Names Chosen for Panda

The world's only living panda triplets have finally got their names chosen from over 1.2 million entries, three months after their birth in south China' s Guangdong Province.
全球首例存活的大熊猫三胞胎三个月前在广州诞生，现在终于有了自己的名字。自三胞胎满月开始，120多万“大熊猫粉丝”踊跃参与了面向全球为大熊猫征名的活动。

The oldest sister(大姐) is named Mengmeng(萌萌), which means cute. While her two younger brothers(弟弟) are called Shuaishuai(帅帅handsome), and Kuku (酷酷 cool) respectively. Organizers(组织方) say the names were quite popular and were picked(挑选) to try to show each cub' s character(性格).

Pianist(钢琴家) LiYundi was on hand(亲临) at the naming ceremony. The famous musician played various melodies for the cubs, and called for the protection of the species.

重点词汇 Key Words:

征名 zhēng míng
collect name
The word is short for "征集"(to collect;to recruit) and "姓名"(name).

Eg. 征名活动的结果公布了。
     The result of name-collecting campaign has been released.

挑选 tiāo xuǎn
choose; select; pick out

Eg.

• 我们收到了一些答复，并从中随机挑选了一个。
  We received several answers, and we picked one at random.
• 如果可能，最好还是挑选有机食品。
  It is always best to choose organically grown foods if possible.

性格词汇 Character Words :

[dú lì de] 独立的 independent [wài xiàng de] 外向的 out-going [huó pō de] 活泼的 active [yǒu hǎo de] 友好的 amicable [zhí shuài de] 直率的 frank [yǒng gǎn de] 勇敢的 brave [yōu mò de] 幽默的 humorous [suí hé de] 随和的 easy-going [shòu huān yíng de] 受欢迎的 popular [jīng lì chōng pèi de] 精力充沛的 energetic

[zì sī de] 自私的 selfish [mǐn gǎn de] 敏感的 sensitive [lǎn duò de] 懒惰的 lazy [tān lán de] 贪婪的 greedy [lìn sè de] 吝啬的 mean [guō zào de] 聒噪的 noisy [gù zhí de] 固执的 stubborn [duō yí de] 多疑的 skeptical [zhuān hèng bá hù] 专横跋扈的 bossy [pí qì bào zào de] 脾气暴燥的bad-tempered