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A: Have you seen the news? I heard that five new species have been found recently in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

你看新闻了吗？听说最近在西藏发现了5种新物种。

(nǐ kàn xīnwén le ma？tīnɡshuō zuìjìn zài xīzanɡ fāxiàn le wu zhǒnɡ xīnwùzhǒnɡ.) 

B: Really? What are they?

是吗,都有哪些呢？

(shìma, dōuyǒu nǎxiē ne?)

A: Three kinds of frogs, a type of monkey and a kind of snake. 

有三种不同类型的青蛙,一种猕猴和一种蟒蛇。

(yǒu sānzhǒnɡ bùtónɡ lèixínɡ de qīnɡwā, yīzhǒnɡ míhóu hé yīzhǒnɡ mǎnɡshé.)

B: By what fortune did they manage to find such precious species?

是怎么样的机缘巧合发现这些珍贵的物种呢？

(shì zěnmeyànɡ de jīyuánqiǎohé fāxiàn zhèxiē zhēnɡuì de wùzhǒnɡ ne?)

A: The discoveries this time were the results of the Tibet Autonomous Region's second terrestrial wildlife resource survey. According to the survey, the number of terrestrial vertebrates in Tibet Autonomous Region has increased to 1,072. 

这次的发现得益于西藏自治区第二次陆生野生动物资源调查顺利完成。据调查,西藏陆生野生脊椎动物增加到1072种。

(zhècì de fāxiàn déyì yú xīzánɡ zìzhì qū dìèrcì lùshēnɡ yěshēnɡ dònɡwù zīyuán diàochá shùnlì wánchénɡ.jù diàochá, xīzánɡ lùshēnɡ yěshēnɡ jǐzhuī dònɡwù zēnɡjiā dàoyiqianlingqishier zhǒnɡ.)

B: I want to see the pictures of such new species.

我想看看它们的照片。

(wǒxiǎnɡ kànkàn tāmén de zhàopiàn.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT