保护动物英语作文初二80词左右（热门20篇）

“重庆市大巴山动物园的珍惜濒危动物╠五只大熊猫患上了离奇绝症需送国外抢救治疗，请同学们伸出援助之手，帮助那正要踏进死神殿堂的动物们吧！”第三节课间休息时，广播里传出动员大家出动的号召。

听到广播号召，同学们三三两两在教室议论起来，这时，只见班长杜鑫走上讲台，大声对我们说：“同学们，保护珍惜动物是我们共同的责任，大家都把平时的零用钱捐献出来，为抢救大熊猫做一点贡献吧！”大家听了，齐声拥护。班长到座位上拿出笔记本，就开始纪录同学们捐款了。同学们一齐围了上来，手里拽着一元、二元、五元的钞票，争先恐后地递给班长。班长的周围被围得水泄不通，不停地收钱，记载，一会大颗的汗珠开始从太阳穴顺流而下，汗珠最后降落在等记的课桌上。

下午第一节课的上课铃响了，老师来到课堂看到了同学捐款的场面，静静地观看着，脸上露出了欣慰的笑意。捐款登记完了，老师对我们说：“一会儿，学校将要举行捐款仪式，我们到操场上集合，请大家遵守秩序。”

全校同学们都来到操场上，主席台中间矗立着一个捐款箱，校长简单介绍后开始进行捐款仪式。校长，老师们依次走到捐款箱，投进了捐款，各班的班干部也带着全体同学的心愿走上捐款席，用一张写着多少钱，捐款慢慢地投了进去，同学们默默地注视着，脸上充满了自豪。

“一年级一班捐款125元……五年级六班捐款145元……总收到捐款4千多元，感谢同学们的爱心！”校长宣读完毕，操场上响起热烈的掌声。

这次活动，让我感到，我们要充满爱心，因为只有爱能创造奇迹！

从古自今，世界上的动物种类非常多，但绝种的动物也不计其数。根据生物学家估计，经几千年来，被人类杀害导致绝种的动物，至少有数百种以上。如此一来，世界上的动物就会越来越少了，如果我们在不及时挽救的话，那么将来世界上的动物，可能就只剩下人类了。

大自然是悠久的，富饶的，它拥有的野生动物，是留给人类的无价之宝，如何安抚饱受欺凌的野生动物，就是我们保护动物的基本观念。对动物而言，滥杀是最可怕的行为，然而他们所面对的大敌---猎人，却为了满足自己的口福之欲，或是为了换取钱财，而对他们大肆捕杀。估计在过去的五年之内，有两万只东非的猫科动物被捕杀。每制成一件薄皮大衣就需要十二张动物的毛皮，这些毛皮大衣真是供不应求，价格也非常昂贵。因此必须严禁盗猎者滥杀，违者可以用罚款和判刑来处置。我们身边也有不少虐待动物的例子;班上有些同学会掏鸟窝、杀青蛙，还把小蛇带到学校，吓得一些女生一边尖叫一边用手捂着脸。还有些男生把小蛇杀死后用绳子扣住它尾巴到处吓人。

在动物园里，有些人会经常喂动物吃东西，有些动物不知道怎么吃，往往连塑料袋也了下去，这样一来，再多的动物也会被这种举动折磨死.饲养员们应该多教些喂养知识。这也是爱护动物的有效办法之一。总之，现在我们必须积极保护动物，以免再有动物绝种。试想;如果我们的子孙不能见到大自然的宝贵珍品，那将会是多么遗憾哪!所以保护动物的政策要坚决实施，使野生动物不再灭绝，甚至培植一些新的种类，使我们的子孙也能在观看动物时，享受到我们曾有过的乐趣。

保护动物从我做起!从现在做起!

[保护动物的高中作文900字

Cars and Air Pollution

Too many cars have created a lot of serious problems in our world. Besides congestion, accidents and fast fuel consumption, cars are responsible for a good part of air pollution in big cities. All the time, they are pumping huge amounts of waste gases into the atmosphere. These gases are very harmful, causing disease and even death.

One possible solution is to design and develop clean cars and clean fuels. In Shanghai, some of the public buses begin to run on natural gas, which does not give off as much carbon dioxide as the petrol. But it may take decades for the new models of clean cars completely replace the traditional ones. Another solution is to develop modern public transportation systems and restrict the use of private cars. If the price of petrol rises constantly and the public vehicles are efficient and convenient enough, most people will not buy private cars. And the total number of cars in big cities will reduce greatly.

On the whole, the elimination of air pollution needs the collective efforts from the government, the public and the environmentalists.

昨天，我妈妈给我买了一本书，是关于动物的，接下来我就给大家大概说一下吧。

我花了一小时把那本书看完了，看完之后我就知道了我们要保护动物，因为里面讲到这样一件事，从前，在一个村子里的人，全部信仰动物之神，但有一个人不信，他就去抓了几只鸽子杀了，之后的几天里，那个人突然死亡，大家都信他是被动物之神杀死的，之后就没人再抓动物了。

看完这个故事，还真应了我们语文书上的一句话：降临到动物身上的，终究会降临到人们身上。

[保护动物的作文二年级

【题目要求】

你是Mike,你去Marry 家，想问问她去不去参加你的生日聚会，但是她不在家，你给她留了便条。任务：请你用英语给Marry写一个50词左右的便条。内容包括：

1. 明天是我的生日，你会参加我的生日聚会吗?聚会晚上6:30开始;

2. 我的家人、朋友及同学都会来，你可以见到他们;

3. 如果你来，就打电话给我，我希望你能来。

【优秀范文】

Dear Marry,

I’m Mike. Tomorrow is my birthday. I want to invite you to take part in my birthday. Can you come tomorrow?

The party will begin at half past six in the evening. My parents, friends and classmates will come, you can see them in the party.

If you come to my birthday party, please make a phone call to me. I will be happy that you can come.

Yours，

Mike

【参考译文】

亲爱的玛丽，

我是迈克。明天是我的生日。我想邀请你参加我的生日。你明天能来吗?

晚会将在晚上六点半开始。我的父母，朋友和同学都会来，你可以在聚会上看到他们。

如果你来参加我的生日聚会，请给我打个电话。我会很高兴你能来。

你的好朋友，

迈克

Pandas are my favourite animals.In fact,all the people like pands as well.Pandas living in the wild can live for 20 years while the pandas that live in the zoos can have a life of more thqn 30 years.Pandas are really lovely.They can not only climb trees but also swim.However,the number of pandas is decreasing sharply.It is said that there are only 1000 pandas remaining in the world at present.It is sad news for all of us.Therefore,we are supposed to take measures to protect pandas in order to prevent them from dying out.

大熊猫是我最喜欢的动物.事实上,所有的人都喜欢品牌一样.生活在野外的大熊猫能活20年而生活在动物园的大熊猫能有更多的thqn寿命30年.熊猫很可爱.他们不仅能爬树而且游泳.

然而,大熊猫的数量正在急剧下降.这是说,只有1000只大熊猫留在目前世界.这对我们所有人来说都是坏消息.

因此,我们应该采取措施来保护大熊猫,为了防止其灭绝.

Nowadays, Hollywood movies dominate the market and many young people take

these superheroes characters as their idols. So some people start to feel

disappointed about the local culture, because they havent seen its essence. As

the world gets globalization, it is in need of building peoples sense of local

cultural heritage.

The preservation of our cultural heritage is the necessary task. The

culture contains the essence of Chinese peoples spirit, which has been tested

by time. When people admit our culture, we will be proud of being part of the

country, so as to enhance the unity and have the desire to make a contribution

to the society. The loss of cultural heritage will destroy a country, which can

be seen in history.

As the young generation faces the cultural shock in the globalization, so

they are easy to deny the local culture, because they know little about it. Thus

school should implant the education of culture and the government has named a

day called Chinese Cultural Heritage Day, in the purpose of advocating the

essence of local culture. When children grow up, they will fight for protecting

the culture.

Protection of the Environment

Once man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.

Today things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources,and polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on earth will not survive.

We realize that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet,with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught.We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear. Yet, we continue to use powerful machines to cut down more and more trees. We see that if rivers are polluted with waste products, we will die. Yet, waste products are

still put into rivers.

We know that if the population continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there wont be enough food.What can we do to solve these problems?

If we eat more vegetables and less meat, there will be more food available. Land for crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.

Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycie them.

The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future.

[保护环境的英语作文精选

Mistreat your animals and someone might take them from you.

Allen （not his real name） is driving north out of Virginia in the middle of the night， with stolen property in the back of his van. But Allen isn‘t a criminal – in fact he normally would never dream of breaking the law.

The “property” he stole is a dog he calls Flash. Allen doesn‘t particularly want Flash – in fact， in a few hours he‘ll drop him off at a stranger‘s house and never see him again. “I couldn‘t just stand by and do nothing，” he explains. “The owner was plainly neglecting the dog， but the police wouldn‘t do anything about it.”

For over a year， Flash had been tied to a tree in front of someone‘s house. “He was sick and malnourished，” says Allen. “More than once I saw [the owner] kick him for no reason at all.” Allen had repeatedly tried to get the owner to take better care of the animal， or to give it away to someone who would. Finally， he took matters into his own hands – in the dead of night， he took Flash off his chain and drove away with him.

Within an hour， Flash had a new license tag and was being treated by a veterinarian who knew better than to ask questions. Pictures of the dog were put up on animal rescue websites， asking for someone to adopt the dog. A couple in New York offered to take the dog， and animal lovers in states along the way agreed to provide transportation.

Nobody can say for sure how many animals like Flash are ‘rescued‘ every year – receiving stolen property is a crime， so rescuers tend to stay in the shadows. But a growing number of empty collars attests to their work as more and more animals find their way to loving homes.

Giant Panda is our national treasure, the state can be said for the protection of giant pandas put a lot of human and material resources giant now has been the worlds people the protection and care, which is a good thing, of course, the Tibetan antelope as the countrys animal protection , The National People have been recognized, however, this tiger? The poor will be extinct Siberian tiger who is going to have a genuine concern and care a little bit?

According to statistics, the Siberian tiger left at present, less than 20, still such a small number of these survive, has had imagined. Two years ago, in the mountains of Huanren, Liaoning found to be a man to die under the presentation of the Siberian tiger, from this we can see that the above countries and the people of the importance we attach to it, this first Manchurian tiger is actually how the dead do not Conclusion, and the other is only from the northeast where hu came to the place where the wonder and the third is the matter did not rise to the national media in particular. This really puzzled the other person you! Is it really the other tiger who fear love is not worth it, it really fate of the Siberian tiger so?

Towering mountains should not unique to human beings, should not have dense forest unique to human beings, rivers clear this should not be unique to human beings, the Siberian tiger survival of this nature should not be unique to human beings. Siberian tiger to the left of a piece of heaven and earth to survive it, the High IQ is the human species, there are still ways to leave that piece of local survival, and the tiger have to leave that piece of the local dead; you save tigers, is the human population control, engage in Family planning, and the Siberian tiger is scarce Rending it! Now we can hear the cries of tigers in the future even the Siberian tiger can be heard the cries.

Human beings are different from animals in many ways. One of the differences is the ability of human beings to build. It is true that many animals are builders. Birds make nests, and bees make hives. But no animal could build the pyramids or the Great Wall or the Eiffel Tower. The variety, size, and beauty of the structures built by human beings is simply unsurpassed.

Another difference is the ability of human beings to use intelligence. Many animals are probably more clever than we realize, but no animal has the ability to write, to reason, or to speak. Only human beings can invent computers, make use of solar energy. Only human beings paint, draw, compose music, and write poetry.

These are but a few of the differences between human beings and animals. It is our special abilities that give us power to affect the world for the benefit of all mankind. We should be thankful for those abilities and learn to use them in a more wise way.

“保护动物”这四个字我们每天都在说，可是又有多少人在用实际行动表示呢?被割掉胸鳍和尾鳍的鲨鱼，被割掉角的犀牛，用洁白的象牙制作的装饰品，活熊取胆……这一件件残忍的事情时常发生，申赋渔的《逝者如渡渡》叙说了数百年间，世界各地灭绝了的或正在走向灭绝的30多种动物的故事，如：日本象.指猴.象龟.渡渡鸟……它们都是人类的伙伴，它们也曾快乐的生活在这个地球上，可是，因为人类掠夺了它们的生存空间，使它们从地球上永远消失了。

全球变暖，使北极熊赖以生存的浮冰断裂.消融。也使他们的食物——海象.海豹逐渐减少，使北极熊频临灭绝;人口迅速膨胀和乱砍乱伐，使熊猫的生存范围被迫向竹子稀少的山顶推进，食不果腹成了家常便饭，当竹子开花时，有些野生熊猫会因找不到食物而饿死。熊猫虽是我国的“国宝”，可在全世界的数量也不过区区2000多只。

人类啊!醒悟吧，让“保护动物”不只是说说而已。动物是人类的朋友，是地球大家庭中的一员，动物同人类生活在同一个地球上，动物作为食物链中的一员，如果动物灭绝了，那么人类也逃脱不了灭绝的厄运。

动物是有灵性的，它们也有思维和感情，人类怎么能忍心去杀害它们呢?每一个物种的消失，都是人类走向孤独的脚步，没有了动物的陪伴，人类还能走多远?保护动物绝不仅仅是一个组织的责任，大自然为大家所共有，保护动物，人人有责。但愿每个人都问一下自己，自己的行为曾经给地球带来过怎样的伤痛?自己有没有为一时的利益而透支我们的未来?

ver 70% of the Earth’s surface is water; water is obviously the most precious natural resource that exists on our planet. Without water, life on Earth would be non-existent. Water is the lifeblood of the environment, essential to the survival of all living things-plants, animals, and human. Although we recognize this fact, we disregard it by polluting our rivers, lakes, and streams. Afterward, we are slowly but surely harming our planet to the point where organisms are dying at a very alarming rate, and our drinking water has become greatly affected. In order to fight against water pollution, we must understand the problems and become part of the solution; we also need to do everything possible to maintain its quality for today and the future.The government alone cannot solve the entire problem; it’s up to us when it comes to the problems we face with our water. In your home, correctly dispose dangerous household products. Keep paints, used oil, cleaning solvents, pool chemicals, and other dangerous household chemicals out of drains, sinks, and toilets because many of these products contain harmful substances. In your yard, recycle used motor oil. Avoid pouring waste oil and resist the temptation to dump wastes onto the ground.These are just a few of the many ways in which we, as human have the ability to combat water pollution. If these measures are not taken and water pollution continues, life on Earth will suffer severely.

[关于保护生态环境的英语作文

You know, theres a lovely puppy in the aunts house. It has white hair all over the body, white as cotton candy; its eyes are black and white, like two precious stones; ears are semicircle, nose is black, tail is short. Its really beautiful!

One day, I went to the aunts home to play. As soon as I entered the door, I saw the dog barking in the doorway, as if welcoming me to his house. I saw it, smiled and said: "small naughty, do not worry, I will play with you immediately!"."

As I entered the room, I sat down on the sofa and wanted to rest for a while. But it licks me with its tongue. I cant stand this kind of "affectionate" reception, so I have to go out with him.

Outside, we played hide and seek. I hid in the middle of the back of the car, waiting for it to come to me. After a while, I saw him running nimbly towards this place. Suddenly, it came to me with a slam on the brakes, but it didnt realize my existence. So I decided to come and see what it was like.

It was the body of the hair, like a bath. It spat out its tongue against the sun. Yes, the weather is so hot today, just like the fire on the ground. But it also found me at this time. Ah! It become more lovely! Light shining white hair, looks very smooth. Its eyes were fixed on me, a smile on my face, as if to say, "look, boy, Ive found it."".

I really like this cute puppy!

我喜欢的小动物是黄雀。黄雀嘴巴尖尖的、小小的，长着一对黑黑的小眼睛。它还有一身漂亮的绒毛，可讨人喜爱了。

一天放学刚回家，就听见黄雀发出了清脆的响亮鸣叫声，我连忙跑过去看。哪知黄雀见我过来，竟不叫了。我有些失落，正要回房间写作业，却发现黄雀吃起食物来了。只见它用嘴啄着用谷子做成的鸟食，时不时又去小杯子里喝一些清水。最令我惊奇的是，黄雀居然会吐壳!是的，它每吃一颗谷子就会有谷子壳落在它的笼子里，可小黄雀还是有点不讲卫生，有些谷子壳掉到笼子外面了。它眯着眼睛，完全一幅惬意样，可真是可爱呀!

还有一次，黄雀把水喝完了，妈妈把它专用的小杯拿出来倒水。我趁机把手伸进笼子，摸了摸黄雀的毛。它的毛很柔软，让人感觉很舒服。黄雀也把身子缩成一团，小眼睛注视着我，活像一个小毛球。我笑了笑，把手松开，关好笼子，它便像从前那么活蹦乱跳了。

听了我的介绍，你也喜欢上可爱的小黄雀了吗?

【第一篇】

放眼望去，有的只是凹凸的地皮，大片大片的树林遭人砍伐，变成人们生活上的木制品。人们只为一己私利，使成群的动物流离失所，奔向它方。这并不是虚假的幻想，这是血淋淋的事实。

曾几何时，世界上大批的动植物遭到灭绝，还有许许多多的动植物濒临灭绝，这都是为什么?这都是因为人类乱伐树木，破坏了生态环境，这才是根本原因。

土地资源是三大地质资源(矿产资源、水资源、土地资源)之一，是人类生产活动最基本的资源和劳动对象。人类对土地的利用程度反映了人类文明的发展，但同时也造成对土地资源的直接破坏，这主要表现为不合理垦植引起的水土流失、土地沙漠化、土地次生盐碱化及土壤污染等，而其中水土流失尤为严重，乃当今世界面临的又一个严重危机。据估计，世界耕地的表土流失量约为230亿吨/年。

有人认为酸雨是一场无声无息的危机，而且是有史以来冲击我们最严重的环境威胁，是一个看不见的敌人。这并非危言耸听。随着工业化和能源消费增多，酸性排放物也日益增多，它们进入空气中，经过一系列作用就形成了酸雨。

赤潮虽然自古就有，但随着工农业生产的迅速发展，水体污染日益加重，赤潮也日趋严重。我国自1933年首次报道以来，至1994年共有194次较大规模的赤潮，其中60年代以前只有4次，1990年后则有157起。石油类污染对水质和水生生物有相当大的危害。漂浮在水面上的油类可迅速扩散，形成油膜，阻碍水面与空气接触，使水中溶解氧减少。油类含有多环芳烃致癌物质，可经水生生物富集后危害人体健康。二氧化硫主要由燃煤及燃料油等含硫物质燃烧产生，其次是来自自然界，如火山爆发、森林起火等产生。二氧化硫对人体的结膜和上呼吸道粘膜有强烈刺激性，可损伤呼吸器管可致支气管炎、肺炎，甚至肺水肿呼吸麻痹。短期接触二氧化硫浓度为0。5毫克/立方米空气的老年或慢性病人死亡率增高，浓度高于0。25毫克/立方米，可使呼吸道疾病患者病情恶化。长期接触浓度为0。1毫克/立方米空气的人群呼吸系统病症增加。另外，二氧化硫对金属材料、房屋建筑、棉纺化纤织品、皮革纸张等制品容易引起腐蚀，剥落、褪色而损坏。还可使植物叶片变黄甚至枯死。

【第二篇】

最近我读过一本好书，叫作《我的野生动物朋友》。这本书主要讲法国小女孩蒂皮，她从小跟着父母在丛林中长大，野象、驼鸟、变色龙、牛蛙、豹子、狮子、狒狒……最终都成为她最好的朋友。这本书还我们告诉：尽一切努力爱护我们周围的环境，人与自然是个和谐统一体。这本书给我一个很大的启发：我们要爱护环境，不能让我们未来的环境遭受毁灭性的破坏。爱护环境，利己利人。

当我看到“科学发展、爱护环境”这八个字时，东台的环境新景一一浮现在我的眼前。最近几个月，东台的道路都在扩建中，虽然在施工时，会给行人和车辆带来不便。但是大家都很理解，爱护周围新建的设施以及工地上的建筑设施。每一次，我和妈妈从商场回家时都小心翼翼地经过施工地，从不违规。我听说还要东台的一些休闲场所，建了人工喷泉、水上电影大屏幕、文化长廊等，东台的人们正在使用了高科技来改善我们的生活环境。保护环境的作文400字

在各种公共场所，人们自觉地把瓜果皮纸屑分类扔进垃圾箱里，这也体现在我们东台人正在爱护周围的环境。在公园里，春天到了，万木吐绿，空气清新。各种各样的花朵竞相开放，有黄灿灿的迎春花、粉红的桃花，雪白的梨花，特别是色彩斑斓的蝴蝶花，像一只只蝴蝶在翩翩起舞。在小区里，一进大门，满眼都是绿色的树木，有松树，柏树，广玉兰、香樟树、爬山虎……就连小区的名称都是用绿色灌木拼成的，就是这些花草树木，引来了成群结队的小鸟们到这里来“散步”、“游玩”……

从常住的居民到来来往往的行人，都在自觉保护身边的环境。我相信，未来的东台将会变得像《我的野生动物朋友》种描绘的那样，人与自然、人与动物浑然一体!

Students, we hope that the motherland can become pure and quiet sunshine, fresh air, such a beautiful and desirable country. How we need such air, how much we love the environment! However, boys and girls, do you know that we live on earth, good environment is destroyed, the forest on the decrease, soil and water erosion, rivers in become turbid, desert in the extension, noise increased, the population growth and the air is polluted, many share the rare animals are endangered because of this, all this will bring us endless disaster.

As a new generation of Chinese people, we should always cultivate environmental awareness and worry about our country. Some students, however, do not cherish the paper, only to tear up several sheets of paper at the beginning of a composition. Trash and see if there is an opportunity to the school, where two-thirds of all kinds of waste paper, in order to make the paper, we paid a heavy price, consumes large forests. Schoolmates, when we light this pile of paper, our hands shake, and through the light of the fire, we see a piece of green wood.

How should we protect the environment?

First, love nature and be the little leader and little propagandist who protects nature. We should love the grass and trees of the campus and the streets, and strive to be the guardians of the garden. We should not only understand the natural balance of nature. We should also promote the environmental protection of natural environment to students, society and families.

Secondly, starting from me, from now on, protect the surrounding sanitation. Do not spit, pick flowers, do not destroy trees, forests, waste paper, etc. Although our strength is limited, if everyone can start from me and start from now, then our environment can be improved.

Thirdly, we should study the knowledge of culture and science carefully, and make a great effort to protect nature from m. We in the primary school to learn scientific and cultural knowledge, grow up, with our wisdom and hands control waste water, waste gas, waste residue, mountains and desert to governance, to improve soil and water quality. I believe that our home will be better in that time.

Students, for the better of our homeland, make a move!

Different people have different hobbies.For example,someone likes

reading,someone likes swimming and someone likes collecting and so on.

I used to read books and draw pictures because by reading books I could

learn many funny things.But now I dont like it.I can only learn from books.I

couldnt get knowledge from others.I need a change.Traveling is my favorite

hobby now.But I cant go traveling a lot.I can visit many different places of

interest by traveling.I can learn a lot about people,places and history.Its

very interesting.What is your hobby?Lets share each other!

I have many good friends.They all have their hobbies.Ann studies very

hard.So her hobby is book reading.Tony loves labour,and his hobby is

gardening.He usually plants flowers and trees in his yard.Judy is a quiet

girl.She likes knitting.She always knits some sweaters for her dolls.We have

different hobbies,but we are good friends.

I love traveling.I have great fun in traveling.

Excuse me waiter, there’s a shark in my soup

Some 200m years before dinosaurs made their appearance on earth and thus quite some time before Homo sapiens began celebrating nuptials at extravagant wedding banquets, sharks swam the oceans. Sharks are older than trees. They have survived at least four planetary mass extinctions.

在恐龙在地球上出现之前两亿年左右，也就是在现代人(Homo sapiens)开始举办奢华婚宴之前相当久远的时候，鲨鱼们就已经在海洋中游弋。鲨鱼比树还要古老。它们至少经历了四次地球物种灭绝，一直活到了今天。

The link between these ancient predators and contemporary wedding receptions is that, among Chinese people, it is a sign of generosity and prestige to serve guests shark-fin soup. Since there are more than 1.3bn Chinese people, and since they are getting more affluent by the day, that is of no little consequence to the shark population. Some 70m sharks are killed each year for their fins. Much of the time, the fins are sliced off with a blade at sea and the bloody shark torso thrown back in the water to die.

这种古老的食肉动物和当代婚宴之间的联系在于，在中国人眼中，请客人吃鱼翅羹是慷慨与体面的标志。由于中国有13亿多人口，并且中国人一天比一天富裕，吃鱼翅对鲨鱼数量可谓影响重大。为了获取鱼翅，人类每年要捕杀约7000万条鲨鱼。大多数时候，人们在海上用刀把鱼鳍割下来，然后便将血淋淋的鲨鱼躯干扔入海里，任由它们死去。

The California state legislature is debating a bill co-sponsored by Paul Fong, a Chinese-American Democrat, to ban the sale, consumption and trade of shark fin. Hawaii, Oregon and Washington state already impose similar bans. California accounts for 85 per cent of shark fin eaten in the US. The bill sailed through the lower house assembly, but is being held up in the state senate because of concerns it discriminates against Chinese Americans.

加利福尼亚州立法机构正在讨论由民主党人、美籍华人方文忠(Paul Fong)联合提议的一项旨在禁止贩卖、消费和交易鱼翅的议案。夏威夷州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州已经实施了类似的禁令。加州的鱼翅食用量占到美国鱼翅总食用量的85%。州众议院会议已通过了此项议案，但因担心法案有歧视美籍华人的嫌疑，州参议院还未对其投票表决。

What people eat is, indeed, a sensitive topic and one that generates much hypocrisy. Different cultures have formed their own taboos about what is proper, and not proper, to eat. Muslims and Jews don’t eat pigs, Hindus don’t eat cows and most Americans don’t eat snake or whale. Jains, and vegetarians of all cultures, don’t eat any animals at all.

人们吃什么确实是一个敏感的话题，也会催生许多虚伪的作风。对于可以吃什么、不可以吃什么，不同的文化有着各自的禁忌。穆斯林和犹太教徒不吃猪肉，印度教徒不吃牛肉，而大多数美国人不吃蛇肉或鲸肉。耆那教徒(Jains)和各种文化中的素食主义者都不吃任何动物。

Westerners are particularly prone to turning up their nose at what other people eat. Their position is mostly illogical and sometimes offensive. They tend to mentally divide animals into those you eat (like pigs, sheep and chickens); those you cuddle or stroke (cats, dogs and horses); and those too ugly, unusual or intelligent to eat (say beetles, zebras and dolphins). Many profess to loathe barbarity – think clubbing seals – yet are happy to eat veal or to ignore what goes on in their friendly neighbourhood abattoir.

西方人尤其看不惯其它文化社会的人们所吃的东西。他们的出发点大多不合逻辑，有时可能还会触犯众怒。他们往往在心里把动物分为好几类：吃的(如猪、羊和鸡)、搂抱或抚摸的(猫、狗和马)以及太丑、太怪或太聪明而不能吃的(比如甲虫、斑马和海豚)。许多人都公开对残暴行为表示憎恶——例如用棍子猎杀海豹——但却爱吃小牛肉，或佯装对自己居住的友好社区的屠宰场里发生的一切毫不知晓。

Michael Moore, the American documentary film-maker, brilliantly – if possibly inadvertently – exposed this self-delusion in Roger & Me. In a scene that was meant to highlight the poverty of Flint, Michigan, a woman selling rabbits is shown asking customers if they want “pets or meat”. If the answer is “pet”, the cuddly bunny is handed over to a delighted child. If “meat”, the hapless creature is clubbed to death with a lead pipe and skinned on the spot.

美国纪录片电影制片人迈克尔?摩尔(Michael Moore)在《罗杰和我》(Roger & me)中绘声绘色地(也可能是不经意地)披露了这种自欺欺人的行径。在展现密歇根州弗林特(Flint)贫困状况的一个场景中，有个女人在卖兔子，她问顾客要买“宠物还是兔肉”。如果答案是“宠物”，她就把小兔子交给一个满心欢喜的孩子。如果答案是“兔肉”，她便当场用一根铅管把这个可怜的动物打死并把皮剥下来。

The richer societies get, the more finicky they tend to become. Many (including myself) waste half the animal they have had killed on their behalf, refusing to consume its organs, intestines, brain and so on. These parts are often eaten, and sometimes prized, in non-western societies, particularly in Asia. In their willingness to consume almost all the animal, both China and Japan score far better than most western countries.

社会越是富有，往往就会变得越挑剔。许多人(包括我在内)会浪费掉因为他们而被杀死的动物的一半，我们拒绝食用它们的器官、肠子和脑子等等部位。但在西方之外的社会、尤其是亚洲，人们通常是吃这些的，而且有时还会将其视若珍品。就吃下动物所有部位的意愿而言，中国和日本要远远排在大多数西方国家的前面。

Surely, then, one can’t object to eating shark fin? Yet one can and one should. The reasons are to do with conservation and our broader ecosystem. Some species of shark have been depleted by 70 per cent and a few, such as smooth hammerhead, bull sharks and tiger sharks, by 90 per cent or more. Sharks are the ocean’s top predators. Their absence causes havoc. Off the east coast of America, sharks used to eat bottom-feeding rays. With shark numbers massively depleted, the rays have had a field day devouring scallops, clams and oysters, rapidly reducing stocks.

这么说来，想必我们不能反对吃鱼翅了?不，我们可以反对，而且也应当反对。因为这关系到环境保护以及更广泛生态系统的保护。一些种类的鲨鱼数量已减少了70%，少数几个种类的数量减少了90%，例如平双髻鲨、牛鲨和虎鲨。鲨鱼是位于海洋食物链最顶端的捕食者。若没有它们，生态系统会发生混乱。在美国东海岸附近，鲨鱼通常以在水底觅食的魟鱼为食。由于鲨鱼数量急剧减少，魟鱼就会趁机吃掉很多扇贝、蛤蜊和牡蛎，使这些物种的数量迅速减少。

Once shark fins are dried and in jars, it is all but impossible to tell what kind of shark they came from or whether they were finned. At one store in the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong, a city where half the world’s shark fin is traded, a salesman admits he has no idea whether the fins come from endangered species. His shop does not sell shark meat, and he says it could be true that the carcase is simply tossed into the sea. As well as the cruelty, there is also the incredible waste. The average shark stretches to about 10 bowls of soup.

鲨鱼的鳍一旦被晒干并放入罐里，便几乎无可判断它们来自哪种鲨鱼，或者是否是被割下来的。在鱼翅交易量占全球一半的香港，上环区一家商店的一位销售人员坦承，他不清楚店里的鱼翅是否来自濒危鲨鱼。他的店里不卖鲨鱼肉，并且他表示，鲨鱼的尸体被直接抛回海里可能是真事。岂止是残忍，这也是一种巨大的浪费。平均每条鲨鱼只能加工出大约10碗鱼翅汤。

Certainly, shark fin is traditional. As one writer points out, to ask people to stop eating it is the equivalent of suggesting Americans give up turkey for Thanksgiving. There is doubtless a case for banning other types of food, such as some types of caviar and some species of whale. But cultures are not immutable. Traditions change, especially when they are unsustainable.

不错，鱼翅是一种传统食物。正如一位作家所指出的那样，要求人们不吃鱼翅就好比让美国人过感恩节时不要吃火鸡。我们无疑有理由禁止食用其它食物，比如某类鱼子酱和某些种类的鲸。但文化也不是一成不变的。传统会发生变化，尤其是当它们难以为继的时候。

Fortunately, many of the most prominent campaigners against shark fin are Chinese, with Yao Ming, the recently retired basketball sensation, among the most passionate. In Hong Kong, where shark fin used to be de rigueur at Cantonese banquets, many young people refuse to eat it. Besides, sharks have less cachet now they are siphoned from the oceans on an industrial scale.

值得庆幸的是，在反对吃鱼翅的最著名活动人士之中，许多都是中国人，比如近期退役的篮球明星姚明，就是行动最积极的人士之一。在香港，鱼翅曾是粤宴上的必备菜肴，但如今许多青年人拒绝食用鱼翅。此外，在捕杀鲨鱼实现工业化规模的今天，鱼翅的身价已大不如前。

In Canada, more than a few ethnic Chinese couples have made a show of not serving shark fin at their wedding. Judy Lao recently told the Vancouver Province why she didn’t have it at her reception. “We don’t really care, our friends don’t care, and shark fin has no nutritional value anyway,” she said. “So why should we serve it?” Why indeed.

在加拿大，许多对华裔夫妇已做出表率，在婚宴上不供应鱼翅。Judy Lao最近向《温哥华省报》(Vancouver Province)解释了，为什么她的婚宴没有上鱼翅。“我们并不介意这些，我们的朋友也不介意，再说鱼翅根本也没有什么营养价值，”她表示。“所以，我们为什么要上鱼翅呢?”确实，这有什么必要呢?

[保护鲨鱼的英语作文

一天，森林里传来了“呜——呜”的哭声，小灰兔一听，立即朝有哭声的地方跑去，声音越来越大了，走近一瞧，原来是小白兔，小灰兔忙问为什么哭，小白兔说：“我在森林里找食物，突然被人类的捕动物的夹子夹到了，流了很多血，就哭了起来。”小灰兔知道后，不顾危险去了老虎的洞穴，给老虎大哥说了事情的来龙去脉，老虎大哥知道了，没有去抓小灰兔，并且感慨地说：“是呀，我的孩子就有一回差点丢了性命，人类实在是太可怕了!我这就去帮你!”“真是太谢谢老虎大哥了!”

到了那里后，只见捕动物的夹子不见了，地上有一滩血，老虎大哥立即醒悟过来了：“天哪，小白兔一定是被那人类抓走了!”“怎么办呀，呜呜呜!”“别哭，一定会有办法的!一定!”这时，一个孩子走了过来，他是捕走小白兔的猎人的孩子，小灰兔看见了，立即摆出一副架子，说：“你们真可恶，我最好的朋友小白兔被你们捕走了!”“是吗，对不起。”孩子说，“我立即叫爸爸把小白兔放了。”“咦?你是猎人的孩子?”老虎大哥好奇地问。“是的，爸爸总是捕杀动物，我劝他，他不听，还老是干坏事。我立即带你们去找爸爸。”

小灰兔看见了小白兔，立即奔了过去，小孩拦住了他：“你这样鲁莽，也会被我爸爸抓走的。”“啊。”“爸爸，把小白兔放了吧，可以吗?”“你管得着老子呀你，啊!”那猎人满嘴脏话，很不文明。“求求爸爸了，把他放了吧。”“去你的!”立刻把他甩在了一边。“没办法了，我们去找野生生物保护学会。”“恩!”小灰兔和老虎大哥异口同声地说。

保护学会知道后，找到了猎人，说道：“能把他放了吗?”“凭什么!”“我们是野生生物保护学会，如果不依，我们会采取措施。”“行行，别带我走啊，我保证以后再也不捕杀动物了，我也要加入你们的学会!”“恩，这就对了嘛。”“原来人类又有好的，又有坏的呀。”小灰兔和老虎大哥说。

保护动物，人人有责，让我们从身边的小事做起吧!

尊敬的广大市民朋友：

“XXXXX”报告明确提出建设美丽中国的新构想，把生态文明建设放在突出地位，凸显了人与自然、人与社会和谐共生的重要性。大家知道，我们生活在一个庞大的生态系统中，许许多多的生物组成了我们周围的生态系统，野生动物就是其中的重要组成部分，是人类的朋友，保护发展和合理利用野生动物资源，对改善自然环境，促进人与自然的和谐，保持生物多样性，维护生态平衡，建设美丽中国有着重要意义。近年来由于人类不加限制的开发利用，导致了大量物种灭绝，资源种类减少，生态环境退化，人类生存环境日趋恶劣。为了缓解人与自然的矛盾，顺应自然发展规律，我们必须行动起来，从我做起，从现在做起，伸出我们的双手，献出我们的爱心，以实际行动保护和拯救野生动物，建设好美丽家园、美丽中国。

娄星区林业局是我区野生动物资源保护管理的职能部门，长期以来在宣传普及野保知识及法律法规和查处野保案件方面做了大量工作，区内野生动物生存、发展环境得以改善，野生动物物种逐年增多。但目前社会对保护野生动物的认识不足，滥捕、滥猎、滥食野生动物时有发生，区内保护野生动物的氛围亟待加强。因此我们呼吁全体市民行动起来，积极参与支持野生动物保护，为此我们提出如下倡议：

一、 全民动员，奉献爱心，保护和珍爱野生动物。

二、 不非法猎捕、杀害野生动物;

三、 不在集贸市场和其他场所非法销售野生动物及产品;

四、 餐饮行业不将野生动物及产品作为菜肴进行销售、广告，餐馆的名称不以“野味”字样冠名;

五、 客货承运业主自觉拒运野生动物及产品;

六、 广大市民自觉拒吃野生动物及其产品;

七、 广大市民积极举报非法捕杀、贩卖、食用、运输野生动物及产品的行为。