Eight years ago, 1-week-old Diandian was left behind. When people found her in the reeds (芦苇) of a lake, she looked too weak to survive. Now she is the mother of three milu, thanks to the workers’ attention and care at the East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve.
Li is the president of a milu conservation association in Yueyang and head of a local milu and bird rescue center, where 11 deer, including Diandian, have their families. Li and his workmates need to work extra hours to take care of the animals from March until mid-May. He remembers March 18 this year. He fed Diandian some fresh shoots and leaves for breakfast as usual, and moments later when he returned, a newborn milu was right beside her. Since it is her third baby and born in the third month of the year, people named it Sansan, referring to “three-three”. Li has developed a deep affection for milu and made up his mind to protect them. “As our country is paying more attention to environmental and wildlife protection, people are increasingly aware that milu are state-protected animals,” Li said.
Milu habitats (栖息地) are usually centered around water, and fishing equipment that used to be a threat to the animals is no longer seen in nature reserves. On May 27, a team of experts went to watch milu near Dongting Lake. It takes time and luck to meet one and count them especially when they live in the thick reeds that are 4 to 5 meters tall. The team leader Song, saw a milu for the first time when he was studying for his doctorate in zoology early in 2009. Since then, he has helped protect the habitats at Dongting Lake. As the flood season is coming, Song and his workmates will go around the lake area day and night to save deer in trouble, and provide feed for the animals when needed.
As the environment improves in and around Dongting Lake, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, the wetland has become cover once again for wildlife. “We will continue to protect these rare animals and their living environment,” Song said.
1.How was Diandian when she was found in the reeds eight years ago?
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2.Why do people call Diandian’s new baby Sansan?
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3.Why does Li think more people realize milu are state-protected animals?
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4.When did Song start to devote himself to protecting the habitats at Dongting Lake?
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5.What can you learn from Li, Song and Their workmates? (请自拟一句话作答)
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Reyes Guana grew up in a poor Mexican family. He has seven brothers and sisters. His parents always had two jobs to make ends meet. At weekends, the whole f1. went to fields to work. When the children were young, they stayed in the car. As they grew o2., they worked, too.
As a boy, Guana was a “very shy” child who was very q3. in school. He had few friends but he had a good relationship with the school cleaner. He liked to call the friendly lady “Nike” because she usually wore Nike clothes and shoes. Nike was well organized and the boy liked h4. she made everything clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, too. “Well, it’s good if you want to be a cleaner,” Nike said to little Guana with k5.. “But make sure you go to college and make it as one of your steps there.”
Guana also looked up to the principal (校长) of his school. He was a tall and good-looking man. Also, he always went to someone in n6.. The principal told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. “Wow, when I grow up, I want to do what you’re doing.” “Well, you can do it!” the principal r7.. Guana did get there, and the two men remain friends. The former principal is now almost 90 years old.
But b8. becoming a school principal, Guana followed in Nike’s footsteps and worked for three schools in Lodi, California. And being a cleaner at a school made him think about how to show respect for everyone in an organization. In Guana’s school system today, everyone is i9. to parties and events. Everyone is important not only the people who clean the floors or drive the buses but also the people who teach the students or lead the schools.
He never f10. where he came from, or how he felt. Now, Guana tells his own three children how important an education is for their lives.
The teachers are still taking about where they will hold the concert. (改为简单句)
The teachers are still talking about ________ _________ hold the concert.
It is fine weather to row a boat on the lake. (改为感叹句)
_________ _______ weather it is to row a boat on the lake!
I can’t hear you well. Please say it louder. (保持句意基本不变)
Please say it louder ________ _________ I can hear you well.
The Bridge connecting Nantong to Zhangjiagang is 11,072 metres long. (对划线部分提问)
_________ ________ is the bridge connecting Nantong to Zhangjiagang?
