BBC Learning English 6 minutes English - Should animals be kept in zoos? (2025.05.08)
내용 요약
동물원의 존재를 두고 찬반 양론(장단점) 비교.
동물원 찬성파는 동물원이 교육에 도움이 되고, 멸종 위기종을 보호하는데 지출한다고 말함.
반대파는 동물원이 자연을 그대로 모방할 수 없으므로 동물이 스트레스를 받아 이상행동(zoochosis)을 벌인다고 말함.
단어
reluctant
not willing, and therefore hesitant, to do something
it takes two to tango
(idiom) used to emphasise that an activity needs two people who are willing to be actively involved for it to succeed
zoochosis
repeated, purposeless behaviour performed by captive animals in response to the stress of being confined, including pacing, head-bobbing and swaying
notorious
well-known or famous especially for something bad
solitary
without anyone or anything else, not involving or including anyone or anything else
문장구조
A second point is that zoos often invest in research programmes that help endangered animals. Now as we know, pandas are notoriously reluctant to mate: the female pandas have a narrow window of fertility, they're solitary creatures and it takes two to tango when it comes to reproduction. But a lot of money in zoos – it goes to, sort of, find ways to encourage these animals to mate.
- sort of: '약간', '뭐랄까'의 느낌으로 회화에서 사용. kind of도 비슷