It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry. When the babies see the keepers, they run over to them with excitement and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and fall over!
現(xiàn)在是上午8點(diǎn)30分，在成都研究基地。熊貓飼養(yǎng)員正在為熊貓寶寶的早餐準(zhǔn)備牛奶。上午9點(diǎn)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)大多數(shù)熊貓寶寶已經(jīng)醒了，餓了。當(dāng)寶寶們看到飼養(yǎng)員時(shí)，興奮地跑過來，一些小熊貓甚至撞到了它們的朋友，摔倒了！

Lin Wei, one of the panda keepers, says, “They’re so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” In fact, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so popular that they are now a symbol of China.
熊貓飼養(yǎng)員林偉說：“它們太可愛了。我像照顧自己的孩子一樣照顧它們。我每天給它們洗澡、喂食，和它們一起玩耍。它們對(duì)我來說很特別?！笔聦?shí)上，世界各地的許多人都喜歡這些黑白相間的動(dòng)物。熊貓已經(jīng)變得如此受歡迎，以至于它們現(xiàn)在是中國(guó)的象征。

Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. Another 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from sicknesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down these forests. As the forests get smaller and other human activities cause more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having fewer babies.
科學(xué)家表示，現(xiàn)在森林里生活著不到2000只大熊貓。另有約300只生活在中國(guó)和其他國(guó)家的動(dòng)物園或研究中心。熊貓生寶寶很少，也許每?jī)赡曛挥幸恢?。寶寶們?jīng)常死于疾病，壽命不長(zhǎng)。成年大熊貓每天要花12個(gè)多小時(shí)吃大約10公斤的竹子。許多年前，中國(guó)有更多的竹林和熊貓，但后來人類開始砍伐這些森林。隨著森林變小，其他人類活動(dòng)造成更多問題，大熊貓找不到足夠的食物，它們的幼崽也越來越少。

An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other endangered wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to better understand the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.
成都的一個(gè)教育項(xiàng)目教孩子們關(guān)于大熊貓和其他瀕危野生動(dòng)物的知識(shí)。他們派人去學(xué)校告訴孩子們拯救這些動(dòng)物的重要性。中國(guó)政府正在努力幫助拯救大熊貓?？茖W(xué)家們正在進(jìn)行研究，以更好地了解大熊貓的習(xí)性。我們都希望將來會(huì)有更多的熊貓。