Sample newspaper article

叫奨脅の弌学為栽徨岑並は9埖25晩、脅リで芝宀氏需し、貧勸強麗坩のジャイアントパンダの橿ちゃん�┫藤�の兆念が仝シャンシャン���穗磽�々に畳まったと屎塀に�k燕した。8泣に淑られた昨温のうち魥爾�恷も謹かった。弌学箆は仝とても柵びやすく、かわいらしい兆念。書朔もかわいがってほしい々と峰べた。

銚牌のシンシン��12�r��とそろってのお朕需えは、伏朔磯定を哭える12埖となる需�zみ。

揖�@は仝�磧垢箸い��h忖について仝かわいらしいイメ�`ジで�xんだ。嶄忽�箸盧瑤咾笋垢っ�念だと冱ってくれた々と�h苧。嶄忽�Zの 看��で仝繁�殳漾垢箸いσ睥兇�あったのも 瘁兀ししたという。 (KYODO)

Words and phrases

�|奨脅の弌学為栽徨岑並 (とうきょうとのこいけゆりこちじ) Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike

9埖25晩 (くがつにじゅうごにち) Sept. 25

脅リ (とちょう) Tokyo Metroplitan Government headquarters

��宀氏�� (きしゃかいけん) press conference

貧勸�嗄��@ (うえのどうぶつこうえん) Ueno Zoological Gardens

橿ちゃん (あかちゃん) baby

監 (めす�� female

兆念 �┐覆泙�) name

�穗� (しゃんしゃん�� Xiang Xiang

�Qまった (きまった) was decided

屎塀に (せいしきに) officially

�k燕 (はっぴょう) announce

8泣 (はってん) eight items

�gられた (しぼられた) narrowed down

昨�a (こうほ) candidate

魥� (おうぼ) entry (in a competition)

恷も謹かった (もっともおおかった) had the most numbers

柵びやすく (よびやすく) easy to call out

書瘁 (こんご) from now on

峰べた (のべた) said

銚�H (ははおや) mother

12�r (じゅうにさい��12 years old

そろって together

お朕��え (おめみえ) make an appearance

伏瘁磯定 (せいごはんとし) six months from birth

哭える (むかえる) celebrate

12埖 (じゅうにがつ) December

���zみ (みこみ) likelihood

揖�@ (どうえん) the aforementioned zoo

�� (かおり、こう) Xiang

�h忖 (かんじ) kanji

�xんだ (えらんだ) chose

嶄忽�� (ちゅうごくがわ) the Chinese side

冱った (いった) said

�h苧 (せつめい) explain

看�� (じしょ) dictionary

繁�殳� (にんきもの) popular figure

吭龍 (いみ) meaning

瘁兀し (あとおし) boost

Quick questions

1) 兆念の昨�aはいくつに�gられていましたか。

2) シャンシャンが匯違に巷�_されるのはいつですか。

3) 仝�磧垢箸い��h忖は嶄忽�Zでどんな吭龍がありますか。

Translation

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike held a press conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters on Sept. 25 to announce that the new giant panda cub born at the Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo¨s Taito Ward has officially been named Xiang Xiang. The name had the most number of entries among the list of names narrowed down to eight.

^The name is very easy to call out and cute. I hope you will all continue to love her, ̄ Koike said.

Xiang Xiang is expected to make her public debut with her mother, Shin Shin (12 years old), in December, when he reaches 6 months.

The zoo said that the kanji for ^Xiang ̄ ^was chosen because of its cute image. ̄ It explained that ^the Chinese side also said it was an easy name to call out. ̄

The fact that one of the meanings for the kanji listed in Chinese dictionaries is ^popular star ̄ gave the name a boost in being chosen, the zoo said.

Answers

1) How many names were chosen as possible candidates before the final decision?

8泣。

Eight names.

2) When will Xiang Xiang appear in front of the general public?

伏朔磯定になる12埖。

In December, when he becomes 6 months old.

3) What does the kanji for ^Xiang ̄ mean in Chinese?

繁�殳漾�

A popular figure.