Birthday Party for Indian Tigress
印度母老虎的生日派对

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【新闻关键字】
1. equally 同样地
2. individual 个体/个人
3. tigress 雌虎
4. bash 大派对
5. resident 居民

It was a special birthday party thrown for an equally special individual. The star was Rina, a tigress who had a big 16 birthday bash.
这是一个为同样是很特别的个体生命所举办的生日派对。主角是一只名叫丽娜的母虎，今年要过它16岁的大生日。

Born and brought up in the Van Vihar National Park, Rina is a special resident of the zoo and is well loved and cared for.
丽娜在梵维哈尔国家公园出生和长大，是动物园里的一个很特别的居民并且受到极好的爱护和照料。

【新闻关键字】
6. achievement 了不起的成就
7. century 世纪
8. brought up: v.phr. 抚养长大
9. habitat 动物栖息地
10. poaching 偷猎

[SS Rajput, National Park Director]:
“Tigers normally live until they’re about 10 in zoos. So, it is quite an achievement that she has grown so much and the best part is, she was born and brought up here in the zoo itself.”
[SS Rajput, 国家公园主任]:
老虎通常在动物园里可以活到10岁左右。所以，它能活那么久真是一件不容易的事。而且最难得的是它就在同一个动物园里出生和长大。

There were about 40,000 tigers in India a century ago. A government report published this year says the tiger population has fallen to around 1,400, down from around 3,600 in 2002… mostly due to shrinking habitat and poaching.
在一个世纪以前，在印度大约有4万只老虎。一份由政府今年出版的报告指出：老虎的总数已经下降到大约只剩1,400只了。在2002年时总数就已经只有3,600只了，老虎数量减少的主要原因是因为动物栖息地的缩减和遭受偷猎所致。

The government has tried different approaches such as education and monetary incentives to try to stop the poaching.
政府尝试用教育和金钱奖励等不同方式，来阻止偷猎动物的行为。
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