男鹿水族館のホッキョクグマにジャンボスイカのプレゼント

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is August twenty-fourth. At an aquarium in northern Japan, a polar bear got a very big and very special summer present. Let's listen.

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

There is an aquarium called Oga Aquarium GAO in Oga City, Akita Prefecture, in the north of Japan.

It means aquarium — a place where you can see fish and sea animals.

This aquarium has a male polar bear named Gota.

It means polar bear — the big white bear that lives in the cold north.

On August twenty-second and twenty-third, the aquarium gave Gota a very big watermelon as a present.

It means watermelon — the big green fruit with red inside, a summer favorite in Japan.

The watermelon is very big, so the staff cut it and gave it to Gota little by little.

It means to cut — like cutting fruit with a knife.

This summer is very hot again. A cold watermelon is a happy summer present for the animals.

It means cold — cold to the touch, like ice or cold water.

Visitors can enjoy a quiz — they try to guess how heavy the watermelon is.

It means weight — how heavy something is.

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

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

A very big watermelon — a special kind that can grow to more than one hundred kilograms.

Because the watermelon is very big. They cut it and gave it to the polar bears little by little.

In Oga City, Akita Prefecture, in the north of Japan.

That's all for today. A giant watermelon for a polar bear — a cool and happy present on a hot summer day. See you next time!