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It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base.
在成都研究中心，早上8點半。
Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are preparing the milk for the baby pandas' breakfast.
林偉和其他熊貓飼養員正在準備熊貓幼崽的早飯。
At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.
9點鐘，他們發現大部分小熊貓已經睡醒了，并且肚子已經餓了。
When the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over!
幼崽們看見飼養員的時候，高興地跑了過來，甚至有的小熊貓撞到了小伙伴們，然后跌倒了。
"They're so cute and lovely. I take care of them like they're my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They're very special to me."
“它們真可愛啊！我像照顧自己孩子一樣照顧它們。每天，我給它們洗澡，給它們喂食，還要和它們一起玩耍。它們對我來說有特殊意義。”
Lin Wei loves her job, but it is a difficult one.
林偉熱愛他的工作，但是這件工作也不是一件輕松的事兒。
Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long.
熊貓繁育的后代并不是很多，兩年可能僅繁育一個孩子。熊貓幼崽經常會因為生病而死去，壽命很短。
Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo.
成年熊貓一天要花12個多小時進食大約10公斤的竹子。
Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down the forests.
許多年前，中國有很多的竹林和熊貓，然而現在，人類開始砍伐森林。
Scientists say there are now fewer than 20,00 pandas living in the remaining forests.
科學家說，中國目前僅存的野生熊貓只有不到2000只。
Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries.
還有200只左右生活在中國和其他國家的動物園或者科研院所里。
An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals.
在成都開展的一項教育計劃旨在讓城市里的孩子們了解有關熊貓和其他頻臨滅絕動物的情況。
They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals.
他們指派工作人員來到學校，告訴孩子們拯救動物的重要性。
The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals. Teaching children is one way to help save pandas.
孩子們學會唱關于熊貓和其他野生動物的歌曲，或者制作關于熊貓和其他野生動物的美術品。教育孩子是幫助拯救動物的一種方式。
The Chinese government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in.
中國政府正種植大量的竹子供熊貓們生存。
We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas than now.
我們希望在未來熊貓會越來越多。
