胡楊選譯

Are you afraid of tigers？ Do you know that tigers need our love？

你害怕老虎嗎？你知道老虎需要我們的愛護嗎？

There are fewer2 than 300 Malayan tigers left in the world. Malayan tiger is one of the smallest of tigers. It can be found in Malaysia and some parts of Thailand. Malayan tigers live in places near forests and rivers. Here are some interesting things about Malayan tiger family.

世界上現(xiàn)存的馬來亞虎不足300只。馬來亞虎是體型最小的老虎之一。它可以在馬來西亞和泰國的部分地區(qū)找到。馬來亞虎生活在森林和河流附近。下面是關(guān)于馬來亞虎家族的趣聞。

1. It is the only tiger that can swim！

它是唯一會游泳的老虎！

Do you like to swim？ This tiger enjoys swimming and playing in rivers and lakes. It can cross3 rivers by swimming while keeping its head above water.

你喜歡游泳嗎？這種老虎喜歡在河流和湖泊中游泳和玩耍，它可以在游泳過河時一直保持頭部露在水面上。

2. They can eat an elephant.

它們可以吃掉一整頭大象。

Malayan tigers like to eat pigs， monkeys， and—yes， elephants.

馬來亞虎喜歡吃豬、猴子，是的，還有大象。

3. They are born blind4.

它們剛出生的時候看不見。

They are born with their eyes closed5 so that they are born blind. Their eyes often open between 6-12 days after birth， and they get full sight6 in 2 weeks.

它們出生時眼睛是閉著的，所以它們剛出生的時候看不見。它們的眼睛通常在出生后6至12天內(nèi)睜開，在2周內(nèi)就能完全恢復(fù)視力。

4. Only 50% of cubs7 live past 2 years old.

只有50%的幼崽能活過兩歲。

Only 2-5 cubs are born every birth， and only half of these will survive8 past 2 years old. Young Malayan tigers stay with their mother until the age of 18 months. Malayan tiger can survive 18 to 25 years.

每一胎只有2到5只幼崽出生，其中只有一半能活過2歲。小馬來亞虎與它們的母親生活在一起，直到滿18個月。馬來亞虎可以活18到25年。

Today， these cubs are sent to zoos in the world to save them.

今天，這些幼崽被送到世界各地的動物園，這樣做是為了救它們。

5. They are very good at camouflage9.

它們擅長偽裝。

Because of their color， they are very good at blending10 in with the trees and rivers.

由于它們（皮毛）的顏色，它們很善于與樹木、河流融為一體。

Tigers are very good at camouflage. When they are ready to kill other animals， other animals do not know the tiger is around.

老虎很善于偽裝。當(dāng)它們準(zhǔn)備獵殺其他動物時，其他動物都不知道老虎就在附近。

Some animals are easily eaten. This is the reason they get killed.

有些動物很容易就被吃掉，這就是它們被獵殺的原因。

6. Its greatest threat is...HUMANS！

它最大的威脅是……人類！

The Malayan tiger is at the top of the food chain11， but its survival12 is threatened13 by humans because of just human greed14！

馬來亞虎位于食物鏈的頂端，但它的生存正受到人類的威脅，就因為人類的貪婪！

What you can do to help save our tigers？

你能做些什么來幫助拯救我們的老虎呢？

We need time save these tigers. They need human care. You can save them by reading and spreading15 news about the tigers.

我們需要時間來拯救這些老虎，它們需要人類的愛護。你可以通過閱讀和傳播有關(guān)老虎的新聞來救它們。

（英語原文選自：teenkidsnews.com）

1. Malayan [] adj. 馬來人的;馬來語的;馬來亞的

2. few [? ? ] adj. 不多，很少 3. cross [? ? ?] v. 穿越

4. blind [? ? ? ? ] adj. 瞎的 5. closed [? ? ? ? ] adj. 封閉的

6. sight [? ? ?] n. 視力 7. cub [? ? ] n. （熊、獅、狐貍等的）幼獸，崽

8. survive [? ? ? ? ?] v. 生存;存活 9. camouflage [? ? ? ? ? ? ? ] v. 偽裝

10. blend [? ? ? ?] n. 融合 11. chain [? ? ? ] n. 鏈條

12. survival [? ? ? ? ? ] n. 生存;存活 13. threaten [] v. 威脅

14. greed [] n. 貪婪;貪心 15. spread [] v. 傳播