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Chinese white dolphin / 中华白海豚 / (zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún)
A: Have you heard about the Chinese white dolphin? It is a national protected animal. It is called the "Giant Panda of the water."
你听说过中华白海豚吗？它是国家一级保护动物,有"水上大熊猫"之称。
(nǐ tīnɡshuō ɡuò zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún ma? tāshì ɡuójiā yījí bǎohù dònɡwù, yǒu "shuǐshànɡ dàxiónɡmāo" zhīchēnɡ.)
B: I saw a documentary in which some villagers in Guangdong Province dug a water channel with their bare hands to help a beached pink dolphin return to the sea. Was that a Chinese white dolphin?
我看到纪录片里广东的村民徒手挖水道,帮助一只搁浅的粉红色海豚重回大海,那是中华白海豚吗？
(wǒ kàndào jìlùpiàn lǐ ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ de cūnmín túshǒu wā shuǐdào, bānɡzhù yīzhī ɡēqiǎn de fěnhónɡsè hǎitún zhònɡhuí dàhǎi, nàshì zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún ma?)
A: Yep, the Chinese white dolphin is distributed along China's southeast coast and is concentrated by the Pearl River estuary in the middle and southern parts of Guangdong Province.
是的,中华白海豚广布于中国东南部沿海,集中于我国广东省中南部的珠江口。
(shìde, zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún ɡuǎnɡbùyú zhōnɡɡuó dōnɡnán bù yánhǎi, jízhōnɡyú wǒɡuó ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ shěnɡ zhōnɡnánbù de zhūjiānɡkǒu.)
B: I got it. Although they are called white dolphins, they are actually pink.
我知道了。虽然叫白海豚,但它们却是粉红色的呢。
(wǒ zhīdào le.suīrán jiào báihǎitún, dàn tāmén quèshì fěnhónɡsè de ne.)
A: They are gray when they are young. After reaching adulthood, they turn pink due to the blood vessels in their skin.
它们年幼时呈灰色,成年后变成粉红色,这是它们表皮下的血管导致的。
(tāmén niányòu shí chénɡ huīsè, chénɡniánhòu biànchénɡ fěnhónɡ sè, zhèshì tāmén biǎopí xiàde xuèɡuǎn dǎozhì de.)
Chinese white dolphin / 中华白海豚 / (zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún)
A: Have you heard about the Chinese white dolphin? It is a national protected animal. It is called the "Giant Panda of the water."
你听说过中华白海豚吗？它是国家一级保护动物,有"水上大熊猫"之称。
(nǐ tīnɡshuō ɡuò zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún ma? tāshì ɡuójiā yījí bǎohù dònɡwù, yǒu "shuǐshànɡ dàxiónɡmāo" zhīchēnɡ.)
B: I saw a documentary in which some villagers in Guangdong Province dug a water channel with their bare hands to help a beached pink dolphin return to the sea. Was that a Chinese white dolphin?
我看到纪录片里广东的村民徒手挖水道,帮助一只搁浅的粉红色海豚重回大海,那是中华白海豚吗？
(wǒ kàndào jìlùpiàn lǐ ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ de cūnmín túshǒu wā shuǐdào, bānɡzhù yīzhī ɡēqiǎn de fěnhónɡsè hǎitún zhònɡhuí dàhǎi, nàshì zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún ma?)
A: Yep, the Chinese white dolphin is distributed along China's southeast coast and is concentrated by the Pearl River estuary in the middle and southern parts of Guangdong Province.
是的,中华白海豚广布于中国东南部沿海,集中于我国广东省中南部的珠江口。
(shìde, zhōnɡhuá báihǎitún ɡuǎnɡbùyú zhōnɡɡuó dōnɡnán bù yánhǎi, jízhōnɡyú wǒɡuó ɡuǎnɡdōnɡ shěnɡ zhōnɡnánbù de zhūjiānɡkǒu.)
B: I got it. Although they are called white dolphins, they are actually pink.
我知道了。虽然叫白海豚,但它们却是粉红色的呢。
(wǒ zhīdào le.suīrán jiào báihǎitún, dàn tāmén quèshì fěnhónɡsè de ne.)
A: They are gray when they are young. After reaching adulthood, they turn pink due to the blood vessels in their skin.
它们年幼时呈灰色,成年后变成粉红色,这是它们表皮下的血管导致的。
(tāmén niányòu shí chénɡ huīsè, chénɡniánhòu biànchénɡ fěnhónɡ sè, zhèshì tāmén biǎopí xiàde xuèɡuǎn dǎozhì de.)
Illustration:Liu Xidan/GT
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