Module 6 Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all

[00:00.00]Pandas are in danger.大熊猫正处于危险中。

[00:02.49]There are only about 1600 pandas in the wild today.现在只有大约1，600只大熊猫生活在野外。

[00:07.92]Zoos and research centres are looking after about 340 pandas.大约340只大熊猫由动物园和研究所照顾。

[00:14.18]Pandas do not have many babies, and baby pandas often die.大熊猫幼仔很少，而且幼仔经常死亡。

[00:19.64]The situation is getting very difficult.情况正变得非常困难。

[00:23.00]Scientists are doing a lot of research科学家们做了大量的研究工作

[00:25.63]to help pandas produce more babies来帮助熊猫产生更多的婴儿

[00:28.53]and help baby pandas live.和帮助熊猫宝宝生活。

[00:31.51]Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China.大熊猫栖息在中国西南部的森林和群山中。

[00:35.99]Each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day.每只熊猫每天要吃很多竹子。

[00:40.51]The bamboo forests are getting smaller,竹林越来越小,

[00:43.24]so pandas are losing their home.所以熊猫正在失去他们的家。

[00:45.92]In order to protect pandas in the wild,为了保护野生大熊猫，

[00:48.36]the government is setting¹ up nature parks政府正在建立的自然公园

[00:51.16]and developing² other plans.和发展其他的计划。

[00:53.72]The nature parks will be big and there will be more bamboo to feed the pandas.自然公园将会很大，而且会有更多的竹子供大熊猫食用。

[00:59.84]Pandas born in zoos may go back to live in the nature parks.在动物园出生的大熊猫是可能以后会回到自然公园中生活。

[01:04.50]The World Wide Fund³ for Nature (WWF) wants to protect all animals.世界自然基金会(WWF)想要保护所有的动物。

[01:10.28]And it chose the panda to be its symbol.它选择大熊猫作为它的标志。

[01:13.59]We do not want to lose tigers, elephants or any other animals,我们不想失去老虎，大象或任何其他动物,

[01:18.55]so the WWF is working hard to save them all.因此世界自然基金会正在努力挽救它们。

1 setting   

n.背景

参考例句：

• The play has its setting in Vienna.该剧以维也纳为背景。
• Where and when a story takes place is called the setting.故事发生的地点和时间称为故事背景。

2 developing   

adj.发展中的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。

3 fund   

n.基金，资金，存款，财源，贮藏；vt.提供资金，积累

参考例句：

• They decided to set up a fund for this purpose.他们决定为此专立一项基金。
• This fund may not be drawn on without permission.这笔钱非经批准不得动用。