【大家說英語】可愛的水豚 Cute Capybaras - 202605

Added: 2026-05-08

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[00:00:34]>> Hello everyone. My name is Garrett >> and my name is Maria >> and you're watching Let's Talk in English where friends today we have an lesson all about animals.

[00:00:46]>> And that animal is the capabara. The title of our lesson is cute capibaras.

[00:00:53]>> All right. If this is an animal you have never heard of before, that's okay.

[00:00:58]We're going to talk all about them. They have been quite popular in recent years.

[00:01:04]>> They have. There are different stuffed animals, which is in the shape of a capabara. And there are also little keychains that people will hang on their bags or purses.

[00:01:16]>> Yeah. You might even see live ones around you or even at the zoo. Either way, they're interesting animals to learn about.

[00:01:26]>> They are. Well, we have a lot to learn about them, so let's get into our reading right now.

[00:01:34]>> Capabaras are fun animals. They are quiet, friendly, and very cute. They are also very big. They can weigh 150 lbs.

[00:01:47]They live near rivers and lakes in South America. They can swim very well. They can also run pretty fast. Capabaras eat grass and other plants. Sometimes they sit in the water. It keeps them cool.

[00:02:06]People watch videos of cute capabaras.

[00:02:10]They see them in zoos, too.

[00:02:14]>> Thank you, Garrett. Well, capabaras sound like fun animals, and it sounds like they can do a lot of things, like swim. And they're very big, too.

[00:02:24]>> They sure are. Well, friends, we can do a lot of things as well, like find the answer to our find it question. Today's question is, what do capabaras eat?

[00:02:38]>> What do capabaras eat? Friends, remember that the answer to that question will be in our conversation. So, keep that question in mind as we go through our lesson. All right, it is time for us to get started now. Let's go over to Jack.

[00:02:55]He's going to teach us today's keywords.

[00:03:02]I'm going to the zoo.

[00:03:11]It's a very cute animal.

[00:03:17]Zack, is it friendly?

[00:03:26]Friendly.

[00:03:34]Coparas live near rivers and lakes in South America.

[00:03:47]Copy borrowers weigh about 150 pounds.

[00:04:01]Are you going?

[00:04:03]>> I'm going to the zoo. They have a new animal.

[00:04:07]>> Fun. I love the zoo. What's the new animal?

[00:04:11]>> It's a capy bar. The zoo has several of them.

[00:04:16]>> Great. Uh, what's a capiara?

[00:04:20]>> It's a very cute animal. Here's a picture.

[00:04:25]>> It is very cute. Is it friendly?

[00:04:28]>> Yes.

[00:04:31]All right. Today's conversation is between Betty and Zach. And it looks like Betty is on her way to somewhere, >> right? Zach wants to know where. He asks, "Where are you going?" Well, we learned that Betty is going to the zoo.

[00:04:50]>> And the zoo is a place where you can go and see a lot of different animals.

[00:04:56]Betty is going to the zoo because they have a new animal. Oh, that's always fun. I do love visiting zoos. It's always fun to see animals that you wouldn't normally see just in your neighborhood.

[00:05:11]>> Yes. In your neighborhood, you would see animals like dogs and cats. But at the zoo, you can see lions and tigers, elephants, and many more.

[00:05:21]>> Absolutely. Zoos are great. You might feel bad for the animals since they're in those well smaller spaces and not out in the wild, but zoos are great for caring for these animals when they're sick or when they're about to disappear out in the wild.

[00:05:41]>> That is a good point. Well, Betty is going to see a new animal, and Zach wants to know what's the new animal.

[00:05:50]>> Well, we learn it's a capabara. The zoo has several of them.

[00:05:56]>> Let's talk about the capabara. Here's a picture of it. It looks a little bit like a beaver. A beaver also swims in the water, but it's not a beaver.

[00:06:09]>> No, capabaras are not beavers. They are pretty big animals and you can see them in many zoos. Zach doesn't know too much about them. He asks Betty, "What's a capabara?"

[00:06:24]>> Here, Betty explains. She says, "It's a very cute animal." And she shows him a picture because, of course, pictures can show a lot more than words can. Betty describes it as cute, which makes you want to pet it or cuddle it and hug it.

[00:06:43]Yeah, we describe things as cute when we see them as small but goodlooking or maybe cute animals have little actions that are kind of funny.

[00:06:55]>> Yes. Well, Zach looks at the picture and he says it is very cute. So maybe it was a small capabara, maybe smaller than the one we just saw. And then he asks a question.

[00:07:09]>> Is it friendly? something or someone that is friendly is nice to be around.

[00:07:16]Maybe they say nice things and they're not mean.

[00:07:20]>> Is it friendly? Well, we will find that out in a second. But first, is it friendly is today's >> calendar phrase.

[00:07:32]>> Is it friendly?

[00:07:33]>> Is it friendly?

[00:07:38]>> This is my dog. Oh, is it friendly?

[00:07:43]>> Isn't she cute?

[00:07:44]>> Is it friendly?

[00:07:46]>> Isn't she sweet?

[00:07:48]>> Is it friendly?

[00:07:50]>> Yes, she's very friendly.

[00:07:53]>> A Oh, hey. Your dog isn't friendly.

[00:07:58]>> She is to me. Good girl.

[00:08:04]>> Is it friendly?

[00:08:06]>> Is it friendly?

[00:08:10]Thanks for that great calendar phrase, guys. Well, is it friendly? Is the capabara friendly? Let's talk a little bit about the word friendly. Notice it has an L Y at the end, but friendly describes something. It's not describing an action. Jack, can you tell us more about this word?

[00:08:37]Is it friendly?

[00:08:39]Friendly, lovely, lonely, ugly, silly, chilly.

[00:09:02]Sarah's cat is very friendly. Sarah Anna has a lovely smile.

[00:09:14]Simon felt lonely at the new school.

[00:09:23]Thank you, Jack. Well, is it friendly?

[00:09:26]And of course, Zach is asking about the capabara. If an animal is friendly, will it bite people? Garrett, >> I sure hope not. I can think of animals that aren't friendly, like geese. Those often bite people.

[00:09:42]>> Yes. And some small dogs who are afraid of people, maybe they might growl at people and maybe even bite them. Well, that's not being friendly. Friendly animals will let you pet them and feed them, things like that, >> right? And capabaras are friendly.

[00:10:02]That's what Betty tells Zach. So, they're easy to be around.

[00:10:06]>> They are. And I heard Garrett that some countries have capabara cafes. So, it sounds like they are very friendly animals.

[00:10:15]>> Wow, that sounds like fun. Well, we're not done with our lesson quite yet, friends. But right now, it's time to take a quick break. We'll be right back just after this.

[00:10:35]Let's talk in English 10 minutes.

[00:10:43]>> Welcome back to the show, friends. Have you seen a capabara at a zoo before?

[00:10:49]>> H I think I have. I've also seen them at people's houses. Some people have them as pets these days.

[00:10:56]>> Wow. I have not seen that before, but we do know that capabaras are friendly. So, it sounds like they would make a good pet.

[00:11:06]>> I think so, too. Friends, we have more to learn about them. So, let's keep watching our conversation right now.

[00:11:15]Tell me more about capy baras.

[00:11:18]>> Capiaras live near rivers and lakes in South America.

[00:11:22]>> So, they like water. Yes, they swim well.

[00:11:27]>> They look pretty big.

[00:11:30]>> They are. Cappy baras weigh about 150 lbs.

[00:11:36]>> Wow. What do they eat?

[00:11:39]>> Grass and other plants.

[00:11:41]>> How do you know about them?

[00:11:43]>> I watch videos of them for fun.

[00:11:49]>> All right, there is a lot more to learn about capabaras. Zach wants to learn more. So he says to Betty, "Tell me more about capabaras."

[00:12:01]>> She says, "Capabaras live near rivers and lakes in South America." I have heard that that's where they're from.

[00:12:10]>> Yes, they live near rivers and lakes.

[00:12:14]So, we know that they like the water. Of course, rivers are the water that keeps flowing and it flows out of an ocean or into an ocean. And lakes, well, they don't go anywhere. They're just big bodies of water.

[00:12:30]>> Yes, for the most part. So, these capabaras like to be near the water.

[00:12:36]That word near just means close to. And South America is that big piece of land that when you're looking at a map, North America or the USA is at the top and South America is further down, >> right? And there is lots of water there for the capabaras to play around. They like water a lot. And there is one thing they can do in there and that is to go swimming.

[00:13:04]>> Yes. And they swim well. Hm. I'd like to picture a capabara swimming in a river or lake. Here we see that they swim well. And Jack also does really well explaining these words to us.

[00:13:25]They swim well.

[00:13:30]Swim well.

[00:13:34]Colin plays the piano. Well, Peter did well on the test.

[00:13:45]Well, Eva wasn't well yesterday.

[00:13:57]Are you well enough to go to school today?

[00:14:03]Huh.

[00:14:06]>> Thank you, Jack. Well, we know learned another thing about capabaras, and it's that they swim well. And of course, they like to live near rivers and lakes.

[00:14:18]>> All right. So, it's important that they can swim well. Even though they're pretty big animals, sometimes if you're a big animal, it can be hard to do things like swim.

[00:14:29]>> Yes, that is true. because you have to float or stay at the top of the water.

[00:14:35]Well, do you want to know how much capabaras weigh, Garrett?

[00:14:39]>> Ooh. Is it 20 lb?

[00:14:42]>> No, even more than that. Capabaras, they weigh about 150 lb. And weigh just means how much their weight is, how heavy they are, >> right? You can weigh things, put them on a scale, and you'll get a number like how many pounds it is. That's the number that we use in the United States. In other places around the world, it's more popular to say kilograms.

[00:15:13]>> That is true. Well, capabaras do weigh a lot. They are pretty big. And now Zach wants to know what they eat.

[00:15:22]>> What do they eat, friends? That leads us to our find it question. What do capabaras eat?

[00:15:30]>> And the answer is they eat grass and other plants. That is what the capabaras eat. Grass and other plants.

[00:15:39]>> Well, there sure is plenty of that all around them for them to eat. And Zach wants to know how Betty knows so much about capabaras.

[00:15:49]>> Yeah, she answered his questions. And Betty says, "I watch videos of them for fun."

[00:15:57]>> You know, I I know that a lot of people like to do this. There are a lot of silly or cute videos of capabaras on the internet.

[00:16:06]>> Yes. And so they will search the word capabara, maybe funny videos or cute capabaras, and you can find a lot of videos of them like Betty did.

[00:16:19]>> Yeah. where you can find a video with a lot of information. That way you can learn about capabaras and many other things.

[00:16:28]>> Yes, you can learn about what they eat, what they like to do, where they live, and what they are good at doing.

[00:16:37]>> Well, this was a fun lesson. I think I'll be looking up some of those videos later. and friends. Hopefully you can hear some of our key words in those videos. Let's review them together now.

[00:16:53]Here is your first key word.

[00:16:56]Friendly.

[00:16:58]Friendly.

[00:17:00]Maria is very friendly.

[00:17:04]>> Cute.

[00:17:06]Cute. Heather's dog is really cute.

[00:17:13]Weigh.

[00:17:14]Weigh.

[00:17:16]How much does this box weigh?

[00:17:21]>> Near.

[00:17:23]Near. The school is near my house.

[00:17:29]Zoo.

[00:17:31]Zoo.

[00:17:33]I saw elephants in the zoo.

[00:17:37]Friends, those are today's keywords. Be sure to use them today. You are doing great.

[00:17:43]>> And now it's time for us to watch our lesson again one more time.

[00:17:51]>> Hi Betty. Where are you going?

[00:17:53]>> I'm going to the zoo. They have a new animal.

[00:17:58]>> Fun. I love the zoo. What's the new animal?

[00:18:02]>> It's a capy barara. The zoo has several of them.

[00:18:06]>> Great. Uh what's a capiara? It's a very cute animal. Here's a picture.

[00:18:16]>> It is very cute. Is it friendly?

[00:18:19]>> Yes.

[00:18:21]>> Tell me more about capy baras.

[00:18:23]>> Capiaras live near rivers and lakes in South America.

[00:18:28]>> So they like water.

[00:18:30]>> Yes, they swim well.

[00:18:33]>> They look pretty big.

[00:18:35]>> They are. Cappy baras weigh about 150 lbs.

[00:18:41]>> Wow. What do they eat?

[00:18:44]>> Grass and other plants.

[00:18:47]>> How do you know about them?

[00:18:49]>> I watch videos of them for fun.

[00:18:58]>> Hi friends, welcome back to Chitchat.

[00:19:01]>> I'm Ivy. That's Zach. And today we talked about >> cappy baras. They are my new favorite animal. I learned about them from Betty.

[00:19:12]>> You didn't know about capy baras?

[00:19:15]>> Nope. But my kids knew all about them.

[00:19:18]Today we read a book about a capy bar.

[00:19:22]>> What is the book called?

[00:19:23]>> It's called Cappy Boppy. It's about a family that gets a capy bar.

[00:19:28]>> Capiaras can swim well, right?

[00:19:31]>> Yes. They eat plants and love to relax.

[00:19:34]>> I sometimes eat plants and love to relax. Maybe I should get a cabbie bar, too.

[00:19:40]>> You should.

[00:19:40]>> I I was just kidding.

[00:19:42]>> Oh, well, friends, tomorrow we will learn more about this amazing animal.

[00:19:48]See you next time >> on Chitchat. Bye.

[00:19:58]>> Hello everyone. I'm teacher Eva >> and I'm mix it up Mikey.

[00:20:04]>> You have a crazy name >> and I play a crazy game. I mix up letters in words >> and we try to guess the words. So, let's get started.

[00:20:16]>> Okay. Today we're talking about Cappy Baras.

[00:20:21]>> H Cappy bars.

[00:20:25]C A P Y B A R A S. Yeah. Let me think. B A S P A R. This is too hard.

[00:20:39]>> No, it's too easy.

[00:20:42]>> Too easy.

[00:20:43]>> Yeah. The word is Cappy baras. I tricked you. I didn't mix up the letters this time.

[00:20:51]>> Very funny. So, tell me about Cappy bars. They are fun animals and they are very TQ.

[00:21:00]>> T E C U. That's easy. They are very cute.

[00:21:05]>> That's right. They are also very endurer.

[00:21:10]>> Ander.

[00:21:12]H E N D L Y F I R.

[00:21:17]>> Yes. And they are very kind animals.

[00:21:21]>> Oh, they are very friendly.

[00:21:24]>> Yeah. And very very big.

[00:21:27]>> Big how big?

[00:21:29]>> They highwig about 150 lbs.

[00:21:34]>> H I W E G. They weigh about 150 lbs.

[00:21:40]>> Yeah.

[00:21:42]>> So where do cappy bars live?

[00:21:45]>> Some live near the rivers.

[00:21:47]>> Interesting.

[00:21:48]>> But some live at the ozone.

[00:21:52]O zo.

[00:21:54]Oh, they live at the zoo.

[00:21:56]>> Yeah. Hey, let's go to the zoo and see the Cathy Baras.

[00:22:01]>> Good idea. Are you sure they're friendly?

[00:22:04]>> I hope so.

[00:22:08]>> Wow. Today we learned about the different things that a capy bar can do and where it's from. It's from South America, >> right? We learned that they love water.

[00:22:20]Friends, do you like to go swimming?

[00:22:23]Well, capabaras do and they're very good at it.

[00:22:27]>> They are. And that's good for them because there are a lot of rivers and lakes in South America and many other animals there as well.

[00:22:38]>> Right. So friends, what do you think? Do you want to get a capabara as a pet or maybe you just want to look up some cute capabara videos online? Yes, they are friendly, but not many people have them as a pet. I wonder if it's because they're very expensive or because they're so big, they eat a lot.

[00:23:01]>> Yeah, they might not be the easiest animals to have as a pet. Well, friends, thanks for learning with us today. We have plenty more to learn, so make sure to join us again tomorrow right here on >> Let's Talk in English.

[00:23:16]>> Goodbye.

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