(单词翻译:单击)
Wildlife Protection
保护野生动植物
Dinosaurs died out because of an unexpected incident.
恐龙因一次意外事件而灭绝。
But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just because humans do harm to it.
但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。
For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves;
例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；
grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.
草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴的形成影响了遥远的城市。
Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes biting.
去年，科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某种昆虫来保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬。
According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug. So local famers were employed to catch the insects.
根据检查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种具有强大效力的药物，于是，当地的农民都被雇来抓虫子。
The ending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zone.
结果是，这种昆虫从这整个地区都消失了。
When told that it was a loss to humans, the famers burst into laughter and responded, "Our real loss is our decreasing income."
当被告知说这是整个人类的损失时，农民们都突然大笑着回应道：“我们减少的收入才是我们真正的损失呢！”
We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection.
我们应该意识到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生动植物的保护。
Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile in relief.
直到我们成功地让野生动植物安详平静地生活，我们自己才能如释重负地笑开颜。
