It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base.
在成都研究中心，早上8点半。
Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas' breakfast.
林伟和其他熊猫饲养员正在准备熊猫幼崽的早饭。
At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
9点钟，他们发现大部分小熊猫已经睡醒了，并且肚子已经饿了。
When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!
幼崽们看见饲养员的时候，高兴地跑了过来，甚至有的小熊猫撞到了小伙伴们，然后跌倒了。
"They're so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they're my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They're very special to me."
“它们真可爱啊！我像照顾自己孩子一样照顾它们。每天，我给它们洗澡，给它们喂食，还要和它们一起玩耍。它们对我来说有特殊意义。”
Lin Wei loves her job, but it is a difficult one.
林伟热爱他的工作，但是这件工作也不是一件轻松的事儿。
Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.
熊猫繁育的后代并不是很多，两年可能仅繁育一个孩子。熊猫幼崽经常会因为生病而死去，寿命很短。
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.
成年熊猫一天要花12个多小时进食大约10公斤的竹子。
Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down the forests.
许多年前，中国有很多的竹林和熊猫，然而现在，人类开始砍伐森林。
Scientists say there are now fewer than 20,00 pandas living in the remaining forests.
科学家说，中国目前仅存的野生熊猫只有不到2000只。
Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
还有200只左右生活在中国和其他国家的动物园或者科研院所里。
An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals.
在成都开展的一项教育计划旨在让城市里的孩子们了解有关熊猫和其他频临灭绝动物的情况。
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals.
他们指派工作人员来到学校，告诉孩子们拯救动物的重要性。
The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children is one way to help save pandas.
孩子们学会唱关于熊猫和其他野生动物的歌曲，或者制作关于熊猫和其他野生动物的美术品。教育孩子是帮助拯救动物的一种方式。
The Chinese government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in.
中国政府正种植大量的竹子供熊猫们生存。
We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now.
我们希望在未来熊猫会越来越多。
