It is not easy to excite New Yorkers. This is one reason why actors and other famous people move to the city. They can live quieter lives and escape the paparazzi photographers who would follow them in Hollywood. But New York has a new media star. And this star is not living so quietly. The star is a colorful Mandarin duck. The bird first appeared this month in a small body of water in Manhattan’s Central Park. Large crowds have gathered to see the duck. Reporters have been following its every move. The media attention on the duck has earned the name “quackarazzi,” a word combination of paparazzi and the sound a duck makes! The duck has chosen to live in a costly part of New York, just off Fifth Avenue, near the historic Plaza Hotel. There, hundreds of people turn up every day, hoping to see the bird show off its extremely colorful feathers.
Title: Colorful Mandarin Duck Excites New Yorkers
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/fc69a09c-7dff-4fbe-be38-398003905d76_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Colorful Mandarin Duck Excites New Yorkers' data-article-id='3555'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4542'>It is not easy to excite New Yorkers.</span> <span data-start-time='4542' data-end-time='11250'>This is one reason why actors and other famous people move to the city.</span> <span data-start-time='11250' data-end-time='21354'>They can live quieter lives and escape the paparazzi photographers who would follow them in Hollywood.</span> <span data-start-time='21354' data-end-time='24479'>But New York has a new media star.</span> <span data-start-time='24479' data-end-time='30729'>And this star is not living so quietly.</span> <span data-start-time='30729' data-end-time='36458'>The star is a colorful Mandarin duck.</span> <span data-start-time='36458' data-end-time='45292'>The bird first appeared this month in a small body of water in Manhattan’s Central Park.</span> <span data-start-time='45292' data-end-time='49813'>Large crowds have gathered to see the duck.</span> <span data-start-time='49813' data-end-time='53542'>Reporters have been following its every move.</span> <span data-start-time='53542' data-end-time='66104'>The media attention on the duck has earned the name “quackarazzi,” a word combination of paparazzi and the sound a duck makes!</span> <span data-start-time='66104' data-end-time='78063'>The duck has chosen to live in a costly part of New York, just off Fifth Avenue, near the historic Plaza Hotel.</span> <span data-start-time='78063' data-end-time='88479'>There, hundreds of people turn up every day, hoping to see the bird show off its extremely colorful feathers.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/D1AC130C-23B0-4F22-A474-0CE5A310313C_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12076 data-hint-location='78063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/what_is_a_feather.wav'>What is a feather?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the light growths that make up the outer covering of the body of a bird'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/the_ability_to_read_and_write.wav'><span>the ability to read and write</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/the_way_someone_feels.wav'><span>the way someone feels</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/the_light_growths_that_make_up_the_outer_covering_of_the_body_of_a_bird.wav'><span>the light growths that make up the outer covering of the body of a bird</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/the_ability_to_sing.wav'><span>the ability to sing</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12077 data-hint-location='30729' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/the_star_is_a_colorful_mandarin_what.wav'>The star is a colorful Mandarin what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='duck'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/duck.wav'><span>duck</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/squirrel.wav'><span>squirrel</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/cat.wav'><span>cat</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/leaf.wav'><span>leaf</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12078 data-hint-location='45292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/large__blank__have_gathered_to_see_the_duck.wav'>Large <span class='blank'>crowds</span> have gathered to see the duck.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='crowds'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/plates.wav'><span>plates</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/vans.wav'><span>vans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/trees.wav'><span>trees</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/crowds.wav'><span>crowds</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3010/fc69a09c-7dff-4fbe-be38-398003905d76_hq.wav
Preview
