Yangtze River Dolphin
Why is it endangered? Habitat loss and pollution
Population: 1, 000—1, 800
What is being done? The dolphins are being moved to a clean and safe habitat.
What can we do? Clean up the rivers!
Poster
Save us—Yangtze River Dolphin
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1.大熊猫是中国乃至世界的稀有动物；
2.由于栖息地遭到破坏，竹子被砍伐，大熊猫觅食越来越困难，正濒临灭绝；
3.政府已建立数个自然保护区来保护大熊猫；
4.拯救熊猫的项目需要更多的关注和资金。
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I was invited to a cookout on an old friend’s farm in western Washington. I parked my car outside the farm and walked past a milking house which had apparently not been used in many years. A noise at a window caught my attention, so I entered it. It was a hummingbird (蜂鸟), desperately trying to escape. She was covered in spider-webs (蛛网) and was barely able to move her wings. She ceased her struggle the instant I picked her up.
With the bird in my cupped hand, I looked around to see how she had gotten in. The broken window glass was the likely answer. I stuffed a piece of cloth into the hole and took her outside, closing the door securely behind me.
When I opened my hand, the bird did not fly away; she sat looking at me with her bright eyes. I removed the sticky spider-webs that covered her head and wings. Still, she made no attempt to fly. Perhaps she had been struggling against the window too long and was too tired? Or too thirsty?
As I carried her up the blackberry-lined path toward my car where I kept a water bottle, she began to move. I stopped, and she soon took wing but did not immediately fly away.
Hovering (悬停), she approached within six inches of my face. For a very long moment, this tiny creature looked into my eyes, turning her head from side to side. Then she flew quickly out of sight.
During the cookout, I told my hosts about the hummingbird incident. They promised to fix the window. As I was departing, my friends walked me to my car. I was standing by the car when a hummingbird flew to the center of our group and began hovering. She turned from person to person until she came to me. She again looked directly into my eyes, then let out a squeaking call and was gone. For a moment, all were speechless. Then someone said, “She must have come to say goodbye.”
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A few weeks later, I went to the farm again.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1.意义：野生动物与人类的生活息息相关
2.现状：野生动物正在被过度捕杀
3.后果：a.生态平衡被破坏 b.人类受到大自然的惩罚
4.建议：a.严惩盗猎者 b.提高环保意识 c.建立自然保护区
参考词汇：自然保护区nature reserve；生态平衡the balance of nature
Protect Wild Animals
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