Hi and welcome to this English Listening Video with me, Jessica Ojeda! In this video lesson I speak about my recent terrifying experience I had with a three-foot rattlesnake and my dogs. Luckily, nobody was hurt…not me, not my dogs, and not the snake.
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Grammar
MUST for DEDUCTION!
- The stick didn’t move. It must be a stick and not a snake.
- You must be tired! You’ve been working nonstop since six this morning.
- Mama didn’t look angry. She must not know you broke her favorite bowl.
Vocabulary
rattlesnake = serpiente de cascabel
- We came across a rattlesnake on the road.
- Rattlesnakes are venomous and deadly.
like this = así
- Snake always cross the road like this.
- My mother sweeps the floor like this.
- I like to eat my cereal like this.
to look like = paracerse a
- The snake looked like a stick in the road.
- I don’t look much like my daddy. Everyone has always told me I look like my Aunt Jules.
- You look like a gypsy with all that makeup on!
to be in the clear = estar fuera de peligro
- We were in the clear once we passed the snake.
antivenom = antisuero
- If you get bit by a poisonous snake you must be treated with antivenom.
- There isn’t an antivenom to save the dogs if they get bit though. It’s just for humans.
slowpoke = antisuero, tortuga
- Jill is the slowpoke in the bunch. She’s always last.
- I bet you have a slowpoke in your family. The slowpoke is the person everyone always seems to be waiting on.
to run into = encontrarse con
- I don’t like running into snakes.
- I’d much rather run into an old friend.
to her someone’s feelings = herir los sentimientos de alguien
- I didn’t like yelling at Jill. I knew I hurt her feelings.
to behave = portarse
- My dogs behaved well when we came upon the snake.
- However, had they seen the snake, I don’t think they would have behaved so well.
to figure = suponer
- I figured the snake would be gone when I got back.
wildlife = vida salvaje
- There’s a lot of wildlife in Alabama.
- Do you have a variety of wildlife where you live?
- Costa Rica has some of the most interesting wildlife in its jungles.
Pronunciation
’em = them
THEM is often shortened to ‘EM when speaking.
- The snake might bite ’em.
- Don’t tell ’em the truth!