CCTV9英语新闻：赠台大熊猫幼仔今见客 “是个四川壮妹”
时间：2019-01-05 作者：英语课 分类：CCTV9英语新闻2014年01月
The first Taiwan-born baby panda met the media at the Taipei City Zoo. Thousands of people have also booked a 10-minute viewing of the cub 1 when she goes on public display Monday.
Yuan Zai, the first Taiwan-born baby panda, plays at the Taipei City Zoo in Taipei, southeast
China's Taiwan, Jan. 4, 2013. Yuan Zai was unveiled to media on Saturday and will meet the
public on Jan. 6.
Panda mania 2 has reached its peak in Taipei.
20,000 visitors a day are expected to line up for a peak at Yuan Zai. She was born six months ago, weighing just 180 grams. She now tops the scales at close to 14 kilograms. Before her highly-anticipated public debut 3, the media was given a sneak 4 peek 5 during which she played for some 20 minutes, began to tire, and then fell sound asleep. Taipei Zoo says she sleeps most of the day, and the best time to visit is in the morning and afternoon.
5,000 group tickets for the first 10 days of viewing have already sold out. But individual tickets are still available. The zoo will allow 400 visitors into the Panda House every ten minutes and restrict the total number of visitors each day to no more than twenty thousand.
Yuan Zai’s debut is good for business. Taipei city estimates the debut will generate spending worth some 16.6 million US dollars. More than 30 products have been licensed 6, including T-shirts, iPad covers, and toys, all bearing Yuan Zai’s likeness 7.
Panda mania swept Taiwan after the cub was born on July 6. She was conceived through artificial insemination sessions after her parents - Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan - failed to do it naturally. Her parents were sent by the Chinese mainland in 2008.
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cub
n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人
参考例句：
The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
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mania
n.疯狂；躁狂症，狂热，癖好
参考例句：
Football mania is sweeping the country.足球热正风靡全国。
Collecting small items can easily become a mania.收藏零星物品往往容易变成一种癖好。
3
debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
4
sneak
vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行
参考例句：
He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
5
peek
vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥
参考例句：
Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。
6
licensed
adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句：
The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？
7
likeness
n.相像，相似（之处）
参考例句：
I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。
- The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
- The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
- Football mania is sweeping the country.足球热正风靡全国。
- Collecting small items can easily become a mania.收藏零星物品往往容易变成一种癖好。
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
- He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
- I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。
- Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
- Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。
- The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
- Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？