We all know that the panda is the treasure (珍宝) of our country. Then how about its droppings (粪便)? They are treasure, too. How?
The panda keeper1an adult panda with about 25 kilos of bamboo every day. Of that, the panda will eat about 11 kilos — the most2parts. Because the panda cannot digest (消化) all the bamboo completely, its droppings3much of undigested (未消化的) bamboo. Can people make use of it? Sure, someone4in turning it into toilet paper.
"In my opinion, it's a great5 ， " a panda keeper says. "In the past, we just threw away the droppings6rubbish. But now workers come and take the droppings away. They use the droppings to make7. They also make notebooks and bookmarks. "
8 ， the paper doesn't sell well at the Panda Base. It is not popular with9. Most of them won't buy it after they visit the Panda Base. "A box of tissues (纸巾) is 43 yuan ， " they said. "That's quite10. " If you see the tissues at the Panda Base, will you buy them?
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.
A：I just finished a really interesting interview(采访)．Bob．
B：
A：Anna Wild．She works at a zoo and knows a lot about animals．
B：I like animals，too．My favorite is the cheetah (猎豹)．It can run 121 kilometers an hour．
A：That's fast．
B：Really? What is it?
A：A kind of falcon(猎鹰)．
B：I see．I know koalas sleep the most．
A：The shark．It never really sleeps! Elephants don't sleep much，either．
B：
A：About four hours．
A. How many hours do elephants sleep a night?
B. It can fly as fast as 300 kilometers an hour!
C. Tell me another interesting animal fact．
D. But another animal can move even faster．
E. Who did you interview?
F. What is your favorite animal?
G. But which animal sleeps the least?
B
Pandas are very cute animals．In 1972, two pandas named Hsing--Hsing and Ling--Ling were sent from China to the United States as a gift．The National Zoo in Washington．D．C, became the pandas' new home．Americans fell in love with the two pandas right away．On the first day the two pandas came to the zoo，about 20，000 people visited them．The crowds kept coming year after year．
Hsing—Hsing and Ling—Ling were just cubs(幼崽) when they got to the United States．As the years passed，many hoped the pair would have cubs of their own．Ling-Ling gave birth several times．But none of the babies lived more than a few days．Each time a cub died，people all around the world felt sad．
Both of the pandas lived to an old age．Ling—Ling was 23 when she died in 1992．Hsing—Hsing died in 1999 at the age of 28．But they were never forgotten.
Following Hsing—Hsing's death，the zoo received(收到)lots of letters from their fans．The letters showed their love for the pandas and told how much they missed them．
