Have you seen a red panda before? What about a video of it? Some time ago, a video about a red panda getting into a hotel room was popular online. The person who took the video seemed happy to finally have the chance to closely play with this “cute” animal. However, experts warned that the cute things it did could actually be dangerous to humans!
The red panda’s back is brown. There are fewer than 10,000 red pandas in the world. The number is expected to continue to fall. The red panda is on the verge (边缘) of extinction.
They face many dangers, including less bamboo to eat, fewer places to stay, and animal trade. Over half of red panda deaths connect directly to human activity.
When red pandas walk into humans’ places, it usually means they have nowhere to go. Naturally, they like to hide in the woods. So for them, it is not a normal (正常的) thing to walk around near humans. It means that they are influenced by us humans too much!
For humans, it is dangerous to play with wild animals like red pandas. You may think that a red panda looks cute when it is standing like humans or lying down and showing its belly, but these are actually signs that it is very scared (恐惧的).
We all know that men and nature should live in harmony (和谐). But if people think of wild animals as pets or “friends”, there must be someone trying to catch them, keep them or use them to make money. The best way to protect either wild animals or ourselves is to keep distance.
【小题1】The cute red pandas are actually ________ to humans in the wild.| A．friendly | B．patient | C．dangerous | D．warm-hearted |
| A．兴盛 | B．灭绝 | C．发展 | D．繁殖 |
| A．in the woods | B．near humans | C．in the zoo | D．next to the stream |
| A．It will play with humans. | B．It will walk around humans. |
| C．It will hurt humans. | D．It will look for bamboo to eat. |
| A．To make friends with wild animals. | B．To keep distance. |
| C．To raise wild animals carefully. | D．To live with wild animals. |
