初二上(9,课文)
熊猫是最濒危的动物之一,The panda is one of the animals most in danger,
目前大约有1000只大熊猫生活在自然保护区, There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today,
动物园和研究中心照顾大约160只大熊猫, Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas,
科学家们正在研究它们的生活方式,动物园里出生了更多的熊猫宝宝。 Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos,
熊猫生活在中国西南部的森林和山区,Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China,
它们主要以竹子为食,每只熊猫每天都需要吃很多竹子, They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day,
由于各种原因,竹子的面积越来越小,所以熊猫赖以生存的土地越来越少。 The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on,
熊猫宝宝不多,熊猫宝宝经常死亡,情况变得非常严重。 Pandas don't have many babies, and baby pandas often die,The situation is becoming very serious,
我们的政府正在努力拯救大熊猫。Our government is working hard to save pandas,
有30多个自然保护区保护大熊猫,但这些还不够 There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough,
政府制定了一项新计划来帮助大熊猫, The government has made a new plan to help pandas,
自然保护区会更大,竹子会长得更好。 The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better,
那么熊猫就有足够的食物来生存, Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in,
在动物园出生的熊猫可能会回到自然保护区生活。 Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves,
大多数人都喜欢熊猫,熊猫是世界上最著名的动物之一。Most people love pandas, The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world,
它是世界自然基金会的象征, It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature,
世界自然基金会致力于保护所有处于危险中的动物,因此熊猫已经成为所有处于危险中的动物的象征, The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger,
拯救熊猫还有很长的路要走。There is still a long way to go to save the panda,
想想其他处于危险中的动物,比如老虎、鲸鱼、海龟和大象,我们需要拯救熊猫,我们也需要拯救它们,Think of other animals in danger such as tigers, whales, turtles and elephants,we need to save the panda, and we need to save them, too,