2010年托??荚?TOEFL)閱讀:The badger

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其實我們是一個從來不尊重野生動物的國度,把在森林里的小鳥關(guān)到牢籠中,打著“保護(hù)”的名義把東北虎餓死在動物園里,熊貓能在森林里玩耍,只能在動物園里被大家參觀……野生動物在歐美是十分常見的,小編曾經(jīng)很多次在城市邊緣的山丘上和鹿擦肩而過,看著狐貍在倫敦的大街上穿行,本期介紹的這種野生動物大家可能不太陌生,看到照片你可能就會大喊:“?。∈恰眹u!請注意英文部分!
    
    Everyone recognises the badger. Its dark grey barrel-shaped body and black and white striped face and white-tipped ears are so iconic. Badgers like to live in social groups of one or two families in underground chambers and passages called setts, which they keep extremely clean and tidy. They need to... setts can sometimes be occupied for hundreds of years.
    They are mostly nocturnal animals, and therefore rarely seen, coming out at night to follow the same old paths between their feeding grounds and their territory, possibly passing through a garden or two. Being omnivores, they forage for everything from worms and insects to frogs and small mammals and plant material.
    Even though the UK has a large population, badgers and their setts are fully protected by law under the Badgers Act of 1992 because of previous persecution and baiting. That said, the risk of bovine TB means they are still subject to government culling.