A 11-year-old panda named "Qizhen" gave birth Friday to a pair of twin cubs in the Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding.
6日，成都大熊猫繁育研究基地名为“奇珍”的11岁大熊猫诞下一对龙凤胎。Such expeditions brought exotica back to China; witness the giraffe once presented at the Ming court.
一系列探险给中国带来了异域奇珍，有人目睹长颈鹿出现在明朝廷上。Then the clay was content, and silently thanked its maker, because, though an earthen vessel, it held so great a treasure.
这时黏土心满意足了，它暗暗地感谢它的制造者，因为虽然自己只是一只泥土器皿，但里面装的却是一件稀世奇珍。Some look like fantastical monsters, while others are sculptures of religious monks .
有些看起来像奇珍异兽，而有些则是修道士的雕像。We need some more ridiculous things besides "The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. "
除了《自然奇珍》之外，我们需要一些更荒唐的东西。The Romans scoured their realm for strange beasts and other exotica , parading them through their capital .
罗马人在自己的领土上遍寻奇珍异兽，然后拿到首都炫耀。Her husband, Louis XIV, kept amenagerie of exotic animals, and whenever one died she summoned thesurgeon to dissect it.
她的丈夫路易十四养了一院子奇珍异兽，只要一有动物死掉，她就会让人去做解剖研究。Other goods such as exotic animals, ivory, and gold were also transported along the route.
其它货物如奇珍异兽、象牙，及黄金等也通过丝绸之路运输。I mean, "Curiosity" -- excuse me.
我说的是，“奇珍”--不好意思。