The Weekend - Farm Animals (C0185)

A:

Isn't this great? I always wanted to own a farm, live out in the country, grow my own food!

B:

This is very beautiful. Though I have to confess, I don't know the first thing about farming!

A:

That's fine! Don't worry about it!

B:

What was that?

A:

Relax, it was just a goat!

B:

And that?

A:

It's just the cows that are grazing over there. We can milk them later.

B:

What was that?

A:

Honey, seriously, It's just a sheep. Relax!

A:

Relax, that was just the horses and donkeys that are in the stable .

B:

You know what? I don't think I can hack it here out in the countryside. I'm going back to the city!

Key Vocabulary

country

rural areas

graze

to feed in a meadow or pasture

milk

get the milk from a cow

don't know the first thing about

know little about

stable

a building for the shelter and feeding of domestic animals, especially horses and cattle

hack it

be able to manage or manage successfully

Supplementary Vocabulary

stall

a compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed

pig sty

a pen or enclosure for pigs; pigpen

pen

a small enclosure for domestic animals

chicken coop

an enclosure or cage for chickens

herd

a group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together

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