쉐도잉 연습: Why Do Animals Have Tails? - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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Hey, Squeaks!
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Look what we have here!
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We just got an awesome question from one of our viewers.
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They want to know, why do animals have tails?
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That's such a great question!
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Lots of animals have tails!
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Yes, including rats, Squeaks!
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But humans don't!
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Personally, I'm pretty glad we don't have tails.
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Can you imagine trying to sit in class at school with the tail getting in the way all
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But the real reason other animals have tails is that they need them and we don't.
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I bet you could even guess what some animals use their tails for.
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When you think of an animal with a tail, what's the first one that comes to mind?
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A dog!
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That's a great one, Squeaks!
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Maybe you have a dog in your family, or you know someone who does, and I bet you've seen that dog wag their tail a lot.
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When dogs wag their tails, that's often because they're happy or excited.
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Since they can't talk using words, their tails do the talking for them.
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And if you see a dog with their tail lowered between their legs, that might mean they're scared.
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So that's one reason some animals have tails, to help show what they're feeling.
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Can you think of any other animals that have tails?
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Maybe one you'd see on a farm?
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Yeah, horses have tails, too!
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Sometimes horses use their tails to communicate like dogs do, but their tails are also useful for something else, flicking away at all those pesky flies buzzing around them.
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Some other animals, like cows, do the same thing.
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That's true, Squeaks!
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There's another very important example that we haven't talked about yet.
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Rats.
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Rats mainly use their tails for a different reason, to help them balance.
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You know how sometimes if you're walking along the edge of a curb
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and you start to feel like you might lose your balance, you can throw your arms out to the side like this and keep yourself from falling over?
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Well, rats and lots of other animals use their tails in the same way.
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If they're climbing something really high or narrow, where they might fall, they can stretch out their tail to help keep their balance, just like you stretch out your arms.
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Cats use their tails for balance, too, which is really important for them because they jump very high.
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Some animals, like monkeys, can actually use their tails almost like an extra hand.
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A monkey's tail helps them balance, but they can also use it to hang on to the tree branches and swing.
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I know, it would be so much fun!
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It'd be like having a swing set wherever you go.
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So whether they're using their tails to communicate, flick away bugs, or balance, tails are really important for lots of animals.
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And there are plenty of other ways animals use their tails that we haven't even talked about.
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But humans don't have a tail at all, because we don't need one for any of those reasons.
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We have other ways to show what we're thinking or feeling, like by talking, or even just using our faces to smile or frown.
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If bugs bother us, we can swat them away with our hands!
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And since we walk on two legs, we don't need a tail to help us balance.
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We can use our arms for that, like when you're walking on the edge of a curb.
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So even though tails are really helpful for lots of other animals, For us humans, they would mostly just get in the way.
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Thanks for asking such a good question!
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Do you have more questions about animals, or the human body, or anything else?
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Ask a grown-up to help you leave a comment down below, or send us an email to kids at scishow.com.
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Thanks, and we'll see you next time here at the Fort!

이 클립이 좋은 말하기 연습 자료인 이유

동물의 꼬리에 관한 이 비디오는 영상 영어 공부에 최적화된 자료입니다. 일상적인 대화체로 구성되어 있어 IELTS 스피킹이나 일상 회화 연습에 딱 맞고, 질문과 답변 구조가 분명해 이해하기 쉽습니다. 특히 "Why do animals have tails?"라는 주제가 구체적이어서 영어 회화 연습 시 내용을 조직하기 쉽고, 자연스러운 발음과 억양을 배울 수 있습니다.

자연스러운 표현 분석

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실전 연습 루틴

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