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Pandas in the wild usually eat bambooÖñ×Ó. In zoos, their menu['menju?] ²Ëµ¥ includes°üÀ¨ bamboo, apples and carrots ['k?r?t]ºúÂܲ·. A giant panda can eat as much as ¶à´ï30 kilograms of bamboo a day.
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Pandas live for about 20 years in the wild, but in zoos they can live for up to ¸ß´ï35 years.
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People are cutting down ¿³·¥forests, so the pandas are losing their homesʧȥ¼ÒÔ°. Some people are killing them for their fur [f??]Ƥë. It is cruel [kr??l]²ÐÈÌµÄ of them
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to do so. There are not many pandas in the world now. It is important for us to protect ±£»¤them.
Rabbit['r?b?t] fact file[fa?l] (ÍÃ×Óµµ°¸)
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A rabbit weighs [we?] ÌåÖØbetweenÔÚ...Ö®¼ä 0.4 and 2 kilograms and can live for up to ¶à´ï12 years. HoweverÈ»¶ø, a rabbit in the wild can seldomºÜÉÙ live for more than a year.
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Adult rabbits can give birth toÉúÓý many baby rabbits, and their
population[p?pj?'le??(?)n]ÊýÁ¿£»ÈË¿Ú can grow very quickly. This can cause[k??z]Òý Æð problems to farmersÅ©Ãñ, because rabbits like to eat the farmers¡¯ vegetablesÊß²Ë. Simon is talking about ̸ÂÛhis tripÂÃÐÐ to the nature park×ÔÈ»¹«Ô° with Emma.
Simon: Someone was throwing rocks at ÈÓʯͷa duckѼ×Ó in the park, but I was not brave[bre?v]ÓÂ¸Ò enough to tell him to stop doing it. I feel really sorry about it. Emma: That¡¯s OK, Simon. At least ÖÁÉÙyou¡¯re honest ['?n?st]³ÏʵµÄ enough to say
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you were wrong. What happened to the duck then£¿
Simon: It flew away·É×ß from us. I think it came close because it was hungry¼¢¶ö µÄ. Some other people in the park were kind enough to give it some food, so it was fine.
Emma: Did you see any other animals during your trip?
Simon: Yes, I saw some birds, some horses and some sheep. I did a lot of walking×ßÁ˺ܳ¤Â·. I¡¯m tired ÀÛenough to fall asleepÈë˯ right nowÏÖÔÚ!
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The story of the red-crowned [kra?n] crane [kre?n]µ¤¶¥º×
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Have you everÔø¾ heard ofÌý˵ the song ¡°The story of the red-crowned crane¡±? It is about a girl called Xu Xiujuan.
Xiujuan was born in ³öÉúÓÚZhalong, Heilongjiang Province ['pr?v?ns] Ê¡in 1964. Her father¡¯s job was to look afterÕÕ¹Ë red-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love for these white birds. She became good at±äµÃÉó¤ raising[re?z]ËÇÑø£»³ï¼¯ them.
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When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve [r?'z??v]×ÔÈ»±£»¤Çø in Jiangsu ProvinceÊ¡. She enjoyed taking care of ÕÕ¹Ëthe baby cranes. If a bird
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became sickÉú²¡, she took good care of ϤÐÄÕÕ¹Ëit and stayed with it ºÍËüÒ»Æðevery day untilÖ±µ½ it was strong enough to fly again.
1987 Äê 9 Ô£¬ÓÐÖ»Äñʧ×ÙÁË¡£×ÔÈ»±£»¤ÇøµÄ¹¤×÷ÈËÔ±µ½´¦Ñ°ÕÒ£¬µ«Ã»ÓÐÈËÄÜÕÒµ½Ëü¡£Ðã¾êºÜÊǵ£ÐÄ£¬ËýÁ¬ÐøÁ½ÌìÒ¹ÒÔ¼ÌÈÕµØÑ°ÕÒËü¡£µÚ¶þÌìÍíÉÏ£¬µ±ËýÕýÔÚÑ°ÕÒʧ×ÙµÄÄñʱ£¬»¬½øºÓÀïÎþÉüÁË£¬ÏíÄê 23 Ëê¡£
In September 1987, one of the birds went missing×ßʧÁË. The workers in the nature reserve [r?'z??v]×ÔÈ»±£»¤Çø looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worriedµ£ÐĵÄ. She looked for it day and night Ò¹ÒÔ¼ÌÈÕµØfor two days. On the second night, while µ±she was looking for the missing¶ªÊ§µÄ bird, she fell into µô½øa river and died. She was only 23.
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Later, a song was written in memory of ['mem(?)r?]ΪÁ˼ÍÄîXiujuan. Though¾¡¹ÜXiujuan died youngÄêÇáʱȥÊÀ, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.
WWFÊÀ½çÒ°Éú¶¯Îï»ù½ð
The World Wide Fund [f?nd]»ù½ð for Nature (WWF) was founded³ÉÁ¢ in 1961. It was called the ¡°World Wildlife['wa?l(d)la?f]Ò°Éú¶¯Ö²Îï Fund¡± in the pastÔÚ¹ýÈ¥. It uses a panda as its logo['l?g??; 'l??g??]±êÖ¾.
The WWF is an important environmental [?nva?r?n'ment(?)l; ]»·¾³µÄorganization[???¨À?na?'ze??n]×éÖ¯. It aims toÄ¿µÄÊÇ build½¨Ôì a futureδÀ´ where people live in harmonyºÍгµÄ with nature['h¨»?m?n?]. It works on around´óÔ¼ 1,300
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