第六届希望之星大学组决赛选手白雪：演讲稿

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　　Respect the freedom of animals

　　Now if I ask you where you would go if you want to see wild animals，where would come into your mind first? Maybe 50 years ago you would say, “go to a wild forest,” but now you would probably say “the zoo” right? Lots of wild animals are losing their freedom by being caged in a zoo. In lots of zoos, animals are trained to do tricks to earn money for people. This will surely restrict the animals’ freedom. But what do most of the zoos care for more, money or animals? If you were an animal, would you be happy being cramped by a zoo into a limited space where you could not move freely? So why let the animals be sick to death in a zoo? I once read a story about a kid who saved his allowance for years and bought a rare turtle from a zoo to take it back to its wild home. If you truly care about animals, do something like that. Wise mankind, start on it now. Respect our animal friends and the freedom they should enjoy.

　　尊重动物的自由

　　如果我问你到那儿去看野生动物，你首先会想到哪里？50年以前您可能会说“到野生森林”但现在就可能会说“动物园”对吗？现在许多动物被关进动物园失去自由，许多动物园训练动物来赚钱，这完全限制了动物们的自由。但是动物园更关心钱还是动物？如果您是一个动物，被束缚在有限的空间不能自由活动，您会快乐吗？那么为什么让动物们在动物园中痛苦至死！我曾读过一个小男孩自己十年的零花钱积攒起来，买下一种珍贵的乌龟将它放归大自然的故事。明智的人类如果真的关心动物，象小男孩一样行动起来，尊重我们的动物朋友和他们影响由的自由。