哥伦布英语 第 83 课：Our Zoo 我们的动物园

Jane's class is going to visit the zoo tomorrow. 简的班级明天要去参观动物园。

Our town has a big zoo with lots of animals in it. 我们镇上有个很大的动物园，里面有很多很多动物。

There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. 有一些漂亮的老虎和两只年老的狮子。

Lions and tigers are fierce animals, so when they are in zoos, they live in strong cages. They eat a lot of meat every day. 狮子和老虎是凶猛的动物，所以在动物园它们住在很牢固的笼子里。它们每天都吃很多肉。

There are also two big elephants and a baby one. Jane wants to ride on one of
the elephants. 那里还有两只大象和一只象宝宝。简想骑在其中一头象的身上。

The elephants are tame and kind. They eat a lot of grass everyday. 象很温顺，很友好。它们每天都吃很多草。

They like children because they sometimes give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas very much. 它们喜欢孩子，因为孩子们有时会给它们吃面包和香蕉。大象很喜欢吃香蕉。

In our zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. 我们的动物园里还有棕熊、黑熊和白熊。

They stand on their back legs, hold up their arms and ask for food. They like cakes very much. 他们用后腿站着，举起手臂要吃的。他们很喜欢吃蛋糕。

There is also a Children's Corner in our zoo. 动物园里还有个儿童乐园。

There children ride horses and donkeys and watch monkeys. The monkeys are very funny. 在那里，孩子们骑马，骑驴，看猴子。猴子们很有趣。

They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children. They love nuts and bananas and bread. 他们爬上绳索，又跳下来，像小孩子一样互相玩耍。他们喜欢吃坚果、香蕉和面包。