In late January, a pod of Chinese white dolphins was seen jumping, swimming and generally frolicking near Huoshaoyu Island on the coast of Xiamen in Southeast China.

“In the cold months from December through February, dolphins are likely 【小题1】 (seek) inner bays and harbors with calm winds and waves to spend the winter,” said Xu Jing, an official with the Xiamen Chinese White Dolphin Nature Reserve. She added, “It 【小题2】 (become) more common to spot dolphins in the 【小题3】 (relative) calm western waters in recent years.”

The Chinese white dolphin, inhabiting shallow coastal waters from Southeast China 【小题4】 East India, acquired “Chinese” in its name after 【小题5】 (observe) in China in the 1600s. The cetacean, 【小题6】 species under first-class state protection in China, is regarded as an indicator for marine ecological health, due to its 【小题7】 (sensitive) to water quality.

“With years of 【小题8】 (dedicate) conservation efforts, the continued sightings of the Chinese white dolphin, 【小题9】 is at the top of the food chain, in the city’s waters imply that our marine ecosystem and the entire food chain are well-preserved and 【小题10】 (support) of its survival,” said Xin Jianjun, former head of the Xiamen Fisheries Administration.

More than three decades ago, Chu Hongjun, a young man from East China’s Shandong province, traveled to Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 【小题1】 (throw) himself into wildlife research and protection work in Altay prefecture. Today, his 27-year-old daughter, Chu Wenwen, sticks to the faith of her father. More than that, she has 【小题2】 (successful) called on more than 1 million young people in making a joint effort to create a better living environment for the Mengxin beaver (海狸), the only beaver species living in China, 【小题3】 is only found along the Ulungur River in Altay.

The web-savvy (精通网络的) youngster has initiated a project to livestream, 24 hours a day, how the beavers live in the wild. Infrared (红外线) cameras 【小题4】 (fix) so that viewers can monitor the ecological circulation around those small habitats 【小题5】 (build) by the beavers. “We are the young generation that grew 【小题6】 amid the internet boom. Today, modern online communication tools and advanced 【小题7】 (equip) used for scientific research enable us to gather more people together in the pursuit of wildlife protection,” she says.

Additionally, Chu Wenwen is also willing to take parents and their children on field trips 【小题8】 (observe) beavers firsthand. She believes that if opportunities are provided for people to learn more about the animal, they’re 【小题9】 (likely) to take actions to protect it.

“We can bridge 【小题10】 gap between the public and the beavers,” she says.