上新闻了In the News

New words

• 媒体méitǐ — the media
• 报道bàodào — news report; to report
• 话题huàtí — topic
• 标题biāotí — headline, title
• 相关xiāngguān — related, relevant
• 重大zhòngdà — major, big (news, event)

The story

大卫：谁啊？这么早……Who is it? So early...

记者：你好！我是《成都晚报》的记者。我们想报道包子！Hello! I'm a reporter from the Chengdu Evening News. We'd like to do a story on Baozi!

A：还有我们！电视、报纸、网站，所有的媒体都来了！And us! TV, newspapers, websites. All the media are here!

A：我从美国来，一出海关就来了！I've come from America. I came straight here from customs!

大卫：媒体这么多……你们都来报道一只猫？So many media... you've all come to report on a cat?

记者：他不是普通的猫。他是“成都最好的猫哥哥”！He's no ordinary cat. He's "Chengdu's Best Cat Big Brother"!

记者：我们的读者都对他很好奇。能拍一张包子亲宝宝的照片吗？Our readers are all curious about him. Could we get a photo of Baozi kissing the baby?

小雨：小声一点儿！汤圆在睡觉！Keep it down! Tangyuan is sleeping!

Opening the lesson…