2024高中英語素材輕松閱讀：奧莉奧素材

　　奧莉奧

　　????? A panda born on the first day of the London 2024 Olympic Games has been named Oreo in a vote by panda lovers around the world, officials said yesterday。 ????? Rebecca Revich, an American contestant in the program "Global Search for Chengdu Pambassador 2024," recommended the name Oreo. She said the name Oreo means beauty in Greek and she very much likes Oreo cookies, which share the same colors as giant pandas。 ????? Oreo was born on July 28 at the Chengdu Panda Base. She is the first panda in the base to be named by admirers around the globe。 ????? The program organizer invited people worldwide on October 19 on Facebook to suggest a name to her and more than 8,000 names were sent in, including Mr Q and Lympic。 ????? The name Oreo got the most votes, 2,345. ????? The name has led to an online debate as Oreo is so different from previous names, such as Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, given to the other pandas. Many people associate it with the cookies and they criticized the program for using panda to advertise for companies。 ????? "I'm disappointed and I don't understand why they give panda a cookie name," said a commenter called Xu Leilei。 ????? "It's too commercial," said another, who called himself Yu Zhua. "I protest." ????? Some people joked about why the organizer didn't name her Chips Ahoy! or for other food。 ????? However, the program organizer said they didn't receive any commercial sponsorship。 ????? "Her name is completely decided by netizens," the panda base said in a statement。 ????? The name Oreo's first letter coincides with the first letter of Olympics, reminding people of her birth date. Also, Oreo's mother is called Li Li and Oreo's Chinese translation, Ao Li Ao, links with her mother's name and suggests her family tree, the base said。 ????? The program aims to raise awareness regarding protection of giant pandas as well as other endangered animals。 ????? Six chosen volunteers, dubbed Chengdu Pambassadors, have received training from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and will take part in international exchanges。 ????? The program, conducted by the research center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, US-based Wild Aid and the Yao Ming Foundation, is an extension of a similar campaign carried out two years ago when the center recruited six volunteers from more than 60,000 applicants in about 50 countries。(Shanghai Daily) ????? 10月29日，成都熊貓基地首只面向全球公開征名的奧運大熊貓，終于有名字了，還是一個有趣的名字：奧莉奧(Oreo)。 ????? 10月19日，“2024年成都全球招募熊貓守護使”Facebook官方頁面發布消息，邀請全球網友為成都熊貓基地一只出生于倫敦奧運會首日(2024年7月28日)的熊貓寶寶取名。活動引起近千萬網民關注，共征集到8000多個名字。最終，來自美國的“熊貓守護使”決賽選手麗貝卡推薦的名字“奧利奧”(Oreo)受到2345位網友青睞，總票數位列第一。成都熊貓基地主任張志和博士根據熊貓命名的規律，對此名略加調整，為這只奧運熊貓命名為“奧莉奧”(Oreo)。 麗貝卡說，之所以推薦這個名字，是因為Oreo在希臘語中是“美麗、美好”的意思，同時她很喜歡奧利奧餅干，這種餅干的顏色與大熊貓的體色一致。 ????? 活動組委會工作人員稱，“奧利奧”(Oreo)之名最初是由一名來自美國的網友Christine Hsu(資料顯示其為紐約大學學生)于北京時間10月19日晚上11:26上傳到本次活動Facebook官方頁面的。 ????? 張志和說，大熊貓命名一般都要在中文名中體現熊貓與其父母、尤其是母親的聯系，以便在熊貓科研過程中追蹤、辨識其族群譜系。恰因奧運熊貓的母親名為“莉莉”，所以將“奧利奧”略作改動為“奧莉奧”，既尊重網友民意，也照顧到科研之需。