Baby Animals
Jun 13 2014
Intro
What is it about baby animals? It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t like baby animals. Recently, there was a story in the news about a leopard taking care of a baby monkey after killing its mother. There’s something about innocentcreatures that seems to make us all act like parents, even if we don’t have babies of our own.
Baby animals can’t walk or see very well, they sleep on top of each other, they’re always hungry, and they’re incredibly soft. They bring out the nurturing parts of us. They make us want to pick them up and hold them to our hearts, and they make us smile. What’s not to love?
Brian and Gary are talking about baby animals. Who is obsessed? Read on to find out in today’s English lesson.
Baby animals can’t walk or see very well, they sleep on top of each other, they’re always hungry, and they’re incredibly soft. They bring out the nurturing parts of us. They make us want to pick them up and hold them to our hearts, and they make us smile. What’s not to love?
Brian and Gary are talking about baby animals. Who is obsessed? Read on to find out in today’s English lesson.
Dialogue
Brian: Hey, Gary.
Gary: Hey, Brian.
Brian: Guess what I watched today?
Gary: Oh, no.
Brian: A montage of kitten videos.
Gary: They’re everywhere.
Brian: I know! Aren’t they awesome? I love watching baby animals on YouTube.
Gary: You mean people nurturing baby animals?
Brian: No. I like watching baby animals do whatever they do. I find them to beinnately cute. They’re so innocent.
Gary: Yes.
Brian: And I don’t know. They just make my heart melt. They turn me into a big old softie.
Gary: Cute, little baby animals are dependent on their moms and all of the people that are cuddling them just as much as you’re dependent on Facebook seeing them.
Brian: Come on. You don’t find them adorable?
Gary: You know, they’re cute. I think they’re really cute. I think they’re adorable. But I’m not obsessed with the cute.
Brian: I can only see your point because I think that human babies are extremely unattractive. I think that anything that’s fluffy and tiny is adorable, and hairless animals creep me out. Like babies.
Gary: Pig babies are super cute.
Brian: So you do like cute things?
Gary: OK. You got me.
Gary: Hey, Brian.
Brian: Guess what I watched today?
Gary: Oh, no.
Brian: A montage of kitten videos.
Gary: They’re everywhere.
Brian: I know! Aren’t they awesome? I love watching baby animals on YouTube.
Gary: You mean people nurturing baby animals?
Brian: No. I like watching baby animals do whatever they do. I find them to beinnately cute. They’re so innocent.
Gary: Yes.
Brian: And I don’t know. They just make my heart melt. They turn me into a big old softie.
Gary: Cute, little baby animals are dependent on their moms and all of the people that are cuddling them just as much as you’re dependent on Facebook seeing them.
Brian: Come on. You don’t find them adorable?
Gary: You know, they’re cute. I think they’re really cute. I think they’re adorable. But I’m not obsessed with the cute.
Brian: I can only see your point because I think that human babies are extremely unattractive. I think that anything that’s fluffy and tiny is adorable, and hairless animals creep me out. Like babies.
Gary: Pig babies are super cute.
Brian: So you do like cute things?
Gary: OK. You got me.
Discussion
Brian has been watching videos of kittens. It sounds a little bit like Brian’sobsessed with kitten videos, in fact. It’s easy to hear in Gary’s voice that Brian does this a lot. Videos of small, fluffy animals obviously make Brian happy.
Gary agrees that baby animals are cute. There is no question about this fact. But Gary doesn’t spend a lot of his free time watching videos of puppies, chicks and ducklings. He appreciates that they’re cute, but he chooses to use his time on other things.
The funny thing is that Brian is human, but he doesn’t enjoy looking at baby humans. Babies that don’t have any hair on them just aren’t good-looking to Brian.
Do you spend your time looking at photos and videos of baby animals? Why do you think people like baby animals so much?
Gary agrees that baby animals are cute. There is no question about this fact. But Gary doesn’t spend a lot of his free time watching videos of puppies, chicks and ducklings. He appreciates that they’re cute, but he chooses to use his time on other things.
The funny thing is that Brian is human, but he doesn’t enjoy looking at baby humans. Babies that don’t have any hair on them just aren’t good-looking to Brian.
Do you spend your time looking at photos and videos of baby animals? Why do you think people like baby animals so much?
Grammar Point
Adjectives
Brian describes baby animals as cute, fluffy and adorable. He uses severaladjectives.
Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns, for example, pretty,happy, ugly, or smart. Adjectives usually come before the noun, as in, “That was a dirty movie!”
Sometimes, adjectives follow a verb, like in the sentence, “Your baby is verycute.” But in this case, the adjective still modifies the subject of the sentence (your baby), not the verb (is).
Remember, unlike in some other languages, adjectives have only one form in English. They don’t have a singular and plural form or a masculine and feminine form. For instance, you wouldn’t say, “Those girls are beautifuls.” Even though there is more than one girl, you’d still say, “Those girls are beautiful.” Adjectives look the same no matter what noun they describe.
Which is correct, “Look at those handsomes boys,” or, “Look at those handsome boys”?
Brian describes baby animals as cute, fluffy and adorable. He uses severaladjectives.
Adjectives are words that describe nouns and pronouns, for example, pretty,happy, ugly, or smart. Adjectives usually come before the noun, as in, “That was a dirty movie!”
Sometimes, adjectives follow a verb, like in the sentence, “Your baby is verycute.” But in this case, the adjective still modifies the subject of the sentence (your baby), not the verb (is).
Remember, unlike in some other languages, adjectives have only one form in English. They don’t have a singular and plural form or a masculine and feminine form. For instance, you wouldn’t say, “Those girls are beautifuls.” Even though there is more than one girl, you’d still say, “Those girls are beautiful.” Adjectives look the same no matter what noun they describe.
Which is correct, “Look at those handsomes boys,” or, “Look at those handsome boys”?
Quiz
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