— No, I'm not.

A:

B: Why do you like to see pandas?

A:

B:

A: I want to see elephants too, because they can dance.

B: Really? By the way, do you want to be an assistant in the zoo?

A: Well, to work for animals is interesting, but kind of dangerous. I don't like it.

B:

A: I want to be a reporter. I can meet many famous(著名的) people.

    There are lots of stories about animals that live long. Some people say snakes can live for hundreds of years. Some say birds can sleep for years. After they wake up, they are living! These stories are very interesting for us to read.

    But do you think they are true? No! Most animals don't live as long as people do. Of course, it's hard to know an animal's age, because animals can't say, “I'm... years old.” But here are some animals.

    An elephant is very old at 60. A horse is old at 60. Bears can live to be about 30. Monkeys can live to be about 20. The oldest birds are parrots and eagles(老鹰). They can live to be about 50.

    There's one animal that lives longer than people. That's the tortoise(乌龟). One tortoise is said to have lived to be 200 years old. Maybe it's true, because it doesn't like to move(移动).

— Yes, and it's very funny.

    There is a zoo in my home town. There are a lot of animals in the zoo. The panda is from Sichuan. It is very cute. And it is black and white. Its favourite food is bamboo. The tiger comes from the Changbai Mountains(长白山)，It has a very big house. The elephant is from Africa and it is very big. Many people like to see it. The big lion is from Africa too. And its house is near the tiger's. Many black bears from

North China(华北) are very lazy. They often sit on the ground and relax(休息) for a long time. There are also a lot of monkeys. The monkeys are very cute, and children like them very much.

 — Look! _________________, under the tree.