THE GIANT PANDA

大熊猫

Giant Panda Fact File

大熊猫的数据档案

Population In the wild: about 1,600

数量 在野生环境：大约1600只

Appearance Weight at birth: about 100-200 grams

外貌 出生时的重量：大约100-200克

Adult weight: about 100-250 kilograms

成年时的重量：100-150千克

Colour: black and white

颜色：黑色和白色

A giant panda is a kind of bear. It has a white face with black patches around its eyes.

大熊猫是熊的一种。它的脸是白色的，黑色的斑点在它眼睛的周围。

It also has black ears, shoulders and legs. The rest of its body is white.

它还有黑色的耳朵，肩膀和四肢。身体的其他部分是白色的。

Home

故乡

Pandas live high up in the mountains of Central and Western China. They live in the bamboo forests there.

熊猫住在中国中西部的高山处。它们住在那里的竹林里。

Food

食物

Pandas in the wild usually eat bamboo. In zoos, their menu includes bamboo, apples and carrots.

在野生环境中的大熊猫通常吃竹子。在动物园里，他们的菜单包括竹子，苹果和胡萝卜。

A giant panda can eat as much as 30 kilograms of bamboo a day.

一只大熊猫每天可以吃多达30千克的竹子。

Behaviour

行为

Pandas like to live on their own. They need to eat a lot to stay healthy, so they spend more than 12 hours a day eating.

熊猫喜欢独自生活。他们需要吃许多来保持健康，所以它们每天花费超过12小时来吃东西。

Although they are big and heavy, it is not difficult for them to climb trees.

尽管它们体型大并且重，但是对它们来说爬树并不困难。

They are strong enough to protect themselves.

他们足够强大来保护自己。

Life

寿命

Pandas live for about 20 years in the wild, but in zoos they can live for up to 35 years.

熊猫在野生环境中可以活大约20年，但是在动物园它们可以活长达35年。

The future

未来

People are cutting down forests, so the pandas are losing their homes.

人们正在砍伐树木，所以大熊猫正在丧失它们的家园。

Some people are killing them for their fur. It is cruel of them to do so.

一些人正在为了它们的皮毛而杀害它们。他们这么做很残忍。

There are not many pandas in the world now. It is important for us to protect them.

现在，世界上的大熊猫数量不多。对于我们来说，保护它们很重要。

More practice

The story of the red-crowned crane

丹顶鹤的故事

Have you never heard of the song "The story of the red-crowned  crane"? It is about a girl called Xu Xiujuan.

你曾听说过这首歌吗？"丹顶鹤的故事"？这是一个关于叫作徐秀娟的女孩的故事。

Xiujuan was born in Zhaolong, Heilongjiang Province in 1964. Her father's job was to look after red-crowned cranes.

秀娟在1964年出生在黑龙江省扎龙自然保护区。她父亲的工作是照看丹顶鹤。

Xiujuan started helping her father when she was young. She soon showed a great love for these white birds. She became good at raising them.

当她小的时候，秀娟就开始帮助他的父亲。她很快对这些白色的鸟表现出很大的热爱。她变得很擅长喂养它们。

When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province.

当秀娟21岁的时候，她在江苏省的自然保护区得到了一份工作。

She enjoyed taking care of the baby cranes. If a bird became sick, she took good care of it and stayed with it very until it was strong enough to fly again.

她喜欢照顾小丹顶鹤。如果一只鸟生病了，她照顾它，并每天和它呆在一起，直到它足够强壮再次飞起来了。

In September 1987, one of the birds went missing. The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very worried.

1987年9月，其中一只鸟不见了。在自然保护区的工人找遍了每个地方，但是没有人能找到它。秀娟很担心。

She looked for it day and night for two days. On the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird, she fell into a river and died. She was only 23.

她找了两天两夜。在第二晚，当她正在寻找走失的鸟时，她掉进了一条河里，丧生了。她年仅23岁。

Later, a song was written in memory of Xiujuan. Though Xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song or see a red-crowned crane.

后来，为了纪念秀娟，人们写了一首歌。尽管秀娟年纪轻轻就丧生了，但是当人们听到这首歌或者看到一只丹顶鹤时，人们总是会记起她。

1.learn about 得知有关...的消息

2.at birth 出生时

3.a kind of 一种                      

4.on one’s own 独自 

5.cut down 砍倒                      

6.the number of... ......的数量

7.between...and... 在......和......之间          

8.make it 获得成功

9.look after 照顾                      

10.too...to... 太......而不能......

11.feel sorry about... 为......感到遗憾        

12.at least 至少

13.fly away飞离; 离开                

14.fall asleep 入睡

15.hear of 听说                       

16.take care of 照顾

17.in memory of 为纪念                

18.be able to 能够

19.become good at 变得擅长   

句型

1.stop to do sth 

停下来去做另一件事情  

stop doing sth 

停止正在做的事情

2. used to do st　

过去常常做......

   be used to doing sth 

习惯于做某事

   be used to do sth 

被用于做某事

3.allow sb to do sth

允许某人做某事

  allow doing sth 

允许做某事

  be allowed to do sth 

被允许做某事

4.be willing to do sth 

愿意做某事

1. It is important for us to protect giant pandas.

对我们而言，保护大熊猫很重要。

2. It was nice of the policeman to show Helen the way to the zoo.

警察很友好，给海伦指明去动物园的路。

3. The baby panda is not old enough to eat bamboo.

熊猫宝宝不够大，不能吃竹子。

句1含It is + adj + for sb + to do sth句型；

句2含It is + adj + of sb + to do sth句型；

句3含adj+enough to do sth结构。

1. It is + adj + for sb + to do sth与It is + adj + of sb + to do sth

It is useful for me to learn a foreign language,

It is not easy for her to do so much work in a day.

It is important for them to arrive on time.

It is kind of you to help me with my English.

It is clever of you to do that.

2.adj+enough to do sth 某人或某物足够...做某事

  也可以写成It is +adj+enough for sb to do sth，这里的sb为to do sth的逻辑主语，该结构可以和too...to...以及so...that...句型想换转换。

Tom is so clever that he gets good marks in his exams.

= Tom is clever enough to get good marks in his exam.

Amy is so easy-going that she can make friends easily.

=Amy is easy-going enough to make friends easily.

The bad is too heavy for the old man to carry.

=The bad is not light enough for the old man to carry.