Teacher Milena Flix | #28 - Humans Are A Dog's Best Friend

How do you think dogs see their relatioships with humans? In this video, Gus, the dog, will tell us a little bit about it. All, of course, from his point of view. ORIGINAL VIDEO TRUE OR FALSE: 1. The dog thinks that humans are a dog's best friend. 2. They look healthy and athletic. 3. Gus thinks his human needs a girlfriend. 4. Gus wants to learn how to date like humans. 5. Gus likes to keep things simple when it comes to dating. MATCH: 1. Sometimes I wonder 2. I haven't had a date 3. He spends hours destroying random things 4. I just worry that he could use 5. Part of being a best friend does mean you have a) in a very long time. b) a little extra company. c) what he dreams about d) to run interference when it's needed. e) he found in the garden to present to his date. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT They say that humans are a dog's best friend and I think that's true. Here's my human, he just looks so cute when he sleeps. Sometimes I wonder what he dreams about. We've got a pretty good thing going, for example, he just bought me a stationary car window for my birthday, which was pretty cool - no pun intended. We may not look it, but we're pretty healthy. We eat a balanced diet and we do workout. I take him on smell tours on the neighborhood and he scratches that area that makes me lose control of my body. - Hey Gus , what do you think about that? But sometimes, I just worry that he could use a little extra company. Here's the problem: humans overcomplicate everything. Case in point: - Hey Gus, tonight is very important to me okay? I haven't had a date in a very long time. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... he overthinks it. You chase each other around and then you lick each other's faces, and it's on. Simple. But no. Instead, he spends hours destroying random things he found in the garden to present to his date. Maybe to prove he's a hunter. I don't know... none of that stuff runs away. And it's showtime. -Hey - Hi - Welcome Come on, touch noses! No? Oh and they shake. It's not even an impressive trick, by the way. Now, here's the part that kills me: they're hungry, there's food in front of them and they just blab for hours and then, when they do eat they play this weird game of food golf from these complicated sticks navigating weeds into their mouth holes. - What do you like to do on the weekends? - Uh? Uh-oh... don't say it, don't say it - Taxes Oh you said it! - Really? That?s... - I just do taxes like, all the time. All right. - Oh my god, Gus I love you. - Oh, awesome. Yes, it's true. Part of being a best friend does mean you have to run interference when it's needed. - He's so cool. - Yeah yeah, he's? he?s a good dog. Well, in any case, if anyone out there wants a dinner date with me I keep it simple. Set the table, fill your plates with healthy delicious food and then we eat. We can save the talking for when we're full. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION Dizem que os humanos s�o os melhores amigos de um cachorro e eu acho que isso � verdade. Aqui est� o meu humano, ele � t�o fofo quando est� dormindo. �s vezes eu me pergunto com o que ele sonha.N�s temos uma coisa muito boa acontecendo, por exemplo, ele acabou de me comprar uma janela de carro estacion�ria para o meu anivers�rio, o que foi muito legal (fresco)- sem trocadilhos. Podemos n�o parecer,, mas somos bastante saud�veis. N�s comemos uma dieta equilibrada e nos exercitamos. Eu o levo em passeios de cheiro no bairro e ele co�a aquela �rea que me faz perder o controle do meu corpo. - Ei Gus, o que voc� acha disso? Mas �s vezes, eu s� me preocupo que ele precise de uma companhia extra. Aqui est� o problema: os humanos complicam demais tudo. Caso em quest�o: - Ei Gus, esta noite � muito importante para mim, ok? Eu n�o tenho um encontro h� muito tempo. Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla ... ele pensa demais sobre isso. Voc�s se perseguem e depois lambem o rosto um do outro, e est� ligado/funcionando. Simples. Mas n�o. Em vez disso, ele passa horas destruindo coisas aleat�rias que encontra no jardim para apresentar ao seu encontro. Talvez para provar que ele � um ca�ador. Eu n�o sei ... nada disso foge. E � hora do show. -Ei -Oi - Bem vinda Vamos, toquem os narizes! N�o? Ah e eles apertam as m�os. N�o � nem mesmo um truque impressionante, a prop�sito. Agora, aqui est� a parte que me mata: eles est�o com fome, h� comida na frente deles e eles apenas tagarelam por horas e ent�o, quando eles comem, jogam esse estranho jogo de golfe com comida desses complicados pauzinhos navegando ervas daninhas/folhinhas para seus buracos na boca. - O que voc� gosta nos finais de semana? - Uh ... Uh-oh ... n�o diga, n�o diga - Impostos Ah voc� disse! Mesmo? Isso �... - Eu s� fa�o impostos tipo, o tempo todo. Tudo bem. - Oh meu deus, Gus, eu te amo. Ah, impressionante. Sim, � verdade. Parte de ser um melhor amigo significa que voc� precisa interferir quando necess�rio. - Ele � t�o legal. - Sim sim, ele � ... ele � um bom cachorro. Bem, em qualquer caso, se algu�m a� fora quiser jantar comigo, eu mantenho as coisas simples. Ponha a mesa, encha seus pratos com comida saud�vel e deliciosa ??e depois comemos. N�s podemos guardar a conversa para quando estivermos cheios. ---------------------------------------------------- VOCABULARY: TO WONDER - se perguntar STATIONARY - estacion�rio/a PUN - trocadilho TO SCRATCHE - co�ar COULD USE - maneira sutil de dizer que precisa, seria bom, seria �til (I could use a glass of water) TO OVERCOMPLICATE - complicar demais TO OVERTHINK- pensar demais CASE IN POINT - ?caso em quest�o? (ao apresentar o caso) TO CHASE - perseguir TO LICK - lamber RANDOM - aleat�rio TRICK - truque TO BLAB - tagarelar WEEDS - matinho, ervas (daninhas), aquilo que costumamos retirar quando fazemos manuten��o do jardim. [Inf. maconha] TO RUN INTERFERENCE - interferir atraindo a aten��o para voc�, com inten��o de proteger ou ajudar algu�m TO KEEP IT/THINGS SIMPLE - manter/ deixar as coisas simples. ----------------------------------------------------- 3. FILL IN THE GAPS: They say that humans are a dog's 1._______ friend and I think that's true. Here's my human, he just looks so cute when he sleeps. Sometimes I wonder what he 2._____ about. We've got a pretty good thing going, for example, he just bought me a stationary car window for my birthday, which was pretty cool - no pun 3._______. We may not look it, but we're pretty healthy. We eat a balanced 4._________ and we do workout. I take him on smell tours on the neighborhood and he scratches that area that makes me lose control of my body . - Hey Gus , what do you think about that? But sometimes, I just worry that he could use a little extra company. Here's the problem: humans overcomplicate everything. Case in 5.______: - Hey Gus, tonight is very important to me okay? I haven't had a date in a very 6.____ time. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... he overthinks it. You chase each other around and then you lick each other's faces, and it's on. Simple. But no. Instead, he spends hours destroying random things he found in the garden to present to his date. Maybe to prove he's a hunter. I don't know... none of that stuff runs away. And it's showtime. -Hey - Hi - Welcome Come on, touch noses! No? Oh and they shake. It's 7.____ even an impressive trick, by the way. Now, here's the part that kills me: they're hungry, there's food in front of them and they just blab for hours and then, when they do eat, they play this weird game of food golf from these complicated sticks navigating weeds into their mouth holes. - What do you 8.____ to do on the weekends? - Uh? Uh-oh... don't say it, don't say it - Taxes Oh you said it! - Really? That?s... - I just do taxes like, 9.____the time. All right. - Oh my god, Gus I love you. - Oh, awesome. Yes, it's true. Part of 10.____ a best friend does mean you have to run interference when it's needed. - He's so cool. - Yeah yeah, he's? he?s a good dog. Well, in any case, if anyone out there wants a dinner date with me I keep it simple. Set the table, fill your plates with healthy delicious food and then we eat. We can save the talking for when we're full. -------------------------------------------------------------------------

ANSWERS:

1. TRUE OR FALSE: 1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T 2. MATCH: 1.c 2.a 3.e 4.b 5.d 3. FILL IN THE GAPS: 1.best 2.dreams 3.intended 4.diet 5.point 6.long 7.not 8.like 9.all 10.being ------------------------------------------------ See you next class ;)