一天吃掉兩萬片竹葉
Joe and Vanessa are classmates. They just came back from a zoo field trip.
喬和凡妮莎是同學。他們剛去動物園校外教學回來。
Joe: All the animals in the zoo are so adorable!
喬：動物園裡的動物都好可愛啊！
adorable(adj.)可愛的adore(v.)喜愛
Vanessa: They really were! It sounds like you had a great time!
凡妮莎：真的！聽起來你玩得很開心啊！
have a great time玩得開心
Joe: For sure! Did you see the red panda?
喬：當然！你看到喜馬拉雅小熊貓了嗎？
Vanessa: Oh, you mean the cute one eating bamboo in the tree?
凡妮莎：你是指在樹上吃竹子的那個小可愛嗎？
bamboo(n.)竹子
Joe: Yes! Bamboo is its favorite food, but it also eats fruit, grass, eggs, and even insects.
喬：是的！那是牠最喜歡的食物。而且牠也吃水果、草、蛋，甚至昆蟲。
Vanessa: I heard it can eat up to 20,000 bamboo leaves in a day.
凡妮莎：我聽說牠一天能吃掉多達兩萬片竹葉。
up to直到(某個數量程度或時間)、由……決定leaf(n.)葉子
Joe: Wow! But it’s sad that the forests where they live are getting smaller.
喬：哇！不過很可惜的是，牠們生活的森林變得越來越小了。
forest(n.)森林=woods
Vanessa: Yeah, we really need to pay more attention to this problem.
凡妮莎：是啊，我們真的需要更多關注這個問題。
pay attention to 注意、關注
Joe: I think so, too. Maybe countries around the world can work together to help.
喬：我也這麼認為。也許世界各國可以一起合作幫助牠們。
country(n.)國家worldwide(adv.)世界各地=all over the world