— It's foolish of you          money. You should use it to buy some useful books.

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A: We have to meet the others at 8;30 at the reserve(自然保护区), don't we?

B:

A: Do you know how to get there?

B:  It'll take us about two hours to get there by bus.

A:  

B: It's an area that protects lots of different animals.

A:  

B: I'm not really sure. I know there are many different kinds of birds there and I'm going to take my camera with me.

A: What clothes are you going to wear?

B: Well, if it's wet, I'll wear my strong shoes and take my raincoat with me.

A: So will I.

    When people think of tigers, they think strong and dangerous. But now, the big animal is calling for our help.

    There were once eight kinds of 1 in the world, hut three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the 2 of Siberian tigers(东北虎) has gone from as many as 300 to3 22 somewhere. The Siberian tiger has been 4dying out completely. If the government doesn't make any efforts, it's quite 5that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years.

    In order to double the number of wild tigers in the  6ten years, the World Wildlife Fund(世界野生动物基金会) has started a program recently. It 7 save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China, together with twelve other 8, has joined in.

    Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main 9of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (威胁) to tigers. So the most important thing is 10the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.

    The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons--more than 24 big elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant.

    Cats won't die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodies safe. One cat fell off 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little.

    A bear can run as fast as a horse.

    A new-born panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about 100 grams.

    Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the female elephant takes his love. They often show their love by touching each other's body.

    Usually, wolves do not hurt people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give anyone a lot of money if he or she could show that a wolf could hurt a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though they may do this in winter and they only hurt people at an unusual time.