Unit 4
第四单元
Wildlife Protection
野生生物保护
Reading
阅读
How Daisy Learned to Help Wildlife
戴茜是如何学会保护野生动物的
Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife.
戴茜一直以来都渴望帮助那些濒临灭绝的野生动植物。
One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed.
一天她醒来，发现床边有一块飞毯。
"Where do you want to go?" it asked.
飞毯问："你想去哪儿？"
Daisy responded immediately. "I'd like to see some endangered wildlife," she said.
戴茜立刻回答道："我想去看看濒临灭绝的野生动物。"她说到。
"Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater."
"请带我到遥远的地方，在那里我可以发现为制作这件毛衣而提供毛绒的那种动物。"
At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet.
飞毯立刻开始起飞了，带她到了中国的西藏。
There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad.
在那里，戴茜看到一只藏羚羊面带忧郁的神色。
It said, "We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs.
它说："为了取得我们肚皮底下的羊毛，我们正在被屠杀。
Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you.
我们的毛被用来为像你一样的人们制作毛衣。
As a result, we are now an endangered species."
因此，我们现在濒临灭绝了。"
At that Daisy cried, "I'm sorry I didn't know that.
听了这话，戴茜哭了："我很抱歉，我过去不知道还有这回事儿。
I wonder what is being done to help you.
我不知道为了帮助你们正在采取什么措施。
Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection."
飞毯啊，请把我带到一个有野生动植物保护的地方去，好吗？"
The flying carpet traveled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe.
飞毯飞行得如此之快，以至于一转眼他们就来到了津巴布韦。
Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by and elephant.
戴茜转过身去，看到一头大象正望着她。
"Have you come to take my photo?" it asked.
大象问道："你是来给我拍照的吗？"
In relief Daisy burst into laughter.
戴茜如释重负，突然笑了起来。
"Don't laugh," said the elephant, "We used to be an endangered species.
大象说道，"不要笑。我们过去是濒危动物。
Farmers hunted us without mercy.
农民们总是惨无人道地捕杀我们。
