판다 반환과 미국인의 슬픔
판다 반환과 미국인의 슬픔
Unhappy returns. Say it ain’t so. Is China really taking back a beloved panda born in the USA? If you visit Washington with your family or with your school, there’s a good chance. A stop on your trip will be to see Tai Shan, the 4-year-old panda who was born here in the US. The panda that China is now taking back. The move is breaking hearts in Washington. And why wouldn’t it? Our report tonight from NBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
Tai Shan appeared unfazed당황하지 않는 today, oblivious염두에 두지 않는 to the uproars소동 소란 over his custody. “We understand this is traumatic for a lot of people. Not the least of which is our own staff, but for the public.” “I’m sorry. We’re going to miss him.” The zoo says two million people a year have watched Tai Shan’s webcam. When as s the first panda cub born here to survive infancy, he was nicknamed butter stick for his tiny size to his current 200 pounds.
In fact, America’s love affair with panda started in 1972 when President Nixon opened the door to China. Now even though Tai Shan was born here, appears on a US stamp and is hugely popular, it turns out officially he is Chinese. The news even reached the Secretary of State at NATO. “I can’t talk about it. I’m too upset right now.”
So could China’s panda grab cause a rift 불화 in diplomatic relations? And if they want their panda back, what’s next? Could Beijing even try to call in회수하다 our national debt? “Sad.” “Why sad?” “Because I like the pandas.” “I think it would be nice for him to go to China. So he can go back to his home.” Tonight, Tai Shan’s keepers only hope his parents can produce another cub before they too have to return to China next year. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, at the National Zoo.
And there’s weather in the news tonight. Snow today in Houston, Texas. Weather experts say it is the earliest snowfall on record in that city. As much as four inches fell in some places, snarling ~을 혼란하게 만들다 travel. And in a city on the Gulf of Mexico with no salt spreaders, Houstonians are being warned to stay indoors tonight as it gets colder there. Already a big mess at the airport. A lot of preemptively cancelled flights.