HOPPING AROUND
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Police are used to chasing bad guys around who break the law, but their training never prepared them for this. In Lewisville, Texas police had to hop to it to catch a kangaroo that fled from a veterinarian's yard. Maynard, the red kangaroo, is now safely back at an animal hospital, after his frolicking chase was caught on videotape by a patrol car's camera. Police joined animal control officers after getting a call about a kangaroo dashing around a neighborhood. The animal was bouncing around as people ran after the 3-foot-tall critter. Maynard, who's being treated for a respiratory ailment, was finally cornered and caught. Dr. Kyle Jones says he took Maynard home for the weekend so the animal could graze and run in the vet's back yard. However, the wooden gate in his backyard blew open and Maynard got out. Since no one was hurt, no charges will be filed against Maynard.
Questions
1. What did Maynard go to the veterinary hospital for?
a. A heart condition
b. A respiratory ailment
c. A intestinal ailment
d. An infected foot
2. Where did Maynard escape from?
a. A cage from the veterinary hospital
b. The backyard of one of the veterinarians.
c. His owner’s backyard
d. The back of the truck he was riding in
Key Expressions
“Hop to it” this expression just means to do something very quickly
Ex. We have to leave soon so hop to it.
“Critter” this term describes any kind of animal or insect
Ex. We saw furry little critters running around in his backyard.
Words & Expressions
be used to ~에 익숙해 있다
chase around 쫓아 다니다
break the law 법을 어기다
hop to it 서두르다
flee 달아나다, 도망치다
veterinarian 수의사
frolic 장난치며 놀다, 뛰놀다
patrol car 순찰차
dash around 뛰어 다니다
bounce 펄쩍 뛰다, 뛰어 다니다
critter 동물, 생물, 녀석
respiratory 호흡의
ailment 병
corner ~을 구석으로 몰다
graze 방목하다, 풀을 뜯어 먹다
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