In their spare time, most young people like to enjoy themselves and play on their smartphones. But Li Ruxue is different. He often patrols a forest and isolates himself from the outside world.
大多數(shù)年輕人喜歡在業(yè)余時間娛樂休閑，刷刷智能手機。但李如雪不一樣，他經(jīng)常在森林里搜尋，“與世隔絕”。

“Though the lifestyle is a little bit tiring, it’s meaningful,” the 27-year-old conservationist told CNR News.
這位27歲的環(huán)保工作者在接受中央廣播總臺央廣新聞采訪時表示:“雖然從事野外調(diào)查工作有點累，但很有意義?！?/span>

In his college years, Li actively took part in field research with his teachers. After graduation, he joined a skywalker gibbon protection organization, where one of his major responsibilities was picking up gibbon feces.
李如雪在大學(xué)期間就積極跟老師去野外做科研，大學(xué)畢業(yè)后加入了一個保護天行長臂猿的民間組織，主要工作內(nèi)容之一就是撿猿糞。

The skywalker gibbon is a top-level State-protected animal whose population is smaller than that of wild giant pandas. Through analyzing the DNA from their feces, researchers can measure the inbreeding among different groups and protect them better.
天行長臂猿是國家一級重點保護動物，數(shù)量比野生大熊貓還要少。通過分析猿糞中的DNA，研究人員可以弄清不同種群之間近親繁殖的情況，從而更好地保護它們。

So over the past four and a half years, Li has followed gibbons and collected their feces for researchers. Li said the job relies heavily on luck and perseverance. “Our work and rest completely depend on gibbons,”Li told Xinhua.
因此，李如雪一“撿”就是四年半，整天追猿、為研究人員撿猿糞。李如雪說這是一項十分依賴運氣和毅力的工作，他在接受新華社采訪時說：“我們的作息完全跟著長臂猿在走?！?/span>

But he has never regretted his choice or felt alone, as he has found more young people engaged in nature conservation.
但李如雪從沒后悔自己的選擇，也沒有感到寂寞，因為他發(fā)現(xiàn)身邊從事自然保護的年輕人變得越來越多。

Like Li, Chu Wenwen, 27, has also worked to protect animals.
無獨有偶，27歲的初雯雯也一直致力于動物保護工作。

As her father is engaged in wildlife research, Chu has long been surrounded by wild animals, for example beavers, snow leopards and golden eagles. It was easy for her to make a deep connection with these creatures. After graduating from Beijing Forestry University in 2017, she followed in her father’s footsteps.
由于父親從事野生動物研究工作，初雯雯和河貍、雪豹、金雕等野生動物一起度過了很長時間。對初雯雯來說，很容易就與野生動物產(chǎn)生了深厚的聯(lián)結(jié)。2017年從北京林業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，初雯雯追隨了父親的腳步。

Listed as a first-class State-protected animal in China, the Mengxin beaver is found only along the Ulungur River in Xinjiang’s Altay prefecture. To protect them, Chu initiated the “beaver canteen” program in 2018, which eventually attracted over 1 million internet users to donate snack money. A huge “canteen” of about 400,000 salix shrubs was built with the snack money from mostly young internet users.
蒙新河貍是國家一級保護動物，僅分布于新疆阿勒泰地區(qū)的烏倫古河流域。為了保護河貍，初雯雯在2018年發(fā)起了公益項目“河貍食堂”，最終吸引一百多萬名網(wǎng)友捐出零食錢，建起了一個超級食堂——四十多萬棵灌木柳苗，而捐款大多數(shù)來自于年輕的網(wǎng)友。

“I am lucky to live in such a great era when young people can fulfill their aspirations while the country strongly supports nature conservation,” said Chu.
初雯雯說：“很幸運，能生活在這樣一個青年人可以施展志向，國家大力支持自然保護的偉大時代?！?/span>

According to Fan Pengfei, a professor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, ecological protection as an industry can provide only a few jobs, most of which are in research institutes and nongovernmental organizations.
廣東省廣州市中山大學(xué)教授范朋飛表示，生態(tài)保護作為一個行業(yè)，能夠提供的就業(yè)崗位并不多，大多集中在科研單位、非政府組織等。

But he has seen more and more young people take part-time jobs as journalists, photographers and so on to raise awareness of wildlife protection.
但他也看到更多年輕人以兼職的身份參與到更廣義的生物多樣性保護中來，比如媒體、攝影師等，提升了全社會對這項工作的認知。

“Young people are the future of the world and the future of global biodiversity conservation,” noted Xinhua.
新華社指出，總有人正年輕，他們是世界的未來，也是全球生物多樣性保護的未來。

以上文章內(nèi)容選自《21世紀學(xué)生英文報高中版》，詳情請見《21世紀學(xué)生英文報高中版》高三760期