F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [S]

Would you ever take your nephew to the circus? Why or why not? What would you rather do instead? Try to include a story about when you went you went to the zoo.

Try to use some of the vocabulary below: pain, painful, hurt, torture, cruel, fierce, docile, lion tamer, ring master.

What do you think about the circus? Try to tell a past experience to explain your answer.
Also try to use these words: pain, painful, hurt, and torture. 

When I was a child, my parents took me to the downtown to see a circus performance. It was my first time to see the animals in the circus. I remembered there was a tiger. In my imagination the tiger should be fierce but this tiger was mild like a cat. It’s really different from my reading from the storybook. So, I asked my mother why the tiger is not like the tiger? My mother told me that the circus people torture it and the tiger obey the people. I think it was not a good thing for animals they lose their natural instincts. My mother told me that they service for the people. But we don’t pay for the animals we just pay for the circus.

The elephants had to walk over some people.

It was no fair for animals. For a long time, the animals are in pain. The people hurt them. I don’t think they like it. And also, I don’t like clowns. I think their face like a crying face and horrible. Anyway, I don’t like anything in the circus.

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When I was a child, my parents took me (to) downtown to see a circus show/performance. It was my first time to see wild animals in the circus. I remember there was a tiger. In my imagination, tigers should be fierce but this tiger was docile like a cat. It was really different from the storybooks I had read. So, I asked my mother, “Why is the tiger not like the tiger I have read about from the storybooks?” My mother told me that the ringmaster, performers and lion tamers torture it and the tiger obeys them. Also, the elephants had to step over some people.

I think it was cruel to animals because they lose their natural instincts. My mother told me the animals serve the people. But we don’t pay the animals we just pay the circus.

It was not fair for the animals. The life of a circus animal is in constant pain. Day after day, show after show, the people hurt them. I don’t think animals like it. And also to this day, I don’t like clowns. I think their faces seem like sad and horrible faces. Anyway, I don’t like anything in the circus.

Vocabulary

cruel adj. – extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or animals intentionally

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fierce adj. – physically violent and  frightening / strong and powerful / full of energy

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The elephants had to walk or step over across some people.

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docile ( saw – sai ull ) adj. – quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control

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