大熊猫-英语听力

[00:00.180]Exercise 2.The giant panda
练习2.大熊猫 [00:04.440]The giant panda has a very distinctive black-and-white coat,
大熊猫有一身独特的黑白相间的皮毛， [00:08.692]and adults measure around 1.5 meters long and around 75 centimeters tall at the shoulders.
并且成年熊猫身长1.5米，身高至肩膀大约0.75米。 [00:17.689]Males and females can weigh up respectively to 253 pounds and 220 pounds.
雄性熊猫和雌性熊猫各自能够重达253磅和220磅。 [00:26.688]Giant pandas live in mountainous regions,
大熊猫栖息在多山的地区 [00:29.936]such as Sichuan, Gansu and Tibet.
譬如四川、甘肃和西藏。 [00:34.441]And the panda has also become an informal national emblem for China,
同时熊猫也成为中华民族的象征， [00:39.691]and its image is found on many Chinese gold coins.
能够在许多中国的金币上发现它的形象。 [00:44.696]Despite being a type of animal living on meat,
即使是典型的食肉动物。 [00:47.714]the panda's diet is primarily plants which almost exclusively consist of bamboo.
熊猫的主食还是专门包含竹子成分的植物。 [00:55.468]This is an evolutionary recent adaption.
这是近些年的进化。 [00:59.220]However, panda lack a proper chemical substance to digest bamboo efficiently,
然而，熊猫体内缺乏一种特定的化学成分去有效地消化竹子， [01:05.210]and thus derive little energy and protein from it.
因此熊猫从竹子中几乎得不到能量与蛋白质。 [01:09.216]Now what worries us most is that giant pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued habitat loss and by a very low birthrate , both in the wild and in the zoo.
现在最让人担心的是，对无论在野外的还是在动物园中的熊猫来说，他们已成为不断受栖息地缺失以及出生率低威胁的濒危物种。