墨尔本PTE素材库—Bring Bronx Zoo to Your Living Room

Bring Bronx Zoo to Your Living Room

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这篇文章是不是很简单呢！连生词都那么少~ 大家不应该有听不懂或者看不懂这类的问题出现哦~

该段音频的主题也是大多数同学都比价感兴趣的动物类，第一句话就是“21世纪人们对于动物园和水族馆有许多误解”，这到底是怎么回事呢？为什么会有这样的一个节目呢？

该段音频只是一个关于节目的简介，大家经常可以在电视上听到这一类的播报~ 内容不难，无论是目标65还是79分学生，都不应该存在理解上的问题哦~

澳大利亚语言学院（AIL）定期整理一些PTE学习中能用到的素材，让大家在课余时间也可以通过一种比较放松的方式，慢慢的提升自己的英语水平~ 词汇，表达，知识，语感，听力，阅读的能力都会有显著的提升！

[Key Vocabulary]

Misconception: n. 误解，错觉

Aquarium: n. 水族馆，养鱼池

Conservation: n. 保存，保持， [动植物，森林等的] 保护

Expertise: n. 专门知识，专门技术

Marathon: n. 马拉松赛跑

Full Transcript

Animal Planet’s series The Zoo shows viewers the biological, veterinary and conservation science at a modern zoo.

“There are a lot of misconceptions about what zoos and aquariums are today in the 21st century.”

Jim Breheny, Director of the Bronx Zoo—and Executive Vice President & General Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Zoos and Aquarium. The Animal Planet channel recently spent eight months filming in the Bronx to create The Zoo, a series that began airing February 18th.

“We created this show with Animal Planet…to kind of pull the curtain back on what happens behind the scenes in a modern zoo. We wanted to invite Animal Planet and its viewers…to meet our animals, the meet the staff that cares for them and to see all the different skills, expertise and passion, really, that these people bring to caring for our animals.

“But more than that it goes one step further. What we do every day is relate the animals that we have in our zoos and aquariums and the exhibits that we have for people to see, we relate those animals in those exhibits to the conservation struggles going on with species in the wild. And we try to get people informed and involved, and to help us in our mission to save species around the world.”

Five episodes of The Zoo have already aired, with new episodes Saturdays at 10 P.M. Eastern time. And to catch what you may have already missed, checked out the marathon Saturday, March 25th, starting at 11 A.M. Eastern. Episodes are also archived on the Animal Planet website. Don’t forget.

—Steve Mirsky

(Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/bring-bronx-zoo-to-your-living-room/)