5 Saving the Panda

Saving the Panda written by John Lockyer

约翰·洛克耶写的《拯救熊猫

giant panda Giant pandas are very big bears. Their faces are white with black patches around their eyes. They have short tails and thick coats of black and white fur.

大熊猫是非常大的熊。 他们的脸是白色的，眼睛周围有黑色的斑点。 它们有短尾巴和厚厚的黑白毛。

Giant pandas are in danger of disappearing from the world. The only place they are found is in the high mountains of China. Giant pandas like cool, wet forests that are full of bamboo plants. Bamboo is the food they like best.

大熊猫有从世界上消失的危险。 唯一能找到它们的地方是中国的高山。 大熊猫喜欢凉爽、潮湿、长满竹子的森林。 竹子是他们最喜欢的食物。

They eat and eat for most of the day. Their front paws have five fingers and a special thumb to hold the bamboo. bamboo People in China think there are only about two thousand giant pandas living there. They are almost extinct.

他们一天的大部分时间都在吃啊吃啊。 它们的前爪有五个手指和一个特殊的拇指来抓竹子。 在中国，人们认为只有大约2000只大熊猫生活在那里。 它们几乎灭绝了。

Giant pandas are disappearing because the bamboo forests are being cut down. People want the wood from the trees and they want the land for farms. forest Then the giant pandas will have nothing at all left to eat. If they can't find new forests with bamboo, they will starve.

大熊猫正在消失，因为竹林正在被砍伐。 人们想从树上得到木材，他们想把土地用作农场。 那么大熊猫就没有东西吃了。 如果找不到新的竹林，它们就会饿死。

reservation Now many people in China are trying to save the giant pandas. There are special places in the mountains called reservations. The bears are very safe there, because nobody can cut down trees or hurt them.

现在中国很多人都在努力拯救大熊猫。 山里有一些特别的地方叫做保留地。 熊在那里很安全，因为没有人可以砍伐树木或伤害它们。