熊猫！Pandas!

New words

• 熊猫xióngmāo — panda
• 动物dòngwù — animal
• 山shān — mountain
• 树shù — tree
• 花huā — flower

The story

大卫：今天我们去看熊猫！Today we're going to see the pandas!

乐乐：熊猫？熊猫是猫吗？Pandas? Are pandas cats?

大卫：“熊猫”有一个“猫”字。是大猫吧？"Xiongmao" has the character for "cat" in it. So it's a big cat, right?

小雨：不对！熊猫不是猫。Wrong! Pandas aren't cats.

乐乐：那熊猫是什么动物？Then what kind of animal is a panda?

小雨：熊猫是熊猫！是中国的动物。A panda is a panda! It's a Chinese animal.

小雨：你们看！这儿有山，有树，有花。熊猫的家在山上。Look! There are hills, trees and flowers here. Pandas live up in the mountains.

大卫：这儿的花真多！小雨，给你花！So many flowers! Xiaoyu, a flower for you!

Opening the lesson…