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Early in the 19th century, about 60 million bison lived on the Great Plains in North America. They

were central to the existence of the Plains people. Then from 1830 to 1889 they neared extinction,

with

less

than

1,000

still

roaming.

Today,

they

are

a

protected

animal

and

there

are

well

over

200,000 living in protected areas and ranches.

·

I live in North America, however, I have some close relatives in Europe.

·

I live in plains regions. I am able to survive cold winters.

·

I

roam

out

in

the

open

on

the

Great

Plains

of

North

America,

mostly

in

protected

areas

and

private ranches.

·

I have a massive head, a hump over my front shoulders and sharply pointed horns.

·

I have a thick coat of dark brown and black hair.

·

I am about 6.5 feet (2 meters) tall and about 9-12 feet (2.7-3.7 meters) long.

·

I'm quite heavy. I can weigh 1800-2400 pounds (850-1100 kg).

·

I eat lots leaves and lots of grass.

·

I

have

help

getting

protection

now,

because

I

was

near

extinction.

But

I

do

have

horns

and

I

usually hang out in a group with my friends.

·

I first came to North American in prehistoric times when I crossed the Bering Strait land bridge

from Eurasia.

译文

野牛——地图上涂绿色的地方是我的家

有趣的常识：

< br>早在十九世纪，

约六千万野牛生活在北美大草原上。

它们 曾是草原人民的生活中

心。然而从

1830

年到

1889

年，它们濒临灭绝，只有

1000

只野牛尚存。今天，

它们是保护动物，并且超过< /p>

20

万只野牛很好地生活在保护区和农场。

· 我生活在北美，然而，我有一些近亲在欧洲。

· 我生活在草原地区，我能在寒冷的冬天生存。

· 我在北美大草原上露天闲逛，大部分是在保护区中和私人牧场。

· 我有一个大大的头，前肩上面有个隆起和一个尖锐突出的角。

· 我有着黑棕色的厚粗外衣和黑色的头发。

· 我大约

6.5

英尺（

2

米）高，约

9-12

英尺 （

2.7-3.7

米）长。

· 我非常重，我能重达

1800-2400

< br>磅（

850-1100

千克）。

· 我吃大量的树叶和草。

· 现在 我受到了保护，因为我正濒临灭绝。但是我有角，我通常和朋友结伴出

行。

· 在史前时期，

我从欧亚大陆穿越白令海峡、< /p>

走过陆地、

桥第一次来到了北美。

Red-crowned Cranes

丹顶鹤

I am named for the

在中国我是和平与吉祥的象征。

我们栖息在开阔的平原、沼泽、湖泊及近水滩涂。集中

生活在中国的黑龙江、吉林、辽宁、长江中下游、台湾

等地。俄罗斯、 日本、朝鲜也是我们喜欢的聚居地。

I am an excellent flyer and I can fly long

distances.

During

the

spring

and

summer

I

fly

east

to the wetlands in warm East Asia.

我们在那里繁殖

后代。

我们在那里繁殖后代。

Do you know I have many extremes(

之最

)?

I am one of the most endangered(

濒危的

)crane species.

我是濒危物种之一，是国家一级保护动物。

I'm one of the world's largest birds.

我是世界上最大的鸟类之一。

I have one of the most beautiful dances in my bird world.

我拥有鸟类世界中最优美的舞姿。

I

am

the

heaviest

crane

of

the

cranes

(weighing

up

to

24

pounds

or

11kg).

我也是所有鹤种中最重的鹤。

Dinosaurs are reptiles(

爬行动物

) who lived mainly

on the

land during the Mesozoic era(

中生代

). They are often huge.

They are meat eaters or plant eaters. But they do not exist

any more.

What killed the dinosaurs?

Evidence(

证据

) shows that a huge meteor(

陨石

) hit the earth about 65 million years

ago. It raised millions of tons of dust into the sky, caused volcanoes to erupt(

火山爆

发

), acid rain(

酸雨

) and even tsunamis(

海啸

). Scientists think that all the dinosaurs

died because of these changes to the environment.

What does the word

Sir Richard Owen coined(

造字

) the word dinosaur, meaning

极

) great

lizard,

There are many different ways to choose a dinosaur name. Sometimes the dinosaur is

given a name that describes something unusual about its body, head or feet. Some are

named after the location(

位置

) where they are found. Others are named for their

behaviour(

行为

) or size, and some are named to honour(

尊敬

) a person. The name

has to be approved(

批准

) by the International Commission on Zoological

Nomenclature(

国际动物学命名委员会

).

Pterosaur (

翼龙

)

Diet: Meat eater

It ate fish and squid(

鱿鱼

).

Size: Wingspan(

翼展

) of 4-22 feet long

Stegosaurus (

剑龙

)

Diet: Plant eater

It ate shrubs(

灌木

) and bushes.

Size: About 26-30 feet long and 9 feet tall

Habitat(

栖息地

): A hot and dry environment