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    Now people are trying to make the world a better place for birds to live in. People in China start the Bird Loving Week. Students from all parts of the country have been doing something to care for birds.

    Meng Yiru, a l6-year-old student from Nanyang Model High School in Shanghai, asked people to protect birds: Never put birds in cages. Go to visit them in the wild if you really love them.“ I'll never forget the little sparrow(麻雀) I kept in a cage," said Meng.“It stopped eating after I caught it and soon died. ”Meng and her classmates put many of their ideas in their 300- word report to ask people to take better care of birds.

    China is the home of more than 1,000 kinds of birds because the country is large and has almost every weather type to suit them.

    But not everyone knows how to take good care of them. Some cut down trees and destroy the birds' homes. This has made the number of the birds go down quickly. A study shows that one out of eight birds, more than 1,200 kinds, in the world could die out. This includes 95 percent of albatrosses(信天翁) and 60   0percent of cranes(鹤). Some birds you see every day, like pigeons and parrots, are also in danger!

    To help them, people have set up about 7,500 reserves which are suitable and safe for the birds. In China, there are big reserves like the ones near the Dongting Lake in Hunan and the Poyang Lake in Jiangxi. Is there anything that you can do for birds? Take care of their homes, Feed them with something delicious. Well, think it over and begin to do it now!

    On my recent trip to Sydney with my parents, we visited the Wildlife Park.

The Wildlife Park has lots of different animals. Some are native(当地的) to Australia and can only be found there. There are over 600 animals there, including kangaroos, koalas and crocodiles(鳄鱼). They are kept in their natural environment. I like the Wildlife Park better than a zoo where most of the animals

are in cages(笼子).

We first spent some time with the kangaroos. We were allowed to touch and feed them. It was very exciting to be so close to them. There were koalas there too. They looked very cuddly(令人想拥抱的). Although we were not allowed to carry them, I got to take a photo with one. It is a wonderful souvenir(纪念品) of my holiday in Sydney.

The Wildlife Park has plenty of freshwater and saltwater crocodiles. Some of them are really big and scary(吓人的) with huge teeth! I did not want to get too close to them.

There was also a bird show. The keepers showed us different species(物种) they had. I saw an old parrot which could “talk". It made a great impression on me.

    I enjoyed the trip very much. There was so much to see.