国内最高齢のアフリカゾウ「メアリー」が60歳に

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is September twenty-first. At a zoo in Sendai, an African elephant named Mary has turned sixty — the oldest African elephant Japan has ever had. Let's listen.

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

At the Yagiyama Zoo in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, there is an African elephant named Mary.

It means a zoo.

This year, Mary turned sixty years old. She is the oldest African elephant in Japan.

It means older — higher in age than the others.

Until now, the record in Japan was fifty-seven. Mary is setting a new record every single day.

It means a record.

After that, in nineteen eighty-three, she moved to the Yagiyama Zoo in Sendai at the age of seventeen. This year marks forty-three years there.

It means to move — to change the place where you live.

She has grown old and has more wrinkles, but she is in great shape. She eats her favorite fruit with a good appetite.

It means healthy and full of energy.

The zoo is trying many ideas so that Mary can enjoy her later years.

It means an idea — a clever way of doing something.

On September twenty-seventh, the zoo will hold an event to celebrate Mary's sixtieth birthday.

It means a celebration.

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

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

Sixty years old — the oldest African elephant in Japan.

The Yagiyama Zoo, in Sendai City.

Fruit — she still eats her favorite fruit every day.

That's all for today. Happy sixtieth birthday, Mary — here's to many more healthy years. See you next time.