【正文】 e sweaters for people like 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 ed so fast that next minute 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 speci es. Farm ers hunted us without m ercy. They sai d we destroyed their farms, and m oney from touri sts onl y went to the l arge tour panies. So the governm ent deci ded to hel p. They al owed touri sts to hunt only a certai n num ber of anim al s i f they pai d the farm ow the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife.” Daisy smiled. “That’s good shows the importance of wildlife protection,but I’d like to help as the WWF suggests. ”The carpet Rose agai nst and al most at once they were i n a thi ck rainforest. 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 pede i nsect, I rub i t over m y body. It contains 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 l WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey,please e and help,”The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed,things begin to di sappear. Two mi nutes l ater everything had gonethe m onkey, too. So Daisy was not abl e to m ake her new drug. But what an experi ence!She had l earned so m uch!And there was always WWF …… (2)Anim al exti ncti on Many anim al s have di sappeared duri ng the long hi story of the earth. The most famous of these anim als are di nosaurs. They l i ved on the earth tens mil li on of years ago,l ong before hum ans cam e i nto being and thei r future seem ed secure at that ti me. There were many di fferent ki nds of di nosaur and a num ber of them used to li ve i n chi na. The eggs of twentyfive speci es have been found in Xi xi a County,N anyang,H enan provi nce. N ot l ong ago a rare new speci es of bi rdli ke di nosaur was di scovered i n Country, li aoni ng Provi nce. When scientists i nspected the bones, they were surpri sed to find that these di nosaurs coul d not onl y run l i ke 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 suddenly about 65m il i on years ago. Som e sci enti sts thi nk i t cam e after an unexpected i nci dent when a huge rock from space hi t the earth and put to m uch dust i nto the ai r. O thers thi nk the earth got to hot for the dinosaurs 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 ti m 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 sappeared i n the l ast 500 years. The dodo i s one of them. It li ved on the Isl and of Mauriti us and was a very fri endl y anim al .Pl ease l i sten to a story of the dodo and how i t di sappeared from the earth. (3) The return of the mi lu deer My nam e i s Li nhui. I l i ke to tel l stori es about peopl e who work together. What is even beter i s when countri es hel p each other and buil d a god fri endshi p. An excel ent exampl e of thi s happened when Bri tain and Chi na worked together to bring the Mil u deer back to Chi na. The Mi lu deer, a speci es wi th l arge horns, used to be m on i n Chi na 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 l u deer were often hunted for food or sport i n the past. The ,Mi ng and Qi ng dynasti es di d not protect them and m any were ki l ed. That i s how the Mil u der di sappeared from Chi na. Luckil y before al of them were kil l ed, som e were taken to Bri tai n to im prove the envi ronm ent of the beauti ful park whi ch bel onged to the Duke of e li ked them so m uch that he took them al l the way from China to Bri tai n. The Mi lu deer l i ked the cool , wet weather i n Engl and and their num ber i ncreased year by year. As a resul t, when i n 1985 the governm ent of Chi na wanted to rei ntroduce the Mil u deer, the Duke of Bedford was happy to hel p. The fi rst deer cam e back to Chi na to the N anhai zi Mil u Park 20 ki l om eters south of Bei ji ng and the centre i n Dafeng, Ji ngsu Provi nce. The deer centai nl y seem hapy to be back i n Chi na because their num bers have grown rapi dly. There are now so m any of them that a new park has been opened for them i n H ebei Province. At the mom ent the M il u der l ive i n centres where they are bei ng wel protected and care for . It i s hoped that one day there wil l be enough anim al s to l et them l i ve in the wil d agai n. So Bri tai n hel ped Chi na by bri ngi ng back an anim al that had di sappeared from i ts hom eland. Thi s i s a good exam pl e of fri endshi p and understanding betwen these two countries. Unit 5 The band that wasn’t H ave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a fam ous si nger or m usi cians? H ave you ever dream ed of playi ng i n front of thousands of peopl e at a concert, at whi ch everyone i s clappi ng and appreci ati ng your m usi c? Do you sing Karaoke and pretend you are a fam ous si nger li ke Song Zuyi ng or Li u H uan? To be honest, a l ot of peopl e attach great i mportance to bei ng ri ch and fam ous. But just now do peopl e form a band? Many m usi ci ans m eet and form a band because they l i ke to write and pl ay their own musi c. T