Villagers,wild pandas live side by side in harmony

湖南邵阳县第四中学 高艳琴

Wild giant pandas are not a rare sight at Liziba village.The village is located in northwest China's Gansu Province,and borders southwest China's Sichuan Province,which is known to the world as “the home to pandas”.

Liziba village is also at the south end of the Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve,which was set up to protect wild pandas.In 2017,China launched the pilot giant panda national park,and Baishuijiang was listed to be included in the scheme.

TheGansu Economic Dailyreported that there are three panda nature reserves directly administered by the central government,and Baishuijiang reserve is one of them.The other two are at Wolong in Sichuan Province and Foping in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.According to the fourth national panda survey published in February 2015,Baishuijiang is home to 110 wild giant pandas,the most among all the nature reserves in China.

In past decades,pandas were rarely spotted in Liziba village,a situation that only changed in recent years.On March 1,2014,an adult panda wandered downhill through the bamboo woods and entered the village.Seeing humans around,the panicking panda ran away after biting a villager's leg.

An investigation from 2009 to 2017 found that panda activity around the village had seen an ob-vious increase.Liu Wannian,vice chief of the administration bureau of Baishuijiang reserve,believes that the result proves the effectiveness of the panda protection work in previous years.

Today,green plants cover the hills in Liziba village,and villagers see pandas as neighbors rather than competitors for resources.Rows of tea trees line the hills at the village,and more than 700 villagers now make a living from this crop.“This year it's 600yuan($84)per half kilogram,” Liziba villager Ran Tangfa said,according to news websitethepaper.cnin a late-August report.Going further behind the tea farm takes you to a primeval forest where pandas live.Liziba village is totally different now than at the beginning of the century.

阅读检测

1.What do we know from the fifth paragraph?

A.The panda protection work in previous years is effective.

B.Pandas are rarely seen in Liziba village in recent years.

C.Pandas are sometimes dangerous to humans.

D.Pandas are afraid of seeing humans.

2.What do the villagers depend on for a living?

A.Protection of animals. B.Natural resources.

C.Bamboo woods. D.Tea trees.

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难句分析

The village is located in northwest China's Gansu Province,and borders southwest China's Sichuan Province,which is known to the world as “the home to pandas”.这个村子位于中国西北部的甘肃省，与中国西南部被世界称为“熊猫之家”的四川省接壤。

本句是一个复合句。The village is located...and borders...Province是主句，其中is located和borders是并列谓语，which引导的是非限制性定语从句。

背景知识

李子坝村

李子坝村坐落于甘肃省的最南端，位于白水江自然保护区腹地。这里栖息着大熊猫、金丝猴、大鲵和珙桐、红豆杉等10余种国家一级保护动植物，还有地方特有物种“文县疣螈”。

境内有各类野生动物350多种，属国家重点保护的稀有动物达20多种。近年来，在政府鼓励和指导下，村民们又大规模发展茶叶种植，办起了两个大型茶场，出产的碧口龙井、毛峰畅销省内外。