Breaking News #2

Do you have a minute? Have a look at this incredible event that took place in Toronto Zoo! Isn't it awesome and cute? :) Check your listening level and then answer the questions (you will also find the answers and transcript at the end, in case you need help to understand some of the words)

Giant Panda has Twins

When were the last baby pandas born in Canada before the twins?

How long before the second baby panda was born after his twin brother?

Where are the pandas actually from?

Answers:

1.- 2013
2.- They were born 13 minutes apart.
3.- China, they are on loan in Canada for a breeding program. 

Transcript: 


A giant panda is seen here giving birth to one of her twin cubs in Toronto Zoo – the first baby pandas born in Canada since 2013. The panda, called Er Shun, delivered the cubs 13 minutes apart and they will now be cared for in a maternity area of the giant panda house for several months.
Er Shun and her zoo partner Da Mao are on loan from China for 10 years as part of a long-term breeding program.
Difficult words: cub (a young panda), several (a few), breeding (when animals produce babies).

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