When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous. But now, the big animals are calling for our help.
There were once eight kinds of1in the world, but three died out. In the last 70 years, the2of Siberian tigers (东北虎) has gone from as many as 300 to322 somewhere. Siberian tigers have been4dying out completely. If the government doesn't make any efforts, it's quite5that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years.
In order to double the number of wild tigers in the6ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently. It7save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China, together with twelve other8, has joined in.
Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main9of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (威胁) to tigers. So the most important thing is10the animals that the tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.
The air in Antarctica is nice and clean on our earth. It's the coldest place in the world, and it's also the most difficult place to live in. Antarctica is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole. Most people do not think there is much life in the icy waters around it. They are wrong.
Antarctica's seas are full of life. There are many kinds of fishes, water birds, seals and whales. They eat the thick plants in the sea and the smaller water animals. Some whales, for example, eat more than a ton of food every day.
The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin. It struts around the ice as if it were a movie star walking down the street.
It is said that the weather in Antarctica is getting warmer and warmer, and perhaps in the near future there will be "summer" there. It will be hard for life around Antarctica. People today think it important to keep there a good condition in environment, so scientists are doing research work there.
Ashima Shiraishi was busy breaking some world records. In 2015, as most kids were spending their spring holiday playing, the 14-year-old successfully climbed a difficult rock wall in Santa Linya, Spain. She became the first woman and the youngest person ever to finish climbing that wall.
The young climber was born on April 3, 2001, in the United States. Her parents are from Japan. She started the sport when she was just six. She practices climbing almost every day after school. She likes climbing because she feels good when she gets to the top. She has traveled around the world to climb the most difficult rock walls in her free time.
"I am really excited and happy," said Ashima after she climbed the great rock wall in Spain. "For every hard climb, the hardest part is the mental game. That's the most important. I am glad that I didn't give up and came to the end." Like most kids at her age, she celebrated her success with an ice-cream.
