动物园 At the Zoo in Chinese

星期六xīngqīliù，我wǒ和hé儿子érzi一起yìqǐ去qù动物园dòngwùyuán玩wán。

On Saturday, my son and I went to the zoo together.

我们wǒmen先xiān看kàn了le大象dàxiàng，儿子érzi说shuō大象dàxiàng的de鼻子bízi真zhēn长cháng。

We first looked at the elephant, and my son said the elephant's nose was really long.

然后ránhòu我们wǒmen去qù看kàn熊猫xióngmāo，熊猫xióngmāo正在zhèngzài吃chī竹子zhúzi，很hěn可爱kě'ài。

Then we went to see the panda, which was eating bamboo — very cute.

儿子érzi最zuì喜欢xǐhuan老虎lǎohǔ，他tā说shuō老虎lǎohǔ跑pǎo得de很hěn快kuài，像xiàng风fēng一样yíyàng。

My son liked the tiger the most; he said the tiger ran very fast, like the wind.

中午zhōngwǔ，我们wǒmen在zài那里nàlǐ的de饭馆fànguǎn吃chī了le午饭wǔfàn，休息xiūxi了le一会儿yíhuìr。

At noon, we ate lunch at a restaurant there and rested for a while.

下午xiàwǔ，我们wǒmen又yòu看kàn了le很多hěn duō鸟niǎo和hé鱼yú，儿子érzi拍pāi了le不少bù shǎo照片zhàopiàn。

In the afternoon, we saw many more birds and fish, and my son took quite a few photos.

天黑tiān hēi以前yǐqián，我们wǒmen才cái回家huíjiā，儿子érzi说shuō这zhè是shì他tā最zuì开心kāixīn的de一天yì tiān。

Before it got dark, we finally went home, and my son said this was his happiest day.

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Key words 生词

动物园dòngwùyuánzoo

大象dàxiàngelephant

熊猫xióngmāopanda

老虎lǎohǔtiger

竹子zhúzibamboo

可爱kě'àicute; lovable

正在 + verb (in the middle of doing)

正在 before a verb shows an action is happening right now, ongoing at that moment.

熊猫正在吃竹子，很可爱。 — The panda was eating bamboo — very cute.

像……一样 (to be like...)

像 + noun + 一样 compares something to another thing, meaning 'just like...'.

老虎跑得很快，像风一样。 — The tiger ran very fast, like the wind.

……以前，才…… (not until before X)

……以前 marks a point in time; 才 before the verb shows the action only happened at or right before that point, not earlier.

天黑以前，我们才回家。 — Before it got dark, we finally went home.

1. Which animal has a very long nose, according to the son?

2. What was the panda doing?

3. What did the son say about his day at the end?