Baby-Sitting
BABY-SITTING
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Have you ever seen a chimpanzee? Where — at a zoo or on TV?
침팬지를 본 적이 있나요? 어디서 — 동물원에서 아니면 TV에서? - Have you ever taken care of a younger child? Was it easy?
어린 아이를 돌본 적이 있나요? 쉬웠나요?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Grammar Focus
Read and study with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 읽고 공부하세요.
Sandra has a job “baby-sitting.” Every day she feeds her “babies,” change their diapers, and takes them to a playground. This may not seem like an unusual job, but it is, because Sandra’s “babies” are chimps.
Sandra works at a school that studies chimps and apes. The school wants to find out all it can about the animals. Sandra’s responsibility is to care for the chimps. She says that they are just like real children. They laugh, play, and sometimes even argue. Sandra loves her “baby-sitting” job. She also loves her “babies.”
1. The best title is --
(A) Fun at a Playground
(B) Why Apes are Dangerous
(C) Taking Care of Chimps
(D) How to Feed Babies
2. Sandra works at a school that --
(A) teaches children
(B) studies chimps
(C) sells food
(D) makes chairs
3. Every day Sandra --
(A) gets hurt
(B) hunts animals
(C) reads stories
(D) changes diapers
4. The chimps are like real children because they --
(A) run away
(B) study spelling
(C) act like children
(D) look like children
5. The word “responsibility” in line six means --
(A) family
(B) money
(C) game
(D) job
1. argue :(verb) to contend or disagree in words (DISPUTE).
2. unusual : (adjective) not usual : UNCOMMON, RARE
1. a. Mom and I always argued about wearing appropriate clothes in certain celebrations.
b. Jane and her sister had an arguement the day before.
c. It's embarassing to argue on the street
2. a. She has unusual way of eating french fries.
b. Jake's fashion sense is unusual.
c. An unusually red sky in the morning is a sight to see.
Comprehension Check
Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.
- Have you seen a chimpanzee?
- What do you think of "chimps"? Do you like them?
- What other animals do you like?
- Have you ever tried baby-sitting?
- Would you be willing to baby-sit animals?
- What other odd jobs can you think of?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
"responsible"과 함께 쓸 때는 "responsible for" (O), "responsible of" (X)입니다. 또는 명사형 "responsibility"를 사용할 수도 있습니다. 전치사 "for"를 기억하세요!
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- Sandra's "babies" are not real babies. What are they?
산드라의 "아기들"은 진짜 아기가 아닙니다. 무엇인가요? - How are the chimps like real children, according to the passage?
본문에 따르면 침팬지는 어떻게 진짜 아이들과 비슷한가요? - Would you like a job taking care of chimps? Why or why not?
침팬지를 돌보는 일을 하고 싶나요? 왜 그런가요?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: BABY-SITTING
Level: High Beginner (H.B)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!