NEWS · B1 Level - Part 2

Panda couple makes public debut in Washington

A bamboo breakfast enjoyed by Bao Li, a giant panda frolicking in his new home. Bao, a 3-year-old male, and 3-year-old female Qing Bao

Level: B1 · 19 sentences

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  1. A bamboo breakfast enjoyed by Bao Li, a giant panda frolicking in his new home.
  2. Bao, a 3-year-old male, and 3-year-old female Qing Bao
  3. making their public debut at Washington's Smithsonian National Zoo.
  4. Qing Bao is known for her tree-climbing exploits, zoo officials say,
  5. and we caught her doing her thing!
  6. And we saw her male counterpart pushing his oversized ball.
  7. Exciting and heartwarming moments for Zoo goers
  8. who've waited more than a year to see pandas again.
  9. It's so exciting that they're back at the zoo,
  10. Umm... and I'm just here to support them.
  11. In November 2023,
  12. the National Zoo's previous set of pandas, Tian Tian and Mei Xiang, and their cub
  13. were sent back to China as a loan agreement expired.
  14. These new pandas will be in Washington for 10 years
  15. with the goal of getting them to breed.
  16. They won't start doing that for at least a couple more years.
  17. In the meantime, Bao Li and Qing Bao,
  18. who are considered the equivalent of teenagers now, need to grow.
  19. That means a constant diet of bamboo - lots of it!