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Puppy Trains To Track Pythons

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Lesson 60

Puppy Trains To Track Pythons

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Lesson 1

Puppy Trains to Track Pythons

Puppy Trains to Track Pythons

Intermediate 25 min Speaking 75%
3 min

Warm-up

Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.

  1. How is the weather today?
    오늘 날씨가 어때요?
  2. What is your favorite season?
    가장 좋아하는 계절은 뭐예요?
3 min

Key Vocabulary

Learn these words from today's lesson.
오늘 레슨의 주요 단어를 배워봅시다.

sniff out to find something by using the sense of smell 냄새를 맡아 찾아내다 The trained beagle can sniff out pythons hidden in tall grass.
track down to search for and find someone or something 추적하여 찾아내다 Park officials are trying to track down all the invasive snakes in the area.
detector dog a dog specially trained to find specific things by smell 탐지견 Beagles make excellent detector dogs because they can identify many different odors.
release to set free or let go into the wild 방출하다, 풀어주다 Some irresponsible owners release their pet pythons into the Everglades.
swampy soft, wet land often covered with water 습지의, 늪지대의 The Everglades is a large swampy area that is home to many species of wildlife.
take over to gradually gain control of a place or situation 차지하다, 점령하다 Burmese pythons are taking over the Everglades and threatening native animals.
5 min

Reading

Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.

Puppy Trains to Track Pythons
Reported by Stefan Lovgren and written by Christie Lynn Blevins
National Geographic Kids News
March 29, 2005
For the past few months a beagle puppy nicknamed "Python Pete" has been training to sniff out giant snakes in Florida's Everglades National Park, a big swampy grassland.
Because beagles are small, friendly, and able to detect different odors, they make good detector dogs.
Pete's owner is Lori Oberhofer, a wildlife researcher at the park. She trains Python Pete to track down the snakes and to bark after he has spotted them. That way, park officials can remove the snakes.
The snakes Pete will look for are Burmese pythons. The Burmese python is one of world's largest snakes and has become a popular pet.
The snakes can grow 15 feet (5 meters) long. Because they get so big, some owners get rid of the snakes by releasing them around South Florida. The pythons are now taking over the Everglades.
To train Python Pete, Lori Oberhofer places a live python in a net bag and drags it 50 feet (15 meters) to establish a scent trail.
When Pete is ready, he is brought on a leash to the start of the scent trail. There, he picks up on the scent of the snake and leads Lori toward it. Pete is kept on a leash so that he won't become python lunch.
So far Python Pete is doing very well in his training. Park workers hope to use his sniffing skills to catch the pythons starting in a few months.
Questions:

3 min

Comprehension Check

Answer the questions about what you read.
읽은 내용에 대한 질문에 답해 보세요.

  1. What kind of puppy is Python Pete?
  2. What is Python Pete being trained for?
  3. What is a Python?
  4. What kind of Python is Pete looking for?
  5. How big is this Python?
  6. How is Pete being trained for his task?
3 min

Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정

Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.

❌ The beagle is training to find a python since few months.
✅ The beagle has been training to find pythons for a few months.

한국어에서는 "몇 달 동안"이라고 할 때 since와 for의 구분이 없지만, 영어에서는 기간을 나타낼 때 "for + 기간"을, 시작 시점을 나타낼 때 "since + 시점"을 사용합니다. 또한 "지금까지 계속 훈련하고 있다"는 의미이므로 현재완료진행형(has been training)을 써야 자연스럽습니다.

5 min

Discussion

Discuss with your teacher.
선생님과 토론해 보세요.

  1. Do you think using dogs like Python Pete is a good way to find invasive snakes? Can you think of other ways technology or animals could help?
    파이선 피트처럼 개를 이용해 침입종 뱀을 찾는 것이 좋은 방법이라고 생각하나요? 기술이나 다른 동물을 활용할 수 있는 방법이 있을까요?
  2. Some people release pet snakes into the wild when they get too big. Should there be stricter laws about keeping exotic animals as pets?
    어떤 사람들은 뱀이 너무 커지면 야생에 풀어놓습니다. 이국적인 동물을 애완동물로 키우는 것에 대해 더 엄격한 법이 필요할까요?
  3. Burmese pythons are threatening native wildlife in the Everglades. Has your country ever had a problem with invasive species? What happened?
    버마왕뱀이 에버글레이즈의 토착 야생동물을 위협하고 있습니다. 여러분의 나라에서도 침입종 문제가 있었나요? 어떤 일이 있었나요?

Lesson Summary / 수업 요약

Today's Topic: Puppy Trains to Track Pythons

Level: Intermediate (??)

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