守護候鳥齊飛翔

浙江 周晨曲

2017年，盛凱大學畢業后加入湖南省生態保護志愿服務聯合會，負責湖南護鳥營等項目的運作和推廣。

主題語境：人與自然 篇幅：343詞 建議用時：7分鐘

1While filming a documentary about bird protection in 2016, Sheng Kai worked alongside forest rangers in Xinhua County, Hunan Province, helping to dismantle bird traps in the mountainous area.He had been protecting birds for several years as a volunteer,but it was only after seeing with his own eyes how birds were hurt by people that he realized he still had a long way to go.

2In 2014, Sheng joined a bird protection camp at university, and did some publicity work, including going to mountainous villages to educate local people on why catching birds was bad for the ecosystem and helping raise awareness that hunting birds was illegal.

3Upon graduating from university in 2017,the young man chose to work at an environmental protection organization in Hunan and help to protect birds and other animals.

There are groups from the provincial, county, and village levels and volunteers in the organization, working together to protect birds.“Most of them are local people in their 40s to 60s, including farmers, fishermen, bird photographers and retired teachers. University students also join during their vacations. Some volunteers don't receive income, but they still join us, because they feel that they really play a role in protecting the environment of their hometown,”says Sheng.

4Sheng has seen the result of the organization's protective efforts.“Much fewer people try to catch birds. Anti-hunting signs have been put up extensively, and local people all know it's illegal to do so,”says Sheng.

5He Jianjun,one of the local officials,says it's not easy for a young person like Sheng to work in environmental protection for long periods.“They cannot earn much money in an environmental organization,and they need to work overtime as the job is demanding.Some people may enter the career with passion, but most of them quit in less than three years.”But Sheng says it's exactly the work he wants to do.“I can see my work really making a difference.That makes me continue with even greater passion.”

Reading Check

1.The underlined word“dismantle”in paragraph 1 can be replaced by .

A.take apart B.build up

C.hide away D.fix up

2.What can be learned about Sheng Kai?

A.He graduated from university in 2014.

B.He joined a bird protection camp in 2017.

C.He makes many efforts to protect birds.

D.He thinks volunteers should be paid.

3.What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A.The importance of volunteers'participation in protecting wildlife.

B.Achievements of the environmental protection organization.

C.Main groups in the environmental protection organization.

D.The need to educate people to protect birds.

4.What's He Jianjun's attitude towards Sheng's work?

A.Critical. B.Indifferent.

C.Puzzled. D.Appreciative.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Useful expressions

film a documentary 拍攝紀錄片

forest ranger 森林守護員

graduate from university 大學畢業

play a role in 在……中發揮作用

make a difference 有影響

Ⅱ.Difficult sentences

1. He had been protecting birds for several years as a volunteer, but it was only after seeing with his own eyes how birds were hurt by people that he realized he still had a long way to go.作為一名志愿者，他已經保護鳥類好幾年了，但直到親眼看到鳥類是如何被人傷害時，他才意識到自己還有很長的路要走。

【點石成金】該句中，it was only after seeing with his own eyes how birds were hurt by people that he realized he still had a long way to go 是一個強調句。

2. There are groups from the provincial, county, and village levels and volunteers in the organization,working together to protect birds.該組織中有來自省、縣、村各級的團體和志愿者，他們共同致力于保護鳥類。

【點石成金】該句中，working together...為現在分詞短語作伴隨狀語。

3. Some people may enter the career with passion, but most of them quit in less than three years.有些人可能會帶著激情開始這個職業，但他們中的大多數人在不到三年的時間里就辭職了。

【點石成金】該句為but連接的兩個并列句，其中with passion 意為“充滿激情地”，quit意為“辭職”。