広島市の安佐動物公園で初めてチーターの赤ちゃんが誕生

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July fourteenth. Here's some happy news from a zoo in Hiroshima: for the very first time, a cheetah has given birth to four cubs there. Let's listen.

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

At Asa Zoo in Hiroshima City, cheetah cubs were born for the first time.

It means for the first time.

There are four cubs, and they were born from the night of June twenty-eighth into the morning of the twenty-ninth.

It means to be born.

The mother spent about eleven hours giving birth to the four cubs.

It means to give birth.

This is the first time cheetah cubs have been born at this zoo.

It means a zoo.

The cubs' weight, and whether they are male or female, is not known yet.

It means body weight.

Cheetahs are known as the fastest running animal in the world.

It means fast.

But their numbers are falling, and they are an animal in danger of dying out.

It means extinction, a species dying out completely.

Because the cubs are still small, they won't be shown to people for a while, and will be raised with great care.

It means to raise or bring up.

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

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

Four cubs were born.

It's the first time.

It's known as the fastest running animal in the world.

That's all for today. A cheetah named Lucy gave birth to four cubs at a zoo in Hiroshima, the first cheetah birth ever there. The cubs are staying with their mother and won't be shown to the public for a while. Let's hope they grow up healthy. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.