화상 영어 복습 with Gemini on June 24th

This time, we talked about pets-especially dogs, cats,and guppies.

we focused on pets, particularly dogs, cats, and guppies.

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• complacent : 안주하는, 안일한
  • e.g., She is too complacent to train her dog properly.
  • e.g., She is too complacent to raise her dog properly, so he remains untrained.
• high maintenance 세심한 관리가 필요한
  • maintaenance 유지, 생활비
  • e.g., Living with a dog is high maintenance. It requires training, walking, and vaccinations.
• groggy : 정신이 혼미한, 몸을 가누지 못하는
• alert : 기민한, 경계하는
  • e.g., Dobermans and German Shepherds are alert dogs.
• burglar : 절도범
  • e.g., Golden Retriever usually welcome burglars who break into a house.
• high breed cat : 품종묘 <-> mixed breed cat : 믹스묘
  • purebred cat 품종묘
  • e.g., I'm not a big fan of purebred cats, which are often weak, so I'm considering adopting a mixed breed cat.
    • consider -ing 
• calico cat : 삼색 고양이
  • I love calico cats. They symbolize good lucky, so some restaurants put a calico cat doll on their counter.
  • They are believed to bring good luck, so some restaurants place a calico cat figurine on their counters.
    • figurine 장식용 작은 조각상 <- 피규어가 여기서 나온 말인듯 
• A female cat is called 'Queen' and a male cat is called 'Tom'.
• snob : 고상한 체 하는 사람, 잘난 체하는 사람
  • e.g., My friend doesn't like cats because she thinks they are snobbish.
• guppy : 구피(열대어)
  • I'm raising five black guppies.
• cannibalism : the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. 같은 종을 먹는 것
  • Guppies are tropical fish that practice cannibalism.
  • 물고기 fish는 단수와 복수 형태가 같습니다. 여러 종류의 물고기(예: 연어, 참치, 고등어 등 다른 종들)를 통틀어 말할 때만 fishes를 쓰고, 구피 여러 마리 같은 동일한 종의 복수형은 그냥 fish로 씁니다.
• aquatic plant / water plant 수초
  • My guppies ate a lot of aquatic plants, so only a few water plants survived.
  • plant는 셀 수 있는 명사이므로 much 대신 a lot of나 many를 쓰고 복수형(plants)으로 만들어야 합니다.
• My dream is to raise a black cat with pumpkin eyes.
  • 내 꿈은 '~하는 것이다'라고 미래의 소망을 말할 때는 명사구인 raising보다 to raise를 쓰는 것이 조금 더 자연스럽습니다.