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九年级初中英语阅读范文第3课GuardianofBirdsAfteranoldmancallsoutafewtimes,somesilverpheasantswillflyoutoftheforesttoge

ttogether.ThiswonderfulscenecanbefoundinZiyunVillage,FujianProvince.TheoldmanisYangMeilin.Yang,nearly80yearsold

,livesinthevillage.Apartfromhisdailyfarmwork,Yangalsoplaysanimportantroleinprotectingthesilverpheasants.Sohowdidtheoldma

nmeettheseendangeredbirds?Backin2012,oneday,whenYangwasfeedingchickensinhisfarmhouse,severalsilverpheasantssuddenlyflewinandsea

rchedforfood.Insteadofdrivingawaythesebirds,Yangguidedthemintotheforestandfedthem.Afterthat,inordertokeepthemfrombeingdisturbedwhileeating

,Yangoftencalledthemouttofeedthematacertainplace,rainorshine.Inthebeginning,onlythreeorfoursilverpheasantsrespondedtohiscall,butasYangspenttimewith

them,moreandmoresilverpheasantswouldjointhefeeding.Daybyday,Yangwasfamiliarwithsomeofthem,andevenbuiltadeepfr

iendshipwiththem.Now,Yang’sstorywithsilverpheasantshasdrawnalotofattentiononline.Manybirdloversfromaroundtheco

untrycometothevillagetoseeandtakephotosofthesilverpheasants.TheythinkYangisagreatguardianofthem.ButforYang,t

akingcareofthemisjustapartofhisdailywork.Hehopestocontinueprotectingthem.“Theyareveryclosetome,likemyfamily

.Ican’tleavethem,evenforaday,”Yangsays.FestivalsintheModernAgeFestivalshavealwaysbeenanimportantpartof

lifeandculture.Inthemodernage,newfestivalshaveappearedovertime.Someofthenewfestivalscomefromotherpartsoftheworld;som

eappearedjustbecauseoftheinterestingmeaningsofthedates.InternationalWomen’sDay,InternationalMuseumDayandInternationalNurse

s’Dayarecurrentlycelebratedaroundtheworld.Thesearemostlydaysforaspecificgroupofpeopleoraspecificfield.Thesefestivalsdidn’tstartinChi

na,butwecelebratetheminaChineseway.Forexample,manyChinesestudentscallInternationalWomen’sDay“Girls’Day”or“Queens’Day”.Onthisday,theyhaveanintere

stingpractice.Theycomeupwithinterestingactivityideas,suchasdoingmake-upordressingupinHanfu.Othernewfestiv

alsinclude520Day,EatingDay(May17th),CuteDay(October10th)andDouble11Day.520isashortformofthedayofMay20th

.InChinese,itsoundsalotlike“Iloveyou”and517soundslike“Iwanttoeat”.AndtheChinesewordsforOctober10thlooklik

etheChineseword“萌(meng)”,whichmeans“cute”.Double11DayisalsoknownasSingles’Day,becausethedateNovember1

1thor“11.11”isallaboutthenumber“1”.SoDouble11Dayisabout“single”.PeopleinChinahavecelebratedDouble11Dayforafewyears.Anditisnowoneof

thebiggestshoppingdaysintheworld.Formanyyoungpeople,newfestivalsseemtobealotmoreinterestingthantheoldones.Butwhethertheyareoldor

new,festivalsalwaysofferagreatexcuseforustotakeaminuteandappreciatelifewithourlovedones.