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Exotic Animals

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ID: 0244 Upper Intermediate
No trip to China would be complete without a look at the (sleeps for 23.7 hours a day) panda and the (will take your mobile phone) golden-haired monkey. In this podcast, we take a trip to the erm, “exotic zoo” (Google that if you’re bored), where you will learn about some interesting animals in Mandarin Chinese.
Thu Sep 07 2006 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
收藏 shōucáng to collect
捕杀 bǔshā to capture and kill
憨厚 hānhòu simple and honest
只羡鸳鸯不羡仙 zhǐ xiàn yuānyang bù xiàn xiān a pair of mandarin ducks is more enviable than an immortal
我有位朋友曾说，比起钻戒，她更宁愿要恐龙蛋化石。就算孵不出小恐龙，放在家里看看也挺酷的。
wǒ yǒu wèi péngyou céng shuō ，bǐqǐ zuànjiè ，tā gèng nìngyuàn yào kǒnglóng dàn huàshí 。jiù suàn fū bù chū xiǎo kǒnglóng ，fàng zài jiā li kànkan yě tǐng kù de 。
A friend of mine once said that she would prefer having a dinosaur egg fossil over a diamond ring, because the egg would be cool to admire, even if it could never hatch a baby dinosaur.
哈哈，她挺聪明的。恐龙蛋可比钻戒值钱多了。不过世上要是真的还有恐龙存在，估计她就不会那么想要收藏恐龙蛋了吧。
hāhā ，tā tǐng cōngming de 。kǒnglóng dàn kě bǐ zuànjiè zhíqián duō le 。bùguò shìshàng yàoshì zhēnde hái yǒu kǒnglóng cúnzài ，gūjì tā jiù bùhuì nàme xiǎng yào shōucáng kǒnglóng dàn le ba 。
Ha ha, she's pretty smart. A dinosaur egg is worth a whole lot more than a diamond ring. But if there really were dinosaurs still living on earth, she probably would rethink keeping a dinosaur egg.
是呀。我想大多数人对稀有动物都是又爱又怕。
shì yā 。wǒ xiǎng dàduōshù rén duì xīyǒu dòngwù dōu shì yòu ài yòu pà 。
That's true. I think most people who profess affection for rare and exotic species both love and fear them at the same time.
其实也还好呀。像中国的国宝大熊猫，不是挺可爱的嘛。又憨厚又温顺，可爱极了。
qíshí yě hái hǎo yā 。xiàng Zhōngguó de guóbǎo dàxióngmāo ，bùshì tǐng kěài de ma 。yòu hānhòu yòu wēnshùn ，kěài jí le 。
Actually, it's not always that bad. Take pandas for example, our ``national treasure". Aren't they adorable? They're both cuddly and docile, as well as extremely cute.
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