英语小短文【实用】.docx

英语小短文

第一篇：英语小短文Wildtigersmayvanishin20yearsPoaching,shrinkinghabitatspushrareanimalstotheedge:ExpertsTwoSiberiantigerswrestleattheHeilongjiangSiberianTigerPark.Thenumberofthecaptivetigersisincreasingevenastheyarethreatenedinthewild.[Photo/Xinhua]BEIJING-ThelastremainingSiberiantigerslivingwildinNortheastChinacoulddisappearwithindecades,aspoachingandillegalloggingcontinuetotaketheirtoll,expertshavewarned.ResearchbyChineseauthoritiesandtheWorldWideFundforNature(WWF)hasdiscoveredthattheanimalisalreadyoneoftheplanet'smostendangeredspecies.Injustthelast70years,theestimatedpopulationofSiberiantigers,orAmurtigers,hasplummetedfromasmanyas300tojust18to22.“Ifthegovernmentfailstotakeeffectivemeasures,it'sforeseeablethatthesecreaturescoulddisappearfromChinawithin10to20years,”saidZhuChunquan,conservationdirectorofbiopersityandoperationsattheWWF'sBeijingoffice.“Thepoachingofwildanimals,whichisthetigers'mainfoodsource,isthegreatestthreattotheirsurvival,”hesaid,addingthatextensivelogginginthemountainousprovincesofHeilongjiangandJilinhasalsomassivelyreducedtheirnaturalhabitats.Since1996,whenhuntingforwildlifewasbannedinbothprovinces,authoritieshavenotedasharpriseinpoachingwithiron-wiresnares.Zhusaidtrapscanbeeasilyboughtinsmallshopsclosetoforestareas,withmostusedtocatchreddeer,sikadeer,wildboarsandroedeer,whichAmurtigershuntforfood.“Adecadeago,we'dseeroedeerwhiledrivingby(theforests),”saidCaoZhiquan,directorofQiyuanForestFarminDongfanghongtownship,Heilongjiang.“Nowit'sevenraretoseeasquirrel.”Trapsalsoposeahugerisktothetigers,too.InOctober,adeadSiberiantigerwasfoundwithawiresnarearounditsnecknearareservoirinMishan,Heilongjiang.Wildlifeexpertssaidtheanimaldidnotchoketodeathstraightaway,butinsteaddiedseveraldayslaterfromstarvation.AWWFsurveyofthewildtigers'habitatsinHeilongjiangandJilinfoundanaverageof1.6trapsforevery10kilometers.“VolunteersfromtheWWFholdcampaignstoremovetrapseveryyear,butwe'vegraduallyacceptedthefactthatwecannotclearallthetrapsourselves,”Zhusaid.“Toeffectivelyprotect