2022.10.11

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文字稿//More Tigers in Nepal

Hi students! Do you know what year it is? Sure, it's 2022. But it's also
another year. Let me give you a hint. Yep, it's the Year of the Tiger. Tigers
are special animals.
今年是虎年！

They are the biggest of the big cats. Lions are also big cats. So are
leopards... But tigers are endangered. That means tigers are in danger of
becoming extinct.
老虎、獅子、豹都是大貓咪，但是現在老虎快要絕種了。

Why are tigers endangered? One reason is that some people hunt these big
cats. It's illegal to hunt tigers, but some bad people still do it.
為甚麼會快要絕種呢？因為有一些人會去獵老虎，這是不合法的！

About 100 years ago, there used to be about 100,000 tigers in Asia. But
today, there are fewer than 4,000.
一百年前，亞洲還有十萬隻老虎，現在剩下不到四千隻了！

Because tigers are endangered, some people are trying to save them. In Nepal,
there is some good news for tigers. Nepal is a country in Asia. In 2009,
there were only about 120 tigers in Nepal. Today, Nepal has 355 tigers. Wow!
That's almost three times as many tigers!
有一些人想要保護老虎。像在尼泊爾， 2009 年的時候，只有 120 隻老虎，現在已經有 355 隻了！

How did Nepal increase the number of tigers? They worked harder to stop
people from hunting and killing them. They also protected the places tigers
live.
尼泊爾怎麼讓老虎數量增加呢？他們禁止大家獵老虎，也保護老虎住的地方。

Good job, Nepal!
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Vocabulary
你有近距離看過老虎嗎？牠們是非常壯觀的動物。

1. animal 動物
Many animals live around us. 很多動物住在我們的周圍。
You mean cats, dogs and birds? 你是指貓和狗，還有鳥嗎？
Yeah, and rats, ants and spiders. 對啊，還有老鼠，螞蟻和蜘蛛。

2. in danger of 有危險
Those animals are not in danger of extinction. 那些動物都沒有絕種的危險。
No, they are not. 是沒有。

3. extinct 絕種的
Why do some animals go extinct? 為什麼有的動物會絕種？
Sometimes it's because the environment changed. 有時候是因為環境改變了。

4. hunt 狩獵
And sometimes people hunt them. 有時候是人類獵殺牠們。
Right, people love the animal's meat or skin too much.
對，人類太喜歡某種動物的肉或是皮毛。

你最喜歡哪種動物呢？
animal 動物
in danger of 有危險
extinct 絕種的
hunt 狩獵
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Quiz

1. What are tigers, lions, and leopards called?
A: Asian cats
B: Danger cats
C: Big cats

2. If an animal is "endangered" what does that mean?
A: It could die out
B: It is a dangerous animal
C: It has a disease

3. Why are there more tigers in Nepal now?
A: More tigers moved there
B: Nepal helped to protect them
C: Some new zoos opened in Nepal