Taipei Zoo By Paul Chen Outline Starting Questions

Taipei Zoo By Paul Chen

Outline • Starting Questions • Sample Conversations – (1) Invitation & Declining – (2) Expressing Different Feelings toward the Same Thing • Vocabulary • Useful Expressions – (1) Indoor Display Areas – (2) Outdoor Display Areas – (3) Formosan Animals • • Activity Discussion Questions Reference Ref. Zoo Information

Starting Questions • How much do you know about Taipei Zoo? (opening hours, ticket prices, transportation, services, and history? ) – How can one get to the zoo from FJU? – Was it originally located in Mucha as it is now? • What animal do you like the most? Why?

Conversation (1): Invitation & Declining Milton: Hey, Rose. Where’re you heading for? Rose: Hi, Milton. My sis. and I are going to Taipei Zoo today. Wanna join us? Milton: Thanks, but no thanks. I just went there with my friends last Sat. It was really crowded! Rose: Indeed. It’s always filled with people during holidays and weekends. That’s why we are going today, since we both have the day off. Milton: Lucky you…. Okay now, I’d better go work now. Wish you fun today.

Conversation (2): Expressing Different Feelings toward the Same Thing Sara: Melissa, did you ever visit the Nocturnal Animal House in Taipei Zoo? Melissa: Yes. But I just visited it once when I was in primary school and never set foot in it from then on. Sara: Why? Recently I found it interesting to see various cute and furry little animals inside the House. Besides, the owls there always remind me of those in the Harry Potter stories. Melissa: Are you kidding? I don’t even like the House at all. I always find it creepy to stay inside and have so many little creatures staring at me. It actually makes me very uncomfortable. Sara: Okay then. I guess different people simply feel differently toward the same thing. However, I’m still happy to know how you feel about the Nocturnal Animal House.

Vocabulary • to head for 前往 • • to be crowded (with) • 擁擠的 • • Thanks, but no thanks. • 謝謝, 我心領了。 • • indeed 確實如此 • to be filled with 裝滿 • • to have a day off 放一 • 天假 to set foot in 涉足於 from then on 從那時起 various 各式各樣的 furry 毛茸茸的 to remind sb of sth 提醒 某人某事 creature 動物、生物 to stare at 瞪著…

Useful Expressions (1) Indoor Display Areas: 室內展示館 • Insectarium 昆蟲館 • Amphibian and Reptile House 兩棲爬蟲動物館 • Penguin House 企鵝館 • Koala House 無尾熊館 • Nocturnal Animal House 夜行動物館 • Education Center 教育中心

Useful Expressions (2) Outdoor Display Areas: 戶外展示區 • Formosan Animal Area 臺灣鄉土動物區 • Children's Zoo 兒童動物園 • Asian Tropical Rainforests Area 亞洲熱帶雨林區 • Desert Animal Area 沙漠動物區 • Australian Animal Area 澳洲動物區 • African Animal Area 非洲動物區 • Temperate Zone Animal Area 溫帶動物區 • Bird World 鳥園區

Useful Expressions (3) Formosan Animals 台灣原生動物： • Formosan Sika Deer 梅花鹿 • Formosan Black Bear 台灣黑熊 • Formosan Wild Boar 台灣野豬 • Chinese Pangolin 穿山甲 • Clouded Leopard 雲豹 • Flying Fox 狐蝠 …etc.

Activity • Do you know which areas these animals belong to? (Identify the animals first. ) • Asian Tropical Rainforests Area Black Bear • African Animal Area Bactrian Camel • Desert Animal Area Crab-eating Macaque • Formosan Animal Area Gorilla

Discussion Questions • How often do you go to the zoo? Do you like going there? Why or why not? • What animal would you choose to represent your personality? • Many animal rights activists do not like zoos because they think zoos, instead of being animals' natural habitat, exhibit animals for entertainment. Do you agree?

Reference • Taipei Zoo <http: //english. taipei. gov. tw/zoo/index. jsp> • Animal in You--test of one's animal personality <http: //www. animalinyou. com/>

Ref. Zoo Information • • • Opening Hours Tickets (1) (2) Transportation Zoo Services Prohibitions Map

Ref. Opening Hours • All year (Except on Chinese New Year's Eve) • 9 a. m. ~5 p. m. (No entry after 4 p. m. )

Ref. Tickets • Adult Ticket: NT 60 • Discount Ticket: NT 30 • Group Tickets: 30% discount is offered on blocks of 30 tickets or more. • Free Entry

Ref. More Info. On the Tickets • Eligibility for Discount Tickets – – Over 6 and under 12 years old School student with student card Military and police personnel with identification Low income households with certification from Taipei City Government • Eligibility for Free Entry – – – Children under 6 years old Handicapped persons (with certification) and one companion School excursions (with application and approval documents) Retired public servants and teachers (with retirement card) Seniors sixty-five years old and over (with identity card) Tour guides with Tourism Bureau authorization

Ref. Transportation • • Bus MRT (Mucha Line) Self-drive Internal Shuttle Bus – Depart from the shuttle train station located on the left of the Education Center – Shuttle trains run between 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. – Single ticket costs NT 5

Ref. Zoo Services • Guide to Taipei Zoo: Brochures are available to the public at the main entrance. • Tourist Information Center: On the right of the main entrance. (Service: broadcast, nursery, hot water, wheelchair & baby stroller renting, and other services. ) • Animal Information Line: 2938 -2300 ext. 515 • Tour Booking Telephone Line: 2938 -2300 ext. 630 (Groups of more than 30 people must book 10 days in advance. )

Ref. Prohibitions You are not allowed to • bring pets into the zoo • ride bicycles or rollerblades in the zoo • climb fences and enter enclosures • feed the animals • smoke