微信问题：

1，您觉得大熊猫吃屎吗?

当然不能，大熊猫多可爱啊

可能吧，一切皆有可能

应该吃，谁不呢

Student

In our reading assignment, we learned that because giant pandas stillretain their carnivore-specific genes, they don’t obtain very much protein orenergy from the bamboo they eat. If that’s true, how will they survive on such adiet?

Professor

That’s a really good point. Giant pandas actually digest the cellulose inbamboo using microbe bacteria in their gut. Pandas don’t produce these bacterianaturally, and instead get them from ingesting their mother’s feces. Even thoughthey have acquired this unique adaptation, they have to constantly consume largequantities of bamboo. An average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kilogramsof bamboo shoots a day. They have this short and straight digestive tract thatresults in the plants passing rapidly through their body with very limiteddigestion. The low energy intake from eating bamboo is the reason why a giantpanda is constantly eating and has little time for social interactions. It alsomeans that they don’t digest most of what they eat and will defecate up to 40times a day. There are other adaptations that help a giant panda survive. It hasalso a round face to accommodate the powerful jaw muscles that crush and grindthe bamboo. Its large body is also an adaptation that allows it to maintain alow metabolic rate.

听力学科词汇补充：

Giant panda：大熊猫

Carnivore：食肉动物

Bacteria：细菌

Feces：排泄物

Digestive tract：消化道

总结：大熊猫小的的时候，需要摄取大熊猫妈妈的排泄物中的细菌，这样才能帮助熊猫爸爸消化食物。原来，大熊猫才是一把屎一把屎含辛茹苦地养大的哦!

微信问题：

1，您觉得大熊猫跟狗熊是亲戚?还是浣熊是亲戚?还都不是?

大熊猫当然是狗熊是亲兄弟啦

大熊猫和浣熊都有萌萌哒的黑眼圈，一定是亲戚

大熊猫和狗是兄弟，因为它们都有共同习惯

Student

It seems like even with so many adaptations, the giant panda stillresembles a bear or a raccoon.

Professor

Yes and no. And molecular studies utilizing DNA found that the giant pandais part of the Ursidae family. When the entire genome of a giant panda wassequenced in 2009 and compared with genomes of other animals, the closestresemblance was actually to that of a dog!

听力学科词汇补充：

raccoon：浣熊

Ursidae：熊科

总结：大熊猫其实和狗才是亲兄弟哈，DNA真实高科技。TPO10讲座第一篇，也是探索Whale鲸鱼竟然来自陆地动物，但它的祖先是谁呢?赶紧去做题听出答案哈!新东方toefl词汇

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Ian：Ian completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University with adegree in Biomedical Engineering. After graduation, he became a bio-researcher.He spent his spare time teaching the SAT. Having lived in 5 different countries,he brought an innovative style of teaching and an analytical mindset to helpraise his students' test scores. He currently works for New Oriental as aresearcher in the R&D Department.