National Geographic Channel spends two years following around the nearly extinct giant pandas in their natural habitat.
國家地理頻道花了兩年時間在瀕臨絕種的熊貓棲息地跟隨牠們的身影。
Deep
in the heart of the Qinling Mountains, a
lush natural
divide between north and south China, a camera crew
is on the lookout for the
elusive giant panda. These pandas live at an
elevation of 1,500 meters and higher, so the
trek up the
steep slopes is
treacherous. The bamboo is very thick, but soon the crew discovers panda
droppings, signaling that the giant pandas are close by. At 3,000 meters, the team
comes across their first
breakthrough when they finally see a giant panda after searching for 10 days without luck. Giant Pandas is an
intimate portrait of the secret and complex lives of China's most famous residents. The crew spends two years battling the
rugged terrain and dealing with the
temperamental moods of these highly
endangered species.
At birth, a giant panda is pink, nearly hairless, blind, and small enough to
fit into a human hand. Female pandas have to raise their
cubs alone and make sure their babies are warm, clean, and fed, sometimes
suckling a
newborn 14 times a day. When winter comes, giant pandas
are protected from the cold by their slightly
oily fur that keeps them dry and holds in heat. If a female panda has a cub, she must search for
shelter to
protect her young one
from the cold. In Giant Pandas, filmmakers
encounter a mother and her three-month-old cub in a cave, where the small panda is trying to walk so it can soon follow its mother on
outings to gather food.
Bamboo
makes up 99 percent of a giant panda's diet. Since bamboo grows in the winter, giant pandas do not need to
hibernate. In one day alone, giant pandas consume nearly 18 kilograms of bamboo, which would be the
equivalent of a human eating 40
loaves of bread. Watch Giant Pandas on National Geographic Channel this month and learn all about the lifestyle of one of the most
specialized mammals in the world.
1. Why does it take the camera crew 10 days to see a giant panda?
(A) The terrain is very rugged.
(B) The giant panda is hard to find.
(C) There are only a few giant pandas left.
(D) All of the above answers are correct.
2. What is true of a baby giant panda?
(A) It is born with a full coat of fur.
(B) The father raises the baby for the first two years.
(C) At birth, it is smaller than a human hand.
(D) It learns to font color="#993399">forage for bamboo as soon as it is born.
3. In the winter, giant pandas _____.
(A) change their lifestyles completely
(B)
give birth to their cubs
(C) are protected from the cold by their fur
(D) rest in a
dormant state
4. Who would most enjoy watching Giant Pandas on National Geographic Channel?
(A) A historian.
(B) A
zoologist.
(C) A
philanthropist.
(D) A dentist.
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