40篇英语短文搞定高考3500词汇（三）9.保护野生动植物WildlifeProtectionDinosaursdiedoutbecauseofanunexpectedincident.Butwildlifetodaydisappearsorisindangerjustbecausehumansdoharmtoit.Forexample,tigersarehuntedforfurtomakecarpetssothattheycanonlyliveinsecurereserves;grasslandisdestroyedwithoutmercysothatduststormscomeintobeingaffectingdistantcities.Lastyear,scientistssawsomemonkeysrubbingthemselveswithacertainkindofinsectstoprotectthemselvesfromfiercemosquitoesbiting.Accordingtotheresultoftheinspection,theyfoundthattheinsectcontainsapowerfuldrug,solocalfarmerswereemployedtocatchtheinsects.Theendingwasthattheinsectsdisappearedfromthewholezone.Whentoldthatitwasalosstohumans,thefarmersburstintolaughterandresponded,“Ourreallossisourdecreasingincome.Weshouldappreciatethenaturalbalaneeandpaymoreattentiontotheimportaneeofwildlifeprotection.Notuntilwesucceedinlettingwildlifeliveinpeace,canwesmileinrelief.恐龙因一次意外事件而灭绝，但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。去年，科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某种昆虫来保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬。根据检查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种具有强大效力的药物，于是，当地的农民都被雇来抓虫子。结果是，这种昆虫从这整个地区都消失了。当被告知说这是整个人类的损失时，农民们都突然大笑着回应道：我们减少的收入才是我们真正的损失呢！”我们应该意识到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生动植物的保护。直到我们成功让野生动植物安详平静地生活，我们自己才能如释重负地笑开颜。1O.MyFirstBand我的第一支乐队Iwasverysensitivetomusic.Justdippingintothemusicbooksbriefly,Icouldsingorplaywell.Tobehonest,Ialwaysdreamtofbecomingafamousfolkactor.IwassoconfidentthatIneverdecreasedmydevotion.Iformedmyfirstbandcalled“RollingFrog”.Atthebeginning,wereliedonperformingoninstrumentsinpubsortopassers-bytoearnextramoneyincash.Thenweworefalsebeardstopretendtobethemusicianswhompeoplewerefamiliarwith.Inaddition,weattachedhumorousactstoourperformancesandplayedjokesoneachother.Soon,our“funnyjazz”becamefaandinvitationstoperformforbroadcaststationsbegantocome.Afterwards,wesortedoutattractivemusicandmadearecordinastudio.Amillionorsocopiesweresoldandwebecamemillionaires.Itwaspainfulthatthebandbrokeupfinally.Butaboveall,Irealizedmydreamtobeamusician.我对音乐很敏感，只要简要地浏览一下乐谱，我就能演唱或演奏得很好。说实话，我一直都梦想着能成为出名的民间演员，自信的我从未减少过热爱。我组成的第一支乐队叫做摇滚蛙”。开始，我们依靠在酒吧里或向路人表演乐器来挣些零花的现金。然后我们带上假胡子假扮人们熟悉的音乐家，除此之外，我们在表演中加上幽默的动作，互相开着玩笑。很快，我们的滑稽爵士乐”出了名，至『播电台表演的邀请开始多起来。随后，我们把我们吸引人的音乐做了分类，在一间音乐工作室录制了1张唱片，大约卖出了100万张，这使我们都成了百万富翁。乐队最终的解散让我很心痛，但最重要的是，我实现了自己当音乐家的梦想。11.AnInterestingFestival有趣的节日TheAgriculturalFeasttakesplaceaftertheIndependenceDay.Itisnotaworldwidecelebration.OnlyChristiansinMexicolookforwardtoitsarrivalforitsreligiousorigin.Longago,humans'ancestorswerebad.Theyfooledplayedtricksoneachotherandneverkepttheirword.SoGodturnedupanddrownedalltheircrops.Humansstarveddayandnight,weeping.InordertogainGod'sforgiveness,awomanpoetsetofftoseeGod.SheadmiredGodandkeptapologizing.Godwasmoved.Withhispermission,humansfinallyhadgood...
