3. Can you suggest how people should protect animals?

Candidate 1: There are many ways to protect animals but some are of crucial importance:

Firstly, protect the living environment of the animals. A good living condition is the most important element of animal protection. As our society develops, more and more forests are disappearing from the earth, which results in the extinction of many animals. So the first step is to build and sustain good living surroundings to provide enough room for animals to live and multiply.

Secondly, stop killing animals illegally. Many animals died because of illegal poaching and killing. Ensuring good living conditions is important; meanwhile, we should also make laws to forbid people killing animals illegally.

Last but not least, build reserves for animals. The reserves are useful for protecting animals effectively. We observe the animals and help them live better according to their habits. In the reserves, killing is banned, and sometimes human beings have to give way to the animals if necessary. However, only few reserves exist in our country nowadays and it's far from what we need.

All in all, protecting animals should be everyone's job. Only at that time can the dreams of animal protection come true.

Candidate 2: For a thousand times I have reflected why we human beings kill so many animals without a blink of eyes. Now I understand every bad thing is just caused by one word—"greed". Our greed makes us kill too many animals. As a result, many species become extinct. So what should we do? I think the first thing we should do id to lay down stricter law in order to prevent poachers from hunting the animals wantonly. At the same time, I think the most effective way is to let people realize the importance of the balance between human beings and animals. Only in this way will more and more people take part in the activities of protecting animals, and will we ultimately live in harmony with the nature.

Candidate 3: As close friend of our human beings, animals have an equal right to take up residence on the earth with us. While nowadays, more and more animal species are faced with the threat of extinction, should we just sit back doing nothing? The answer is definitely "No". Not being experts in the field of animal protection, we still could do wealth of things of great significance. For instance, we can participate in animal protection associations or donate money to them, for such communities which are set up for the sake of the advantages of animals really play an important role in practice. What's more, financial assistance is essential to them. Meanwhile, we can protect animals by the means of protecting the enviroment where they live. Being sensitive to the surroundings, many animals have become the victims of the deteriorating environment: grey air, black water, decreasing forests, changeable weather and so on. How can these frail animals survive in such a poor condition which the mankind suffers inescapably?

Candidate 4: There are thousands of extinct species to date. Once they are gone, they will never come back. Therefore, it is important that we protect animals. All animals play important part in the food chains as well as in assisting other living beings. The question of how to protect animals has been concerned by many people.

To begin with, forests are the important resources that we should be concerned about. Forests are the main habitat for animals. Actually, most of the extinction of the animals is caused by the destruction to their habitat.

In addition, environmental preservation also helps protect animals. Lots of fish died as a result of the water pollution, and considerable numbers of birds were killed by the air pollution. We should reduce the discharge of the effluent and the waste gases.

Last but not least, hunt and illegal trade of endangered animals should be prohibited. Government should issue some related laws to protect animals and supervise people to abide by the law.

Human beings should take animal protection seriously and try to ensure the sustainable development in the long run.

思維答題者分別提出了保護動物的具體措施，從結構上幾乎都運用了總——分——總的模式，思路清晰。第一、四位答題者開門見山指明加強動物保護的必要性，隨后綱舉目張，分別提出若干切實可行的建議，且較好地運用了關聯詞語；第二、三位在回答題目時則采取了自問自答的形式（So what should we do?/... should we just sit back doing nothing?），語氣堅定，突出了各自的觀點。

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