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Dear Mum and Dad,

I am writing this letter to you from the central Australia. Now, we are staying near Ayers Rock. On the first day, we took a plane tour over the rock, and I was surprised 1. (介词) how big it was! During different periods of the day, the 2. (colour) of the rock turn dark blue, purple, yellow and red. Ayers Rock is a centre of local Aboriginal culture.

The Aborigines are the people that have lived in Australia from the3. ( early) times, and they believed that the spirits created the world.

The Australians have a close relationship with the British. Many Australians are like us in many ways. The foods that Australians like most are ham and beef with lots of salad. They also grow grapes and other fruits. They love all sports, but 4. (冠词) game that they like most is Australian football. They also love going to the beach for swimming and surfing or just 5. (lie) in the sun.

6. (连词) it is December, it is summer over here. The sun is very bright, and near the coast the countryside is very green. There are lots of 7. ( sheep) in the fields and on the hills, but the middle of the country has no trees or grass, just rocks and sand—And kangaroos!

Australians speak English, but in 8.(they) own way. For example, when they say "G' day!" and " No worries.", they mean " Hello!" and "Don't worry about it. It's not a problem ! "

On the second day, we went horse riding. The horse that I rode was lazy, so I was 9. (leave) far behind the others. But I enjoyed the slow and relaxing ride.

Later this evening, we are taking the plane back to Sydney and coming home. It has 10. ( be) a wonderful trip.

Love,

Tony

It's usually sad to hear something is ―downgraded(降级). But when the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN,国际自然保护联盟)downgraded the giant panda on its Red List in 2016,the whole world was h______. The Red List r______ the world's species(物种)and points out which ones are going to extinct(灭绝). Since the 1990s,the giant panda has been in danger. Now its status(危险等级)has been lowered to ―vulnerable(脆弱的). Researchers believe there are now nearly 2,000 giant pandas l______ in the wilds of China. The n______ was 1,600 in 2003 and 1,200 in the 1980s.

The increase in the panda population is great because China does the best to s______ the cute animals. Since 1958, China has b______ 67 nature reserves for pandas. There they are safe from danger and enjoy enough fresh b______.

China has also welcomed other foreign organizations that wish to study pandas. The first such visit was in 1979 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF,世界自然基金会). Its world-famous logo made the animal p ______ all over the world. China also sends pandas to other c______ as special ambassadors(大使). Foreign zoos p_______ money and the money can help China to protect pandas better.

The recovery of the panda shows that when science, politics and local communities come together, we can save wildlife, WWF Director General Marco Lambertini told CNN.

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