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What happens when an elephant wants to eat your crops? How can you stop it?

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Vocabulary

rub shoulders (with)
meet someone and spend time with them

human-wildlife conflict
encounters between humans and wildlife leading to negative results, either for people (such as loss of crops or livelihood), or for animals (including killing or endangering their species)

  • endanger : 위험에 빠뜨리다, 위태롭게 만들다.

raid
suddenly attack a place and steal from it

  • raid : 습격, 급습하다.

national park
large area of a country which is protected by the government because of its natural beauty, plants, or animals and which the public can usually visit

a way of life
activity that has become a common and regular event in the lives of a person or community, rather than something that happens only occasionally

  • 일상 생활 방식

spell trouble
suggest that there may be problems in the future

  • 말썽을 일으키다. -> 나중에 문제가 있을지도 모르는 그런 늬앙스

In Talk

Beth Of course,rubbing shoulders with animals - spending time with them – is amazing. But imagine a hungry African elephant stumbling into your garden, and eating your prize vegetables! How would you stop it? It sounds unlikely, but that’s exactly the problem faced by farmers in Africa.

  • It sounds unlikely : 그럴 것 같지 않다.

Neil
Yes, as human populations increase while natural habitats decline, people and animals are increasingly being forced to compete for space. Wild animals can endanger humans when they break into their farms for food or water. And people might be forced to attack or even kill these animals to defend their homes.

  • habitat : 서식지

Beth This situation, known as human-wildlife conflict, is becoming more frequent. But in this programme we’ll be hearing about ingenious farmers in Kenya who are keeping their food safe from hungry wild animals. And, as usual, we’ll be learning some useful new vocabulary.

  • ingenious : 기발한

Victor Ndombi So, they come from those private ranches, national parks and they come to this community. They are looking for where there is green pasture, so they come to this community where we have these nutritious foods… you know elephants love maize, beans, and that is the crop that farmers actually farm… so they come and eat those crops here, and also looking for water.

  • ranch : 목장
  • pasture : 초원
  • maize : 옥수수

Neil These crop raids have become more frequent because elephants are desperate to find water, and because the park lacks money to fix broken fences which keep wild animals out. Victor says the raids have become a way of life, an activity that has become a regular thing in people’s lives, rather than something that happens only occasionally.

  • desperate : 될대로 되라는, 필사적인(극단적인)

Beth That’s no problem if it’s a fox in your rubbish bin, but African elephants are as big as six cars on top of each other, and this spells trouble for the farmers. If something spells trouble, it suggest that there may be problems in the future.

Beth Victor’s team install beehive fences to protect farmers’ crops. Real bees work best, but even a recording of bees angrily buzzing is enough to keep the elephants away. Better yet, the bees also pollinate plants, and even produce honey. It’s good news for the farmer, but I have to feel a little sorry for the elephants…

  • angrily : 성난 (불같이)
  • Better yet : 아니면
  • pollinate : 수분하다.

Beth If you rub shoulders with someone, you meet them and spend time together.

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