高考英语作文高分必备 实践篇 052

 　　Protecting wild animals.
There used to be many kinds of birds which are pests for protected parts. They are good friends at present.But the number of the birds has been greatly reduced because too much poison is used. As the result, the number of the pests has increased.The peasants spent a lot of money and time in killing¹ them every year.But it is still hard to eliminate² them.Now you can see how poor it is for us to protect wild animals and to keep the balance of nature.Only that everyone know these can we live on a beautiful lives.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 eliminate   

vt.排除，消除，根除

参考例句：

• Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?我们有朝一日能消除世上的贫困吗？
• You must eliminate an unknown quantity.你必须消去一个未知数。