Indian couple let nature take over the land

一對印度夫婦放棄了自己安逸的工作，在老虎保護區附近從當地村民手中買下了大量的土地。為了讓這片土地回歸自然，他們不懈努力，終于將這片貧瘠的土地打造成了一片濃密的森林……

題材 體裁 篇幅 建議用時人與自然 記敘文313詞 6分鐘

難詞探意

1.prey/pre?/n.獵物

2.aerial/?e?ri?l/adj.空中的

3.exploit/?k?spl??t/v.開發；開采

For the last two decades,Indian wildlife photographer Aditya Singh and his wife have been buying land next to the Tiger Reserve.

In 1998,Aditya Singh moved to the Tiger Reserve and opened a 1.(famous zoo/tourist resort)to earn a living.They had been able to buy a piece of land because farmers were eager to sell due to the danger of tigers.Over the last 20 years,the couple bought more land and their 35 acres of land has 2.(transformed/adjusted)into a green forest where wild animals come all year round.

“I had first gone to this area along with a BBC filmmaker.This area was visited by tigers which used to come forprey.3.(Therefore/Anyhow),farmers were selling their land,”said Aditya.“I just bought this and allowed the land to 4.(enrich/recover).Aditya and his wife managed a tourist resort in the area until 2019 when they closed it down.They are now in the process of building a new home in the area,which is on solar and wind power,so they can remain close to their lifetime project.They are also trying to buy more land from nearby farmers and hopefully 5.(demand/inspire)others to follow their example.

Anaerialphoto taken by Aditya himself reveals why his green land is so much more 6.(valuable/attractive)to wildlife than the barren Tiger Reserve.He and his wife have even created watering holes to make sure visiting animals have plenty of water.

The photographer claims that he is often 7.(approached/forced)by businessmen and farmers looking to buy his land so they canexploitit agriculturally,but he has never even thought about selling,8.(regardless of/because of)how profitable that could be.His project has never been about money,but about his love for nature and wildlife.

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They are now in the process of building a new home in the area,which is on solar and wind power,so they can remain close to their lifetime project.他們目前正在這個地區建一個新家，這個新家依靠太陽能和風能（維持日常生活功能），因此，這對夫婦可以朝他們的終生事業更進一步。

【信息提取】which is on solar and wind power為非限制性定語從句，which在定語從句中指代先行詞a new home，在從句中作主語。

【句式仿寫】他捐贈了很多防護口罩，這些口罩對抗擊新型冠狀病毒的人們來說非常重要。