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	In which paragraph does the author refer to	Answer
4.1.	the variety of subjects she covers in her job?
4.2.	being exhausted after trips to see pandas in a zoo?
4.3.	a picture of pandas which wasn’t taken by her?
4.4.	an enthusiastic reaction to the birth of a baby panda?
4.5.	a sad event she wasn’t aware of for some time?

 

MY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH PANDAS

A. In almost every photo from our 1986 family vacation to Washington, D.C., I am wearing
an oversized, white, cotton sweatshirt with a photo of giant pandas on the front –
a souvenir I had picked out from a range of panda-themed clothing items at the National
Zoo’s gift shop. I remember very little from the vacation, aside from the thrill of seeing its
star attractions – the giant pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. The following year Ling-
Ling gave birth to twin cubs. Unfortunately, the babies didn’t survive, but I learned about
that much later, when I wasn’t a kid anymore.

B. I must confess that my childhood love of pandas didn’t last. When I grew up, the pandas
became just another item to mark off the checklist when I took my child to the National
Zoo. I used to join other mothers pushing strollers up the never-ending hill to the panda
enclosure. By the time we reached it, my kid would inevitably be hot and thirsty, and start
crying. I struggled to point out to my four-year-old just where to look, over the crowds also
eager to catch sight of the iconic black-and-white bears. Our visits left me completely
worn out.

C. But in 2015, when Bei Bei was born and the panda craze once again took over here
in Washington, my editor asked me to cover the cub’s debut. Nearly three months after
the black-and-white baby was born, everyone was waiting impatiently to get their first
glimpse of the panda. Working as an in-house photographer at National Geographic’s
head office, I didn’t have far to go. So nearly 30 years after that memorable childhood
visit to see the pandas, I found myself in the midst of a crowd of photojournalists and
video crews packed into the panda enclosure.

D. I sometimes joke that I’m the photographer equivalent of a Swiss army knife – shooting
everything from sunsets to artifacts. Pandas had never been on my list. However, after
the photographs of Bei Bei I had taken turned out to be popular, my editor suggested we
ask the zoo’s administrators if I could return regularly to document the first year of the
cub’s life. That’s how my adventure with Bei Bei began.

Na podstawie: www.nationalgeographic.com