它是昆士蘭州的首府——not the capital of Australia; that is Canberra 不是澳洲的首都，澳洲首都是坎培拉——and it is the country's third-largest city 而且是全國第三大城市，after Sydney and Melbourne 排在雪梨和墨爾本之後。It sits on a river 它座落在一條河邊 that is also called the Brisbane 那條河也叫Brisbane河。

The city is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, a British governor in the 1820s, when that part of Australia was still inside New South Wales. His family name was an old Scottish nickname for a man who got into fights and “broke bones”: from a Gaelic word for smash and an old English word for bone. Though actually, nobody in the city is thinking about broken bones when they say the name.

The city is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane 這座城市是以Sir Thomas Brisbane命名的，a British governor in the 1820s 他是1820年代的一位英國總督，when that part of Australia was still inside New South Wales 那時候澳洲那個地區還屬於新南威爾斯。His family name was an old Scottish nickname 他的姓氏原本是一個古蘇格蘭綽號 for a man who got into fights and "broke bones" 指一個會打架、「打斷骨頭」的人：from a Gaelic word for smash and an old English word for bone 來自蓋爾語裡表示「打碎」的字，加上古英文裡表示「骨頭」的字。Though actually, nobody in the city is thinking about broken bones 但其實城裡沒有人講這個名字時會想到斷骨頭 when they say the name 說這個名字的時候。

In English you stress the first part and swallow the middle: BRIS-bən.

In English you stress the first part and swallow the middle 英文唸法是重音在第一段，中間帶過去：BRIS-bən 唸成BRIS-bən。

Students sometimes mix this city up with Bristol in England; they are different places on different sides of the world.

Students sometimes mix this city up with Bristol in England 學生有時候會把這座城市和英國的Bristol搞混；they are different places on different sides of the world 這是地球兩端的不同地方。