少女為拯救老虎籌款

陜西 粟榜華

主題語境：理財與環保 篇幅：322詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1A book read by Mahalie Johnston in the third grade sparked a mission to save tigers.

2Johnston said in third grade, she had read this book about poaching (偷獵) and deforestation, and she went up to Ava Holt and told her about it and she really wanted to help.

3Despite being in elementary school, the two girls have organized fundraisers,gathered supplies, different tiger clothes and merchandise, and then sold them.During their first year, the girls raised $1,500 to save tigers.“We went to a zoo and asked if we could help and it became this huge fun thing.We never expected it to get this big,”the girls said.

4Their table was packed all afternoon as they pitched their case to each zoo guest,asking for funds.This year's goal is $2,500.Whatever they raise will be matched by theZoological and Botanical Society and all be donated to the Tiger Conservation Fund.

5On top of helping the animal, the girls would also be excited about their names to be proudly displayed at the zoo's entrance on a sign with other donors.“If we get our names on there, it's going to feel like being famous, and it's going to be like a dream come true for us,”Johnston said.They said they were close to their goal,and the zoo couldn't be happier.

6“Their awareness of what's happening to tigers and their wanting to educate people on what's happening to tigers are incredible,”Connie Kassner,education coordinator,said.Three subspecies of tigers are already extinct and the remaining six are all endangered.The“Tiger Girls”know they are making a difference and won't be stopping anytime soon.

7“I am so happy that we've come this far and like she said if we can do this now when we are only fifth graders,just imagine what we can do in the future,”Holt said.

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1.whatever引導主語從句

Whatever they raise will be matched by the Zoological and Botanical Society and all be donated to the Tiger Conservation Fund.她們籌集的任何東西都將由動植物學會分派，并全部捐贈給老虎保護基金會。

2.主語+be+adj.+that從句

“I am so happy that we've come this far and like she said if we can do this now when we are only fifth graders,just imagine what we can do in the future,”Holt said.霍爾特說：“我很高興我們已經走到了這一步，就像她說的那樣，如果我們現在才五年級時就可以做到這一點，那就想象一下我們將來能做什么。”

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go up to 前往

feel like 感覺就像

come true 成真；實現；(愿望等)成事實

be close to 接近

happen to 發生在……身上

make a difference 有影響

in the future 未來；今后