🐅 Pets and Animals (Part 1) + Transcript

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1:04Shall we talk about animals and pets? Animals and pets, do you listen to them on the podcast? Do you have any pets? Maybe animals at home? Me? Yeah, Rory. No, you don't have anyone, huh? No, I cannot be responsible for an animal right now. And also, it would be very unfair because the apartment is very high up, and you cannot keep animals inside all the time. Have you ever had a pet before? Oh, yes. We had dogs in our family for ages. We even had a favorite breed. They were all chow chow. There's these big furry dogs that come from China, originally. They're very cuddly, and they make great guard dogs. What's the most popular animal in your country? I'm not sure, really. It's either dogs or cats, since those are the ones you see people with the most often.

2:05And I can see why, since they're probably the most useful and our great company. What's your favorite animal? I used to love tigers, and I still do it because they look very cool with all those stripes and their size, but I doubt I'd like one as a pet. In that case, I'd prefer to have a dog, but I'm a little bit allergic, so I doubt that will happen. Where do you prefer to keep pets indoors or outdoors? Well, I don't have any pets at the moment, but if I did, they'd definitely be in the house with me, so I could keep an eye on them. Plus, it's very cold outdoors right now, so keeping them outside is a bit cruel. Spring styles are at Nordstrom Rack stores now, and they're up to 60% off. Stock up and save on rag and bone made well, vince, all saints, and more of your favorites. Why do we rock for the hottest feels?

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4:09So pets and animals, so there is a difference. Animals like tigers, lions, elephants, but pets, pets are kept at home usually, or if you live in the countryside, so just like you have a pet, no cats, dogs, maybe some exotic pets, lizards, skinny pigs, yeah, hedgehogs, well you can have a tiger as a pet. I'm sure you can if you're a millionaire. Yeah, but tigers are pretty expensive, right, and we kind of have to feed them. Again, present perfect, have you ever had a pet? What's the most exotic animal you've ever seen? And like you say, yeah, I've had two cats, just generally in your life, or I used to have a dog, but not anymore, yeah, or now I have a cat, now I have a fish. And here it will be funny, just to talk about some exotic pets, you know, because everyone

5:09will talk about cats and dogs, and the examinees kind of bored already, okay, cats, dogs like, come on, but if you say like, yeah, I have a monkey, a monkey, do you listen to that? And then the examinees all into you, oh, really you have a monkey, wow, and like they'll be talking about you, like, oh, you know, like today I had a student and you had a monkey at home. I see you'll be interesting. So I don't know, pick an interesting animal, maybe like a snake, I don't know, is it exotic to have a snake? I think so. There are different kinds of snakes, and they're not really from, well, at least they're not from the northern parts of the world. Okay, what about this anaconda kind of snake, like a huge snake? Do you remember a film with a Jane of Olympus? Oh, I don't think you can have, yeah, although I don't think those can be kept as pets, because I think they're an endangered species, people have boa constrictors as pets. Yeah, you don't want to say anything illegal, do you listen to that, all right? So just keep it legal.

6:12You don't say like, I have a tiger, but a monkey, a small monkey, it's possible, right? Actually, when I was a child, we saw a person living in our neighborhood, and he did have a monkey, and he worked in a circus, circus, you know, and like he was walking his monkey out, like taking his monkey for a walk. So yeah, like a monkey, a hedgehog. They are small, spiky animals. Yeah, maybe some ferret. However, once you've thought about a pet, then you can describe them. For example, I pick chargers, and I describe them as big and furry and cuddly, and they make great-garh dogs. If they make something, that means they are useful for something. Yeah, we say like, oh, they are cute or cuddly, right, cuddly, like they hug you, you hug them, like very friendly and nice. The most popular animal in your country, but animal, you know, could be not a pet, but

7:13an animal, a bear. What's the most popular animal in Scotland? Did you check, Roy? No, of course I didn't. No. But in your country, do you listen, like you should check right now, just Google. The most popular animal in Thailand, or I don't know, where you are, the golden eagle, Roy, is considered Scotland's favorite wild animal. Well, that's the favorite wild animal, but what about the favorite pet? The most popular pet in Scotland. I think it's a dog. If you're going to describe dogs, though, you can talk about the kind of dog, and if we want to talk about kinds, we can talk about the breed of dog. However, as we all know, dog breeding is cruel and inhumane, so maybe you want a dog that is mixed breed, or a mongrel dog. Dogs are a great company, so a dog is a good friend, it accompanies you everywhere, yeah, it's always around, it's waiting for you, you know.

8:13What's your favorite animal? Of course. Here, Roy talked about wild animals, so tigers, because they look cool. They have stripes. But if you want to talk about other animals, you will need to find some specific words to describe then. Tigers have stripes, leopards have spots, cats can have both, so you can pick the feature and describe it. Or you could just steal my answer, the examiner will not know. Yeah, absolutely. Well, again, you can talk about some, I don't know, rare animals like snow leopards, like what are the rarest animals in the world? Cheetah, what's a cheetah? The very fast big cat. Yeah, like the fastest cat on earth, like a big cat, cheetah, do you listen? It's an important word for you to not know, you know, a keyword of this episode, cheetah, CH, double, E, T, A, H, so just Google cheetah, look at the picture, yeah, you can use this

9:19everywhere, it's okay. Cheetah gorillas, red pandas, blue whales, snow leopards, there's snow leopards are my favorite, lions, all right, pandas, there we go, pandas, oh pandas, no, oh, and your favorite animal, Rory, you forgot, what's your favorite animal, Rory? What did I forget? Oh, a capnibara, a noble majestic capnibara. How could you forget, Rory, Rory, I, I, I, tigers, poof, ah, you cheated on the capnibara, I'm allowed to change my mind, no, no, no, why, why, why, because, because capnibara is now depressed, they'll be okay, they're pretty chill, I just apologize, if I have to describe capnibara, what would I say, I'd say they look cool, they have a very relaxed demeanor, and they're brown and furry.

10:20Yes, so there we go, some topic specific language for the capnibara. And there is an if you don't have any pets, the examiner will continue, where do you prefer to keep your pets? But you say, sorry, I don't have any pets, but if I had some pets, I'd keep them indoors or outdoors while depending on the pet. I don't have any pets at the moment, but if I had a cat, if I had a cat, I'd keep it in the house, the second conditional, if I had a dog, I'd keep it in the house, if I had a huge dog, I'd keep it outside, to keep an eye on them, keep an eye on somebody just to watch them, to look at them, to control them, if it's cold outdoors, I'll keep them outside or inside, the certain pets should be outside, like horses, or actually horses inside.

11:20Yeah, but if it's too cold here, they are inside, and we're ready for a joke. Right, Dilsen, do you remember the keyword of the episode, cheetah? So the joke is, why shouldn't you play cards in the African savannah? Why? Because it's full of cheetahs, oh well done, Maria, we're already explain the joke, will you? Cheetah is the name of the animal, but if you say it fast, cheetah, then it's also sounding like the word cheetah, which is someone who does not play by the rules of a game. Oh, how fun. Cheetah, you see, if I cheat when I play cards, I do something, not very nice, and I don't play by the rules, and a person who doesn't play by the rules is a cheetah, a person who behaves in a dishonest way to win something or get an advantage.

12:24So yeah, so sometimes athletes break the rules, and they are cheetahs. Right, Dilsen, so if you have nothing to say, and you know, you just happen to remember this joke about cheetahs, you just crack a joke in the room. You just say, you know, like, you know what? I don't know what to say, but I know a joke. And then the exam goes, okay, thank you, thank you, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I've been preparing for this, you know, I have to tell the joke. Very important. I'm an actually anxious person, so I have to finish it. And then you can say, like, oh, if I don't tell you the joke, now I can start crying, you know, and the exam, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, start the joke. Thank you so much for listening. And we'll get back to you in our next episode. Bye. Bye. America leads the world in medicine development. It matters. We get new medicines first, nearly three years faster.

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14:25But I doubt I'd like one as a pet. In that case, I'd prefer to have a dog, but I'm a little bit allergic. So I doubt that will happen. Where do you prefer to keep pets indoors or outdoors? Well, I don't have any pets at the moment, but if I did, they'd definitely be in the house with me so I could keep an eye on them. Plus, it's very cold outdoors right now. So keeping them outside is a bit cruel. President Barack Obama. Virginia, we are counting on you. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to raid the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years. But you can stop them by voting yes by April 21st. Help put our elections back on a level playing field and let voters decide not politicians. Vote yes by April 21st. Paid for by Virginians for fair elections.