It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. |
现在是早上8点30分,在成都研究基地。 |
Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas' breakfast. |
林伟和其他熊猫饲养员正在为熊猫宝宝的早餐准备牛奶。 |
At 9:00 a.m. , they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. |
9点,他们发现大多数婴儿都已经醒着并且饿了。 |
When the babies see the keepers, |
当婴儿看到饲养员时, |
they run over with excitement |
他们兴奋地跑过去, |
and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over |
有些甚至撞到朋友身上摔倒了! |
"They're so cute and lovely. |
“它们真可爱。 |
I take care of them like they're my own babies. |
我像照顾自己的孩子一样照顾他们。 |
I wash, feed and play with them every day. |
我每天都洗、喂、玩它们。 |
They're very special to me. " |
它们对我来说很特别。" |
Lin Wei loves her job, |
林薇热爱她的工作, |
but it is a difficult one. |
但这是一个困难的问题。 |
Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. |
熊猫的宝宝不多,可能每两年才生一个。 |
The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. |
这些婴儿经常死于疾病,寿命不长。 |
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. |
成年大熊猫每天要花12个多小时吃大约10公斤的竹子。 |
Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, |
许多年前,中国有更多的竹林和熊猫, |
but then humans started to cut down the forests. |
但后来人类开始砍伐森林。 |
Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. |
科学家表示,目前仅存的森林中生活的大熊猫不到2000只。 |
Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. |
另有200多居住在中国和其他国家的动物园或研究中心。 |
An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals. |
成都的一个教育项目向城市的孩子们传授熊猫和其他濒危动物的知识。 |
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. |
他们派人去学校告诉孩子们拯救这些动物的重要性。 |
The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. |
孩子们唱歌或制作关于熊猫和其他野生动物的艺术品。 |
Teaching children is one way to help save pandas. |
教育孩子是拯救熊猫的一种方法。 |
The Chinese government is also planting more bamboo trees |
中国政府也在种植更多的竹子 |
so there will be more forests for pandas to live in. |
因此,将有更多的森林供大熊猫居住。 |
We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now. |
我们都希望未来会有比现在更多的熊猫。 |