Pre-reading

Question: How long does it take a baby zebra to stand up after birth?

Intensive Reading

This happens at a zoo in Barcelona, Spain. A mother zebra gives birth. The baby zebra falls into a pond in the exhibit. Two zookeepers go into the pond to save the baby.

这件事发生在西班牙巴塞罗那的一个动物园里。母斑马在分娩。在展览会上，小斑马掉进了一个池塘里。两名动物园管理员进入池塘去救这个小斑马宝宝。

Baby zebras learn very fast. After they are born, they can stand within 15 minutes. They learn to walk in an hour.

小斑马学习速度很快。他们出生后，15分钟内就能站起来。一小时就学会了走路。

Notes:

1.give birth：生产，生育；后接介词“to”，比如生二胎：give birth to a second child。

2.pond：n. 池塘，在一些非正式场合“the pond”可以表示大西洋。

3.exhibit：n. 展览，它同时具有动词词性，意为“展览”；exhibition也是名词“展览”。

4.zookeeper：n. 动物管理员；在动物园照顾动物的工作人员。

Exercise:

Suppose you were the baby zebra, describe what happened on the day you were born.