A zoo in Canada has asked visitors to speak French to its Siberian tiger. Boris arrived at the zoo in May 2006. But the tiger didn't respond to the keepers when they spoke English to him.
"When our zoo keepers tried to speak to him in English, he obviously didn't understand what they were trying to tell him, so he remained indifferent," said Jan Archbold, a spokeswoman for the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
Then one day the only zoo keeper who speaks French said "Bonjour" to Boris and he came right over. Bonjour means hello in French.
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Boris, who will be eight years old in August, was raised in captivity in Quebec, Canada, where people mainly speak French.
"We hope people will come to the zoo and speak French to him to keep him company," said Archbold.
Archbold said the zoo hopes to teach Boris English so that he can understand the commands of English-speaking zookeepers and veterinarians too. The Zoo hopes that Boris can become bilingual, just like you!
(Catherine thomas, staff writer with AFP)
加拿大一家動物園要求遊客對園內的西伯利亞虎說法語。去年五月來到這家動物園的波利斯，完全不理會說英文的管理員。
愛德蒙頓河谷動物園發言人珍．亞克伯德女士說：「園方管理員試著跟牠說英語，但牠顯然不明白他們在跟牠說什麼，所以總是一臉漠然。」
有一天，園內唯一會說法語的管理員跟波利斯說了聲「Bonjour」後，牠竟馬上靠了過來。Bonjour是法語哈囉的意思。
今年八月就要滿八歲的波利斯在加拿大魁北克的動物園裡長大。魁北克民眾大多說法語。
亞克伯德說：「我們希望民眾到園裡來跟牠說法語，陪伴牠。」
亞克伯德表示，動物園希望教波利斯聽懂英語，這樣牠才能了解說英語的管理員和獸醫的指令。動物園期望波利斯能像各位一樣懂得雙語！
（法新社／翻譯：林倩如）
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