【正文】 ut then I began m y perform ance. At the correct m om ent I tri ed to open my parachute but there was a probl em .It onl y opened a li ttle . In stead of fl yi ng softl y to earth I began to fal l faster and faster so that I coul d not turn , di ve, ci rcl e or dance. My heart stopped beati ng as I l anded heavil y on a m ountai n covered wi th snow. Thi s i s why I am wri ti ng to you from m y hospi tal bed wi th two broken l egs and a fragil e head. I di d not wi n anythi ng at the Ol ympi c after al l. I need the factory to build me two new legs and an even bigger head. Then I will be able to pete once more . Let’s hope foe greater succes in the next O l ym pi cs! Unit 4 (1) H ow Dai sy l earned to hel p wil dli fe Dai sy had al ways l onged to hel p endangered speci es of wi l dl ne day she woke up and found a fl yi ng carpet by her bed. “Where do you want to go?”it asked. Daiasy responded immediately. “I’d like to see some endangered wildlife,”she said. “please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater. ”At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said,“We are bei ng kil l ed for the wool beneath our stom ur fur i s bei ng used to m ake sweaters for peopl e li ke you . As a reasult, we are now an endangered species.”At that Daisy cried,“I’m sorry I didn’t know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet,please show me a place where there’s some wildlife protection. ” The fl yi ng carpet travel l ed so fast that next m i nute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant.“H ave you e to take my photo?”it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. “Don’t laugh,”said the elephant,“We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us wi thout m ercy. They sai d we destroyed thei r farm s,and m oney from touri sts onl y went to the l arge tour pani es. So the government deci ded to help. They al owed touri sts to hunt onl y a certai n num ber of anim al s i f they pai d the farm ow the farm ers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife. ” Daisy smiled.“That’s good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection,but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests.”The carpet Rose against and alm ost at once they were i n a thi ck rai nforest. A m onkey Watched them as it rubbed itself.“What are you doing?”asked Daisy. “I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes,”it replied. “When I fi nd a m il i pede i nsect, I rub i t over m y body. It contai ns a powerful drug whi ch affect m osqui toes. You shoul d pay m ore attenti on to the rainforest where I li ve and apreci ate how the animals live rainforest,no animals,no drugs. ” Daisy was amazed. “Flying carpet, pl ease take m e hom e so I can tel WWF and we can begi n produci ng thi s new ,please e and help,”The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed,things begin to disappear. Two minutes later everythi ng had gone the m onkey,too. So Dai sy was not abl e to make her new drug. But what an experi ence!She had l earned so much!And there was always WWF …… (2)Anim al exti ncti on Many anim al s have di sappeared duri ng the l ong hi story of the earth. The m ost fam ous of these anim als are di nosaurs. They l i ved on the earth tens m il li on of years ago, l ong before hum ans cam e i nto bei ng and their future seem ed secure at that tim e. There were m any different ki nds of di nosaur and a num ber of them used to li ve i n chi na. The eggs of twentyfi ve speci es have been found i n Xi xi a County, N anyang, H enan provi ot l ong ago a rare new speci es of bi rdli ke di nosaur was discovered i n Country, li aoni ng Provi nce. When scientists i nspected the bones, they were surpri sed to find that these di nosaurs could not onl y run l ike the others but al so clim b trees. They l earned thi s from the way the bones were joi ned together. Di nosaurs di ed out suddenl y about 65mi l ion years ago. Som e sci enti sts think i t came after an unexpected i nci dent when a huge rock from space hi t the earth and put too m uch dust i nto the ai r. Others thi nk the earth got to hot for the di nosaurs to li ve on any m obody knows for sure why and how di nosaur di sappeared from the earth i n such a short tim e. We know m any other wi l d pl ants, anim al s,i nsects and bi rds have di ed out m ore recentl y. Accordi ng to a UN report , som e 844 ani mal s and pl ants have di sapeared i n the l ast 500 years. The dodo i s one of them. It li ved on the Isl and of Mauri ti us and was a very fri endl y anim al . Pl ease li sten to a story of the dodo and how i t di sappeared from the earth. (3) The return of the mi l u deer My name i s Li nhui . I li ke to tel stori es about peopl e who work i s even better i s when countri es hel p each other and buil d a good fri endshi p. An excel l ent exam pl e of thi s happened when Bri tai n and Chi na worked together to bri ng the Mi l u deer back to Chi na. The Mil u deer,a speci es wi th l arge horns, used to be m on i n China l ong ago. Li ke other deer they l i ve together and eat grass and the soft parts of trees such as sm al u deer were often hunted for food or sport i n the past. The , Mi ng and Qing dynasti es di d not protect them and m any were kil led. That is how the Mi l u deer disappeared from Chi na. Luckil y before al of them were ki l ed, som e were taken to Bri tai n to i m prove the envi ronment of the beauti ful park whi ch bel onged to the Duke of Bedford. H e li ked them so m uch that he took them al l the way from Chi na to Bri tai n. The Mil u deer l i ked the cool , wet weather i n Engl and and their num ber increased year by year. As a resul t, when i n 1985 the governm ent of Chi na wanted to rei ntroduce the Mi l u deer, the Duke of Bedford was happy to hel p. The first deer came back to Ch