世界女性护林员日

山东 李全忠

巾帼不让须眉，女性亦是野生动植物保护行动中的中坚力量。

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Wildlife rangers (护林员) work tirelessly to protect wildlife from extinction. In their native countries,these brave people do everything they can to keep endangered animals like elephants and rhinos safe.

More often than not, wildlife rangers are men. In many countries, women are expected to work in the home (cooking, cleaning, fetching water, and providing for the family). Many women become wives and mothers at a young age, which means that they may not have enough time or freedom to take part. Plus, the hard and dangerous tasks of a wildlife ranger mean that the job is frequently seen as unsuitable for women. Ranger training can be a difficult and physically demanding process, which requires lots of skills that women are not traditionally trained in.

As a result, just 11% of wildlife rangers are women. However, these women make up many successful female anti-poaching(反偷猎) teams in many countries around the world,including at least 18 African countries.

On June 23rd every year, people will celebrate female wildlife rangers all over the world. There are many more women out there, just like Nyaradzo, Sithabile and Leitah,who are working hard to make a difference—to the animals, wild places, and to their communities too!

The founder of How Many Elephants, adventurer Holly Budge, teamed up with her colleague Margot Dempsey to create World Female Ranger Day. Holly got to know many female rangers during her campaigns to save African elephants from illegal poaching. As a result, she knows just how important it is to encourage more women to get involved.

She said, “We are looking forward to bringing together female rangers around the world to celebrate their incredible work, identify the challenges they face, and provide them with the support they need through our fund-raising and awareness efforts.”

So hopefully, World Female Ranger Day will help support these wonderful wildlife rangers, and inspire even more women across the world to get involved. Brilliant!

Reading Check

1. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A. The ranger training process.

B. Women's work in the home.

C. The disadvantages of women's being rangers.

D. The skills that women need to become rangers.

2. Why does the author mention Sithabile in paragraph 4?

A. To call on more readers to care for her.

B. To say she is a great wildlife ranger.

C. To raise money for her communities.

D. To prove celebrating rangers is a must.

3. What contributed to Holly's encouraging more women to get involved?

A. She was good at communicating with wildlife rangers.

B. She teamed up with her colleagues to help wildlife rangers.

C. She knew many female rangers during her campaigns.

D. She wanted to get more attention from the world.

4. Which of the following words can best describe Holly?

A. Enthusiastic and calm. B. Courageous and cautious.

C. Ambitious and independent. D. Encouraging and warm-hearted.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

Ranger training can be a difficult and physically demanding process, which requires lots of skills that women are not traditionally trained in. 护林员培训可能是一个困难且对体力要求很高的过程，这需要许多技能，而女性在传统上并没有接受过这些技能训练。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，句中的which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词process。

Ⅱ. Text-centered chunks

protect...from 保护……免受……

as a result 结果

make up 组成；构成

all over the world 全世界

make a difference 有影响；起作用

team up with 与……组队；与……协作

look forward to 盼望

provide...with 给……提供……