The Famous Baby Hippo

A baby hippo is famous. People love her cute face and playful moves.
有一隻活潑可愛的小河馬，廣受大家歡迎。

Moo Deng is a pygmy hippo. Pygmy hippos are a small kind of hippo. They live
in forests. But Moo Deng lives in a zoo.
Moo Deng是侏儒河馬，這種小型河馬都在森林中生活，Moo Deng 則是住在動物園裡。

Moo Deng's zoo is in Thailand. Her zoo made videos of her. People saw the
videos online. Everyone loved her. She became a star!
Moo
Deng的動物園在泰國，園方幫牠拍了影片放在網路上，每個人看了都喜歡，小河馬成了明星!

Like many babies, Moo Deng bounces around. Her name means "bouncy pig" in
Thai. That's a great name for this little hippo!
Moo Deng泰國語的意思是彈跳豬，因為牠喜歡蹦蹦跳跳。

People share funny pictures and stories about her online. And people from all
over Thailand go to her zoo. They want to see her!
很多人喜歡分享Moo Deng 的照片和故事，遊客從全泰國各地跑來看這隻著名的小河馬。

The zoo sells Moo Deng t-shirts and other Moo Deng things. The money helps
save pygmy hippos. Saving pygmy hippos is important. There are only about
3,000 of them in the world. Oh no!
動物園有賣跟Moo
Deng相關的商品，例如T恤和別的紀念品，而這些錢是用來保護侏儒河馬，這種河馬全球只剩下三千隻。

What? You can't go to the zoo? That's okay! You can see Moo Deng live online!
蛤?你沒辦法去動物園?沒關係，你可以在網路上看Moo Deng。

Moo Deng is cute and bouncy. This baby pygmy hippo is making people all over
the world smile!
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Vocabulary
泰國可愛的侏儒河馬，是大家喜歡的網紅。

1. love 喜愛。
I haven't been to Taipei Zoo for a long time. 我好久沒去台北動物園了。
Would you like to go with me this weekend? 你這周末想跟我一起去嗎?
Sure, I love zoos! 當然，我喜歡動物園。

2. playful 活潑的。
Do you want to see any specific animals? 有什麼動物你特別想看?
I prefer playful and cute ones. 我比較想看活潑可愛的。
Not elephants or turtles.不要大象或是烏龜。

3. cute 可愛的。
Hey, I think turtles are cute! 我覺得烏龜很可愛!
Anyway, you may like penguins. 你可能會喜歡企鵝。
Or pygmy hippos! 或是侏儒河馬!

4. small 小的。
Hippos are scary. 河馬很可怕。
No, not the big ones. 不是那種大的。
Pygmy hippos are small. 侏儒河馬小小的。

Do you like visiting the zoo? 來複習一下單字
love喜愛 playful活潑的 cute可愛的 small 小的
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Quiz

1. What is a pygmy hippo?
a. A baby hippo
b. A small kind of hippo
c. A big kind of pig

2. What does Moo Deng's name mean in Thai?
a. Baby Hippo
b. Happy Hippo
c. Bouncy Pig

3. How many pygmy hippos are there in the world?
a. About 1,000
b. About 3,000
c. About 10,000

Answers
1. b
2. c
3. b