news bulletin – answers

Olympic pandas return home

questions

1. Where are the pandas now? on the road home
2. Where were they evacuated to last year? Beijing zoo
3. What did the earthquake destroy? a breeding centre and part of their habitat
4. How do the Chinese feel about the panda? fiercely proud
5. Why? because it is their national animal
6. How many people were killed in the earthquake? 80,000
7. What does the return of the pandas symbolise? the region’s recovery
8. What will happen if pandas live well according to the speaker? the people if China will unite
9. What was the main symptom of the pandas trauma following the earthquake? poor appetite
10. How many people have visited the pandas at the zoo? over 2 million