守護(hù)長(zhǎng)江“微笑精靈”

潘琦

長(zhǎng)江江豚，是長(zhǎng)江特有的古老而珍稀的物種，被稱為長(zhǎng)江的“微笑精靈”。它不僅是長(zhǎng)江中現(xiàn)存唯一的水生哺乳動(dòng)物，也是全球唯一的淡水江豚。

1?The?waters?of?the?Yangtze?River?are?home?to?the?endangered?Yangtze?finless?porpoise，?known?locally?as?the?“smiling?angel”?thanks?to?its?upwardly?extending?mouth，?which?gives?it?a?seemingly?cheery?expression.

2?Currently，?however，?there?is?little?for?the?creature?to?smile?at.?With?only?around?1，000?of?the?porpoises?left，?the?government，?researchers?and?volunteers?are?working?hard?to?preserve?the?species.?Tan?Ge，?secretary?of?Yueyang?Porpoise?Protection?Association?in?Hunan?Province，?is?one?of?them.

3?It?wasn?t?until?Tan?started?working?that?she?learned?about?this?precious?animal，?and?that?a?group?of?volunteers?were?working?to?protect?this?animal.?At?first，?she?just?donated?food?and?protective?gear?like?hats?and?gloves.?As?she?had?more?frequent?contact?with?the?volunteers，?she?developed?a?better?understanding?of?the?finless?porpoise?and?realized?that?perhaps?a?lot?of?locals，?like?herself，?had?little?knowledge?of?the?animal.?So，?in?2018，?she?joined?the?association.

4?Since?then，?she?has?been?working?on?the?front?line?of?ecological?protection，?traveling?by?boat?on?Dongting?Lake?and?Xiangjiang?River.?She?has?participated?in?more?than?350?field?trips?to?deal?with?illegal?fishing，?more?than?100?of?which?took?place?at?night，?saving?not?only?finless?porpoises，?but?also?other?wildlife?species?in?the?area.

5?She?has?led?more?than?100?educational?field?trips—from?primary?school?level?to?university?students—in?the?Dongting?Lake?area，?informing?them?about?the?finless?porpoise?or?helping?them?research?the?local?ecology.?He?Jiujiu，?a?local?middle?school?teacher?who?has?taken?students?on?field?trips?with?Tan，?says，?“She?loves?the?finless?porpoise?and?has?been?an?active?protector?of?the?species，?hoping?to?raise?public?awareness，?concern?and?love?for?the?animal.?I?find?her?remarkable.”

6?Tan?says?preservation?of?the?finless?porpoise?is?key?to?protecting?the?whole?ecosystem?of?Dongting?Lake?and?the?greater?Yangtze?River?water?network.?“We?aim?to?inform?and?influence?more?young?people?with?our?determination?to?protect?the?finless?porpoise，?so?as?to?raise?society?s?awareness?about?ecological?protection?and?finless?porpoise?preservation，”?Tan?says.

1.?The?Yangtze?finless?porpoise?is?known?as?the?“smiling?angel”?because?of??????????????.

A.?its?comfort?habitat?B.?its?mouth?shape

C.?its?daily?action?D.?its?body?expression

2.?What?can?we?know?about?Tan?from?the?text？

A.?She?knew?the?finless?porpoise?well?at?first.

B.?She?devotes?herself?to?making?protective?gear.

C.?She?is?a?member?of?Yueyang?Porpoise?Protection?Association.

D.?She?did?little?to?protect?endangered?species?in?the?Yangtze?River.

3.?What?s?He?Jiujiu?s?attitude?to?Tan?s?work？

A.?Supportive.?B.?Tolerant.

C.?Frightened.?D.?Neutral.

4.?Which?of?the?following?may?Tan?agree?with?according?to?paragraph?6？

A.?Field?trips?play?an?important?role?in?education.

B.?Protecting?the?finless?porpoise?is?of?great?importance.

C.?It?s?difficult?to?protect?the?whole?ecosystem?of?Dongting?Lake.

D.?Young?people?are?the?future?of?society?and?the?whole?country.

Difficult?sentence

She?has?participated?in?more?than?350?field?trips?to?deal?with?illegal?fishing，?more?than?100?of?which?took?place?at?night，?saving?not?only?finless?porpoises，?but?also?other?wildlife?species?in?the?area.?她參加了350多次打擊非法捕魚的實(shí)地考察，其中100多次是在夜間進(jìn)行的，這些活動(dòng)不僅拯救了江豚，還拯救了該地區(qū)的其他野生動(dòng)物物種。

【點(diǎn)石成金】該句中，She?has?participated?in?more?than?350?field?trips?to?deal?with?illegal?fishing為主句，which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，saving?not?only?finless?porpoises，?but?also?other?wildlife?species?in?the?area為結(jié)果狀語。