*Preparation Notes
Panda
Present tense + Past tense)
national symbol
natural reserve
endangered species
protected
Part Two Talk
―So to begin with, in reply to the initial point of what type of animal it is and the
one I’d pick is the giant panda. Actually there are two types of panda, the lesser or red
panda and the commonly known giant panda which is the national symbol of China.
Now concerning the matter of where it can be found, and what I ought to stress
here is that because it is an endangered species it lives mostly in protected nature reserves
in Western China although it is also possible to see them in zoos around the world.
Moving onyto the business of whether I have seen it, I suppose I should underline
the fact that I visited the Panda Sanctuary in Chengdu 2 years ago while I was travelling
in Sichuan Province. It was actually a one-day tour of the pandas’ habitat which included
lectures from conservation experts.
As a final point, if time permits, I’d like to bring in the point of what other people
think of this animal. I guess that most Chinese people feel some sense of patriotism
towards the giant panda because it is recognized globally the archetypal Chinese animal.‖
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