2/8 Animal Fur Products

DIALOG>> Is that a real mink coat?

Is that a real mink coat?

I'm against animal cruelty.

It's faux fur?

It's a lot more hamane than getting the real thing.


RESPONSE>> Talk about the controversy over animal fur products.

Fur is a very controversial fashion item.
* fur product: 모피 제품
ex> That's a very controversial debate topic.

Some common types of fur are from the minks, foxes, rabbits, or sables.
* sable [^|seɪbl]: 흑담비, 족제비

There's no doubt that fur is fashionable, posh, and incredibly warm.
* posh [pɑ́ʃ]: 우아한, luxurious, exclusive, high-class
ex> There's no doubt that she's one of the best in the field.
ex> His coat was very fashionable.

Because fur is expensive, it is often seen as a status symbol.
* status symbol: 사회적 신분의 상징
ex> Luxury goods are bought to show one's status symbol.

The process of skinning these poor animals is very inhumane.
* inhumane: 비인간적인, 열악한
ex> I don't support inhumane treatment to animals.
ex> The living conditions in that country are very inhumane.

In extreme cases, some animals are hung and skinned alive!
* skin alive: 산 채로 털을 벗기다
ex> These poor foxes were skinned alive.

This is why animal rights groups are dead set against wearing fur.
* be dead set against: 극도로 반대하다
ex> Animal rights groups are dead set against animal experiments.

They wage protests in various ways and constantly push for people to wear faux fur.
* wage a protest: 반대 운동을 펼치다, = put into an action, stage
* faux fur [foʊ] [f3:(r)]: 인조 모피


@ I maxed out on my credit card.  신용카드 한도가 초과됐어.
I went on a shopping spree. I guess I went a little overboard.
* shopping spree: 물건을 왕창 사들임 (= buying spree)
* go overboard: 잔뜩 열중하다, 열광하다.
ex> Don't go overboard on fitness.

1. Driving an expensive car is seen as a status symbol.
2. I'm dead set against the inhumane treatment of animals.
3. He is known to be extremely fashionable.
4. Animal rights groups wage protests animal abuse.