少女为拯救老虎筹款

陕西 粟榜华

主题语境：理财与环保 篇幅：322词 建议用时：6分钟

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 (偷猎) 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引导主语从句

Whatever they raise will be matched by the Zoological and Botanical Society and all be donated to the Tiger Conservation Fund.她们筹集的任何东西都将由动植物学会分派，并全部捐赠给老虎保护基金会。

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“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.霍尔特说：“我很高兴我们已经走到了这一步，就像她说的那样，如果我们现在才五年级时就可以做到这一点，那就想象一下我们将来能做什么。”

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go up to 前往

feel like 感觉就像

come true 成真；实现；(愿望等)成事实

be close to 接近

happen to 发生在……身上

make a difference 有影响

in the future 未来；今后