[Animals ★]
(P1) Only once a year, the mating season for pandas happens. The females are only able to get pregnant for two or three days in a year, which makes getting pregnant difficult.
(P2) In a zoo in Vienna, Austria, two pandas mated a few times, which is a rare event in a zoo. The zoo filmed the act and released the video.
(P3) The length of a panda’s pregnancy is up to 163 days, so the zoo must wait to see if the mating was a success.
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
If you found the passage difficult to read or had problems understanding specific words or idiomatic expressions, please discuss them with your tutor. The following discussion questions should be answered in your own words and with your own arguments.
- Briefly, summarize the content of the article in your own words.
- Have you ever seen a Panda in real life? Where?
- Do you like going to zoos? Why or why not?
- Do you like animals? If so, which ones?
- Do you have zoos in your country? Which cities?
EXPRESSIONS or PHRASES:
What do the following expressions or phrases mean?
- Mating season (P1)
- Getting pregnant (P1)
- Filmed the act (P2)
- Up to (P3)
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