I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be     1     for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time     2     a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That has changed     3     I was here.

…For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on     4     until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave     5     too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I     6     to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open.

I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me     7     in their power, it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face…

…Sadly…I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very     8     windows. It’s no     9     looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be     10    .

Save Us — South China Tiger

We are called South China Tiger, and we are     1     (处于灭绝的危险). It’s     2     (alarm) that there are only 30-80 living in the zoo. Our skin and fur are regarded as expensive traditional medicine. (For this reason we are being illegally hunted)     3     (用强调句升级加黑体部分). Even worse,    4     (由于) the fact that trees are being cut down by human beings, 5.    5     (我们的自然栖息地——森林，正受到威胁). However,    6     (人们正采取有效措施增加野生虎的数量).

Please refuse to buy our fur or other tiger products!