1.Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chicken. 2.The farmers didn’t know what to do. 3.Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help. 4.“Kill the hawks,” the officials said, “We will even pay for them,” so the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks. 5.The farmers killed many hawks. 6.They no longer had to worry about their chicken. 7.But they now had a new worry. 8.Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain. 9.How did this happen? 10.Hawks eat not only chicken but also field mice. 11.They eat more field mice than chicken. 12.But the farmers didn’t know this. 13.When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance. 14.When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants. 15.Often these plants are food for the animals. 16.If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to leave the place. 17.In one part of the USA, for example the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses. 18.The mountain lions there eat the deer. 19.The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses doesn’t change much if people leave things as they are. 20.But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer. 21.Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses. 22.Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees. 23.These trees were important to the farmers. 24.So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees. 25.Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died. 26.This was another lesson from nature. 27.To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember. New words and expressions 生词和短语 not many years ago 许多年前 farmers 农民们 worried 担心的 because 因为 hawks 老鹰 chicken 鸡 farmers 农民们 know 知道 what to do 做什么 finally 最后 country 乡村 officials 办公人员（复数） asked for help 寻求帮助（过去式） kill 杀死 hawks 老鹰 officials 办公人员（复数） pay for 支付 farmers 农民们 began to 开始（过去式） think of 想 farmers 农民们 killed 杀死（过去式） hawks 老鹰 no longer 不再 worry about 担心 chicken 鸡 field 田地的 mice 老鼠 were eating up 吃光 a lot of 许多 grain 谷物 hawks 老鹰 not only...but also... 不仅...而且... chicken 鸡 field 田地的 mice 老鼠 more 更多的 field mice 田鼠 chicken 鸡 killed 杀死（过去式） a lot of 许多 hawks 老鹰 changed 改变（过去式） balance 平衡 move into 搬进 destroy 破坏 wild 野生的 plants 植物 enough 足够的 plants 植物 starve 饿死 leave 留下 for example 例如 deer 鹿 a certain kind of 一特定种类的 wild 野生的 roses 玫瑰 mountain lions 美洲狮 the number of ...的数量 deer 鹿 mountain lions 美洲狮 wild roses 野生玫瑰 change 改变 leave things as they are 让事物顺其自然 killed 杀死（过去式） mountain lions 美洲狮 in order to 为了... protect 保护 soon 很快 ate up 吃光（过去式） wild roses 野生玫瑰 began to 开始（过去式） green 绿色的 leaves 叶子（复数） young trees 小树 important 重要的 farmers 农民们 farmers 农民们 thought of 想（过去式） protect 保护 had nothing 没有任何东西（过去式） many of 许多 died 死亡（过去式） another 又一个 lesson 教训 nature 自然 keep 保持 the balance of ...的平衡 nature 自然 important 重要的 remember 记住 参考译文： 1.许多年前，一些农民很担心因为老鹰带走了他们的许多鸡。 2.农民们不知道做什么。 3.最后他们去乡村办公室寻求帮助。 4.“杀了老鹰”办公人员说，“我们甚至为了杀掉他们而给别人付钱，”所以农民们开始想办法杀老鹰。 5.农民们杀了好多老鹰。 6.他们不再担心他们的鸡了。 7.但是现在他们有个新的顾虑。 8.田地里的老鼠吃掉了大量的农民的谷物。 9.这是怎么发生的呢？ 10.老鹰不仅吃鸡还吃田地里的老鼠。 11. 相比较鸡来说它们吃更多的田鼠。 12.但是农民们不知道这点。 13.当他们杀死了大量的老鹰之后，他们改变了生态平衡。 14.当人们搬到一个新的地方之后，他们经常破坏许多野生植物。 15.这些植物通常就是动物的食物。 16.如果动物不能找到足够的植物吃，它们就会饿死或是不得不离开这个地方。 17.在美国的一个地方，例如那里的鹿喜欢吃一种特定的野生玫瑰。 18.那里的美洲狮喜欢吃鹿。 19.鹿的数量，美洲狮的数量和野生玫瑰的数量不会改变很多如果人们让事物顺其自然的话。 20.但是人们杀了许多美洲狮为了保护鹿。 21.很快就有如此多的鹿以至于它们吃光了所有的野生玫瑰。 22.然后鹿开始吃小树上的绿叶。 23.这些树对农民很重要。 24.因此农民们想办法来保护他们的树。 25.现在鹿没东西吃了，许多就死了。 26.这是来自自然的一个教训。 27. 记住保持自然界的平衡对我们来说是很重要的。 |
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