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Photo taken on Aug 4, 2017 shows a screen shot of the pregnant panda Huan Huan in ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan, France.[Photo/Xinhua]
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SAINT-AIGNAN, France — Huan Huan, the female panda which is on loan to France from China, has delivered twin cubs on Friday night.
周五晚上，从中国借给法国的大熊猫欢欢生下了一对双胞胎幼崽。
In her first delivery, Huan Huan has given birth to two cubs at interval of a few minutes, said the zoo in a communique.
欢欢的头胎间隔几分钟时间生下了两只幼崽，动物园在声明中说。
The first panda cub was born at 10:18 pm local time (2018 GMT), and the other came 14 minutes later.
第一只幼崽于当地时间晚上10:18出生，另一只14分钟后出生。
In the wild, female pandas raise only a cub, the "strongest", the one that has the most chances of survival, and abandon the second. Huan Huan has chosen the second cub and the first one was put immediately to an incubator.
在野外，雌性大熊猫只养育一只幼崽，即那只最强的，最有机会存活的，并抛弃另外一只。欢欢选择了第二只，第一只被立即放进了育婴箱中。
The first cub was put immediately to the incubator but was announced dead shortly.
虽然第一只幼崽被立即送进了育婴箱中，但是不久后便被宣布死亡。
The female panda and her male partner Yuan Zi arrived in central France's Beauval zoo in January 2012. They are on loan from China for ten years.
这只雌性大熊猫和她的雄性搭档“圆仔”于2012年1月抵达法国中部的博瓦勒野生动物园。他们被从中国出10年。
The female panda is only on heat once a year for two days. There are about 2,000 pandas in the world.They classified as "vulnerable" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
雌性大熊猫一年只发情一次，为时两天。世上约有2000只大熊猫。大熊猫被国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）归类为易危物种。
