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Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July twenty-first. Japan is having a very hot summer, and it's not only people who suffer. An aquarium in Tokyo has shared how it keeps its animals cool. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

Sunshine Aquarium in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, has announced its heat-stroke measures for twenty twenty-six, to protect its animals from the heat.

It means to announce or make public.

This aquarium is on the roof of a tall building. On the roof live penguins and sea lions that stay outdoors.

It means the rooftop of a building.

On hot days, the aquarium's animals can get heat stroke too, just like people.

It means heat stroke, getting sick from the heat.

This year, days over forty degrees Celsius are being recorded, so the aquarium started its measures in May, earlier than usual.

It means to go over or exceed.

For the Cape penguins, they make shade, cool them with a mist spray, and keep the water cold.

It means a shady spot out of the sun.

When a penguin is hot, the pink around its eyes turns red and it breathes with its mouth open. That's a sign it's too hot.

It means breathing.

California sea lions love ice, so the keepers sometimes give them ice, both for hydration and as play.

It means ice.

Pink-backed pelicans release heat from their webbed feet and throat pouch to lower their body temperature.

It means body temperature.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

On the rooftop of a building in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

The pink around its eyes turns red.

Ice, which the sea lions love.

That's all for today. Sunshine Aquarium in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, is on a rooftop, so its penguins, sea lions, and pelicans live outdoors and can get heat stroke like people. With days over forty degrees this year, the aquarium started cooling them early — using shade, mist, cold water, and even ice — so its animals can get through the summer in good health. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.