BACKGROUND
I've heard about people washing their pets in the bath.
I've even heard stories about people trying to wash their pets in washing machines.
However, until today, I'd never heard of anyone trying to wash their pet in the toilet...
DISCUSS
1. Do you know any funny stories about children and animals?
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1. Why did the little boy put the dog in the toilet?
2. How was the dog rescued?
3. Why is the puppy named "dyno"
4. At the end, why does the reporter compare the puppy to a cat?
WATCH THE VIDEO
LANGUAGE
newborn = a child or animal that has just been born
cage = a kind of wire box in which animals can be kept
flush = you do this to the toilet to make the water go down
drains = pipes that carry waste water away
ending up = arriving somewhere you didn't plan to be
"cue" = something you say when sth is about to happen
plumber = a person whose job is to repair water pipes, toilets, etc
manhole = a covered hole in the road used to access underground pipes, cables, etc
monitor (n) = a kind of display (like a TV or computer screen)
fire crews = teams of firefighters
sewage pipe = a pipe that carries away waste water (like a drain)
astonishing, incredible = extremely surprising; amazing
mild = not too serious
hypothermia = a dangerous physical condition caused by extreme cold
scratch = a mark, like a line, made by a sharp object
not a scratch on him = not hurt at all
good intentions = meaning to do good things
What the plumber says...
"My boss phoned me up telling me there's a dog stuck down a drain ... it's been flushed down the toilet by a toddler. I didn't believe him at first; I thought he was winding me up"
"He was a bit distressed, obviously. No-one would like to get prodded with a camera"
toddler = a very young child
winding sb up = playing a joke on sb
distressed = very upset
prodded = quickly pushed (with something like a finger or pointed object)
RSPCA (the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) - a well-known charity in the UK that protects animals from cruel treatment. There is a similar organization in the USA called the ASPCA
Characters in the story:
Daniel = the little boy
Will = the plumber
Dyno = the puppy
Posts
6 comments:
Poor dog!!
But, luckily it's alive!
I've heard of people putting fish down the toilet before, but never a dog!
==putting fish down the toilet before== alive fish ?
It reminds me, I've made my ex colleague's fish fall into the pipe of sink, when I changed the water for her fish tank...
my cousin took a trip and ask for my uncle's help to take care his fish, but my uncle drunk and then put the beer in the fish tank . . so . . all fish was gone . . .
Michelle
The moral of your story, I suppose, is don't ask drunk relatives to take care of your pets.
Don't ask Yvette, either! (Fish down the sink...)
hello,
Will we still have news read & listen in the future?
yvette
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