火遍抖音的丑萌大猫——兔狲，到底是什么神仙动物？

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最近一段时间，西宁野生动物园的几只兔狲在抖音上火了起来，毛茸茸圆滚滚的身材，粗短有环纹的尾巴，憨态可掬的小表情，再加上专属的BGM，即使趴在那里一动不动，它们的视频也会获得几十万人点赞。

每当刷到这些可爱的兔狲，小编就会想起“Describe a wild animal. ”这道口语话题。所以今天，就带大家学习一下如何描述兔狲这种野生动物！

本期节目主持人：王丹艺

本期Part 2 话题

Describe a wild animal.

You should say:

What it is

Where it might be seen

How you got to know about the animal

And how you might feel if you encountered it in real life.

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第八季 Episode 10

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This topic reminds me of pallas’s cat. The first time I knew this cute species was from  a TikTok video and I was immediately intrigued by it’s seemingly expressive face and snaggly teeth. Apart from that, from that video I noticed that their pupils are different, unlike other species of small cats, they don’t have vertical slits, as well as round ones just like human’s. That’s so amazing. Then I searched loads of information about it, and that’s how I got to know them more.

They may look like cute and lazy house cats but it turns out that they’ve actually made home to one of the most difficult places to live in the world, the Himalayas. Their ears are short and round, this comes in handy when you spend most of your day hiding from both predators and prey, as pointy ears would be all too conspicuous, living in the steppes their coats are also designed to blend in. In the winter their fur is more gray and in the summer it becomes more of an orange brown. So its really hard to spot them from a remote area. I guess the rules of nature  are  always precise and reasonable. To own one would be amazing and it's now on my bucket list. But I doubt it's a possibility. 

本期话题关键词：

1. seemingly adv. 貌似，看似

2. conspicuous adj. 易见的；明显的；惹人注意的

3. bucket list 人生愿望清单

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