AnimalsNeedProtectingAnimalsarenaturalresourcesthatpeoplehavewastedallthroughourhistory.Animalshavebeenkilledfortheirfurandfeathers,forfood,forsport,andsimplybecausetheywereintheway.Thousandsofkindsofanimalshavedisappearedfromtheearthforever.Hundredsmoreareonthedangerlisttoday.About170kindsintheUnitedStatesaloneareconsideredindanger.

　　Whyshouldpeoplecare?Becauseweneedanimals,andbecauseoncetheyaregone,therewillneverbeanymore.Animalsaremorethanjustbeautifulorinteresting.Theyaremorethanjustasourceoffood.Everyanimalhasitsplaceinthebalanceofnature.Destroyingonekindofanimalcancreatemanyproblems.Forexample,whenfarmerskilledlargenumbersofhawks,thefarmers'storesofcornandgrainweredestroyedbyratsandmice.Why?Becausehawkseatratsandmice,withnohawkstokeepdowntheirnumbers,theratsandmicemultipliedquickly.

　　Luckily,somepeopleareworkingtohelpsavetheanimals.Somegroupsraisemoneytoletpeopleknowabouttheproblem.Andtheytrytogetthegovernmentstopasslawsprotectinganimalsindanger.Quiteafewcountrieshavepassedlaws.Theselawsforbidthekillingofanyanimalorplantonthedangerlist.Slowly,thenumberofsomeanimalsindangerisgrowing.

　　中文:

　　动物需要保护,动物是自然资源,在整个历史过程中,人类一直在糟蹋着这种资源.人们杀死动物,获得它们的皮毛,把它们当作食物或运动方式,或者只是因为它们碍事.成千上万种动物已经从这个地球上永远地消失了.现在另外上百种动物也上了濒危动物名单.仅荚国大概就有170种被认为处于危险当中.

　　为什么人们应该感到担忧呢?因为我们需要动物,因为它们一旦消失,就永远不会再出现.动物不仅仅是漂亮或有趣.它们不仅仅是人类的食物来源.在维持自然平衡中,每种动物都有其作用.毁灭某种动物会导致许多问题.比如,农民们如果杀死为数众多的鹰,他们谷物和粮食的仓库就会受到老鼠和田鼠的破坏.为什么?因为鹰吃鼠类,没有鹰控制它们的数量,鼠类就会迅速繁殖.

　　幸运的是,有些人正在努力帮助拯救这些动物.有些组织筹钱以便人们了解这一问题.他们也努力使政府通过保护濒危动物的法律.很多国家已经通过了法律.这些法律禁止杀害濒危名单上的动植物.某些濒危动物的数目正在慢慢地不断上升.

　　地震：

　　【一】May12thisanordinarydayin2008,itisinthisdaythatshockingearthquakehappenedinSichuanprovince,China.TheearthquakedestroyednearlyeverythinginWenchancountySichuanprovince.Itwasterrible.Wecan'tdescriblethescenewhatwesawwithanywords.thousandsofpeoplewereinjuredevendied.Andthousandsofchildrenbecamesuchunluckyoneswholostfathersormothers,theylongedtohavefamiliestocontinuetheirlives.Iamsympathetictotheirfate!ButIbelievedthatwecanfightagainstthefateandchangeit.Forexample,theremanypeoplekeepinglivingwithoutfoodorwaterforabout100hoursduringtheearthquake!Whatanunbelievablethingitis!theirgreatspiritsshowedthepowerfullifevitalityofhumans!However,theymustkeepfightingagainstthedeath.Manyschoolsweredestroyedandthereweremanystudentsandteacherswholeftusforever.Sadness,hoplessnessanddifferentkindsofdangerspreadedouthereandthere!But,fortunately,loveisaroundus:theCommunistpartyhelpsus,thearmyhelpsus,thepeopleallovertheworldhelpus.Theyoffereduswithmoney,goods,loveandsoon!Forexample,lilianji,awarm-heartedman,offereduswith20millionyuan!Withthehelpofthesuchalargenumberofpeoplewithlove,wewillovercomethedifficultyoftheearthquakeandfaceourbeautifulfuture!

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