すみだ水族館でアオウミガメの赤ちゃん「星」と「空」を公開

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is September twenty-second. At an aquarium in Tokyo, two baby green sea turtles have just gone on display — and their new names mean Star and Sky. Let's listen.

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

At an aquarium in Tokyo's Sumida area, two baby green sea turtles have gone on public display.

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

The babies' names are Star and Sky. Elementary school children from the Ogasawara Islands thought of the names.

It means to think — here, to think of a name.

The two were born this summer on a sandy beach in the Ogasawara Islands, about one thousand kilometers south of Tokyo.

It means a sandy beach.

Their bodies are still small — their shells are only about eight centimeters long.

It means a shell — the hard back of a turtle.

Green sea turtles are precious animals whose numbers are getting smaller.

It means a number — how many there are.

So the aquarium will raise the babies for about one year. When they get big, it will return them to the sea of Ogasawara.

It means to raise — to care for something until it grows up.

An aquarium staff member says, please come and see the little turtles swimming happily.

It means a figure — how someone looks while doing something.

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

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

Their names mean Star and Sky — schoolchildren from the islands chose them.

On a sandy beach in the Ogasawara Islands, far south of Tokyo.

It will return them to the sea of Ogasawara after raising them for about a year.

That's all for today. Good luck, little turtles — grow big and swim home safely. See you next time.