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Zoo Adventure: The Great Red Panda Escape Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:
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Zh: 北京动物园的秋天，阳光明媚，红色的枫树叶随风飘落，地上铺满金黄的银杏叶。
En: In the autumn at the Beijing Zoo, the sun shines brightly, red maple leaves fall with the wind, and the ground is covered with golden ginkgo leaves.
Zh: 游客们兴致盎然，拿着手机拍照，享受着凉爽的秋风。
En: Visitors are full of enthusiasm, taking photos with their phones and enjoying the cool autumn breeze.
Zh: 就在这一天，丽华心急如焚，因为她负责的红熊猫不见了。
En: On this very day, Li Hua is anxious because the red panda she is in charge of has disappeared.
Zh: 丽华是动物园的饲养员，平常总是细心照顾动物，但今天早上，她一转身，红熊猫竟然消失了。
En: Li Hua is a zookeeper who usually takes care of the animals attentively, but this morning, when she turned around, the red panda had vanished.
Zh: 正好，她的堂弟明来参观动物园。
En: Coincidentally, her cousin Ming came to visit the zoo.
Zh: 他是个技术高手，又特别喜欢看侦探小说。
En: He's a tech whiz and is particularly fond of detective novels.
Zh: 还有一个是游客勇，他对中国文化特别感兴趣，趁着假期来动物园游玩。
En: Another person is a tourist named Yong, who is especially interested in Chinese culture and is taking advantage of his vacation to visit the zoo.
Zh: 当丽华把红熊猫丢失的事情告诉他们时，明兴奋地拍拍胸口说：“没问题，让我来帮忙。”
En: When Li Hua told them about the missing red panda, Ming excitedly patted his chest and said, "No problem, let me help."
Zh: 而勇也干劲十足地表示：“我可以四处找找。”
En: Meanwhile, Yong also expressed with enthusiasm, "I can look around."
Zh: 他们三人开始在动物园里寻找失踪的红熊猫。
En: The three of them started searching for the missing red panda in the zoo.
Zh: 丽华有点儿着急，因为她不记得最后一次看到红熊猫是在什么地方。
En: Li Hua was a bit anxious because she couldn't remember where she last saw the red panda.
Zh: 明拿出了手机，试图用卫星地图分析，但是很快发现，这里和小说中的侦探案子完全不同，找起动物来似乎没那么简单。
En: Ming took out his phone and tried to analyze the area using a satellite map, but soon realized that this was completely different from detective cases in novels; searching for an animal seemed not so easy.
Zh: 勇一路走一路看，看到每个角落都不放过。
En: As Yong walked, he looked around, not missing a single corner.
Zh: 他对每个动物都有问不完的问题，但此刻他只想找到迷路的红熊猫帮助丽华。
En: He had endless questions about each animal, but at this moment, all he wanted was to find the lost red panda to help Li Hua.
Zh: 不知不觉，他们走到了一个小树林。
En: Unknowingly, they walked into a small grove.
Zh: 突然，勇指着一棵树大喊：“看，那是红熊猫吗？”
En: Suddenly, Yong pointed at a tree and shouted, "Look, is that the red panda?"
Zh: 他们抬头一看，果然，是那只逃跑的小家伙，正懒洋洋地趴在树枝上。
En: They looked up, and sure enough, it was the little fugitive, lazily lying on the branch.
Zh: “真不该让它自己待着。”丽华自责道。
En: "I really shouldn't have let it stay alone," Li Hua said, blaming herself.
Zh: 他们想了个办法，把从其他地方拿来的竹子作为诱饵，慢慢诱导红熊猫下树。
En: They came up with a plan and used bamboo from elsewhere as bait to slowly lure the red panda down from the tree.
Zh: 经过一番努力，红熊猫终于回到了丽华的手中。
En: After some effort, the red panda finally returned to Li Hua's hands.
Zh: 丽华感激地看着明和勇：“谢谢你们，没有你们我都不知道怎么办好。”
En: Li Hua looked gratefully at Ming and Yong and said, "Thank you. Without you, I wouldn't have known what to do."
Zh: 在重回笼舍的路上，丽华意识到，做好工作的同时，信任朋友也很重要。
En: On the way back to the enclosure, Li Hua realized that while doing a good job is important, trusting friends is too.
Zh: 明明白了，现实和书中的推理过程并不一样；而勇则更加欣赏动物园饲养员们的耐心和细心。
En: Ming understood that reality and the reasoning process in books are not the same; while Yong further appreciated the patience and attention of the zookeepers.
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