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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!

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Этот видеоролик поможет улучшить произношение английского и практику разговорного английского, так как в нем используются естественные разговорные фразы. Вы научитесь распознавать и использовать конструкции для объяснения причин ("the real reason... is that...") и описания функций ("use their tails for..."). Также вы освоите навык выражения эмоций через контекст, что важно для понимания живой речи.

Слушайте эти звуки

В диалоге часто встречается сцепление слов, например: "look what we have here" превращается в [luk wɑt wi hæv hɪr], а "they want to know" — в [ðeɪ wɑn tə noʊ]. Обратите внимание на редукцию "don't" в "we don't need one" — она звучит как [doʊnt], а не [doʊnt] с явным ударением. Также есть слабые формы слов: "for" в "use their tails for balance" произносится как [fər], а "to" в "to help them balance" — как [tə].

Говорите как носитель

Чтобы повторять речь носителя (shadowspeak), обратите внимание на ритм и ударение. В фразах типа "that's such a great question" ударение падает на "such" и "great", а в "dogs wag their tails a lot" — на "wag" и "lot". Следуйте интонации: повышение тона на вопросах ("can you imagine...?") и понижение на утверждениях ("tails are really important"). Практикуйте shadowing английский, повторяя фразы сразу после говорящего, чтобы привыкнуть к естественной скорости и мелодике речи.

Используйте видеоролик для регулярной практики: это поможет вам учить английский по видео эффективно, улучшая как восприятие, так и произношение.

Грамматика в этом видео

Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:

КонструкцияВ видео
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчасyou've seen · haven't talked · haven't even talked
Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предметеsomeone who does · too, which is
Вероятность с «might / may» might/may + глагол — возможно, но не точноmight mean · might lose · might fall
Present Continuous am/is/are + -ing — то, что происходит сейчас или в эти дниyou're walking · they're climbing · they're using

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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