Twin panda cubs debut at Tokyo zoo, woo devoted fans
日本東京：大熊貓雙胞胎幼崽首次亮相，眾人直呼“卡哇伊”
Twin panda cubs made their first public appearance Wednesday before devoted fans in Tokyo, but they will be on display only briefly for now — over three days — due to a spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant. The twins, male cub Xiao Xiao and its sister Lei Lei, which were born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June, took their first steps as beaming fans held up their smartphones to film the cuddly pair as they played together.
debut
英 [ˈdeɪbjuː] 美 [deɪˈbjuː]
n. 首次登臺，（新事物的）問世
v. 初次登臺，首次亮相；首次推出（某產品）
The debut of a performer or sports player is their first public performance, appearance, or recording. 首次登臺
She made her debut in a 1937 production of "Hamlet."
她在1937年《哈姆雷特》的演出中首次登臺。
devoted fan
忠實粉絲
She's a devoted fan of the book, but she's never seen anyprevious adaptations – so pleasingly the novel only exists in herimagination.
她是這部小說的忠實粉絲，但是此前從沒看過任何改編版，所以讓人欣喜的是，這部小說僅存在於她的想象中。
devoted
英 [dɪˈvəʊtɪd] 美 [dɪˈvoʊtɪd]
adj. 摯愛的，忠誠的；熱衷的；專用於……的
v. 獻身，致力；用於（devote 的過去式和過去分詞形式）
due to
prep. 由於；應歸於
Many accidents were due to pilot misjudgment.
許多事故都是由於飛行員判斷失誤造成的。
briefly
英 [ˈbriːfli] 美 [ˈbriːfli]
adv. 簡短地，簡要地；短暫地，暫時地
Something that happens or is done briefly happens or is done for a very short period of time. 短暫地
He smiled briefly.
他短促地微微一笑。
cub
英 [kʌb] 美 [kʌb]
n. 幼獸；<舊>（尤指笨拙或舉止粗魯的）毛頭小夥子；幼年童子軍
v. 產仔，生幼獸；獵幼狐
A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear. (獅子、狼、熊等的) 幼仔
...three five-week-old lion cubs.
…3只5周大的幼獅。
The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died.
母獅排斥最小的幼獅，把它餓死了。
Ling Ling, the only Japanese-owned panda, died in Tokyo's Ueno Zoo last week.
日本擁有的唯一一隻大熊貓，上野動物園（UenoZoo）的大熊貓陵陵於上週去世。
beaming
英 [ˈbiːmɪŋ] 美 [ˈbiːmɪŋ]
v. 照耀；發出（無線電訊號）；笑容滿面（beam 的現在分詞
If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something. 綻開笑容
Frances beamed at her friend with undisguised admiration.
弗朗西絲用毫不掩飾的羨慕的神情朝她的朋友們綻開了笑容。
cuddly
英 [ˈkʌdli] 美 [ˈkʌdli]
adj. 令人想擁抱的；喜歡摟摟抱抱的；逗人喜愛的
A cuddly person or animal makes you want to cuddle them. 令人想擁抱的
He is a small, cuddly man with spectacles.
他是一個令人想擁抱的戴眼鏡的小個子男人。
本週三，一對大熊貓雙胞胎在日本東京上野動物園首次公開亮相，吸引了忠實的粉絲們，但由於受到奧密克戎變種病毒的影響，大熊貓雙胞胎展出時間只有三天。這對龍鳳胎是6月份在東京上野動物園出生的雄性幼崽“曉曉”和它的妹妹“蕾蕾”，當它們邁開腳步，一起玩耍時，熱情的粉絲們舉著手機拍攝這對可愛的幼崽。
來自美聯社（AP News）
