China is famous for its wide variety of animal life—none more so than the giant panda which has become world renowned. Zoos and wildlife parks are popular attractions so it’s well worth learning to talk in Mandarin Chinese about visiting one and speaking about the various animals you night see there. You never know you might get to see a giant panda too and have your photograph taken near one!
In this Podcast, you will learn:
(i) How to talk about visiting a zoo to see the animals
(ii) To tell someone which type of animal you like the best
Dialogue:
A boyfriend and girlfriend are at the zoo:
（在动物园）
(zài dòngwùyuán)
(at the zoo)
A:为什么这次约会你要约在动物园啊？
A: Wèi shén me zhè cì yuē huì nǐ yào yuē zài dòng wù yuán a?
Why did you pick the zoo for this date?
B:你不知道吧，熊猫馆这几天有一个新生的熊猫宝宝！你不是最喜欢熊猫么？
B: Nǐ bù zhī dào ba, xióng māo guǎn zhè jǐ tiān yǒu yī gè xīn shēng de xióng māo bǎo bǎo! Nǐ bù shì zuì xǐ huān xióng māo me?
You don’t know, huh? The panda house has a new-born panda baby. Don’t you really like the giant panda?
A:哇，真的么？一定很可爱，那我们先去熊猫馆吧。
A: Wa, zhēn de me? Yī dìng hěn kě’ài, nà wǒ men xiān qù xióng māo guǎn ba.
Wow, for real? Must be adorable. Let’s go to the panda house first.
B:没问题。那看完熊猫你还想去看什么动物？
B: Méi wèn tí. Nà kàn wán xióng māo nǐ hái xiǎng qù kàn shén me dòng wù?
No problem. What animals do you want to see after the panda?
A:我想先看狮子，老虎，猴子，长颈鹿和鳄鱼吧。
A: Wǒ xiǎng xiān kàn shī zi, lǎo hǔ, hóu zi, cháng jǐng lù hé è yú ba.
I want to see lions, tigers, monkeys, giraffes and crocodiles.
B:好的，那我看看地图，嗯，熊猫馆往这边走。
B: Hǎo de, nà wǒ kàn kàn dì tú, en, xióng māo guǎn wǎng zhè biān zǒu.
Okay, let me take a look at the map. The panda house is this way.
Chinese words and phrases mentioned in this Podcast:
动物园：zoo
（大）熊猫：(giant) panda
约会：date
熊猫馆：panda house, the house where the panda lives
馆：a hall, a house
这几天：these days
新生：new-born
宝宝：baby
最喜欢：favourite
可爱：adorable
先：first
还想：want to
动物：animal
狮子：lion
老虎：tiger
猴子：monkey
长颈鹿：giraffe
鳄鱼：crocodile
斑马：zebra
蛇：snake
熊：bear
地图：map
这边走：this way
Cultural/Grammar note:
If you like giant pandas, you must go to Sichuan province in China as it has a famous panda reserve.
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