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1、英语小知识for English learningWWFWorld Wide Fund For Nature 世界自然基金会 Sir Julian Sorell Huxley The general information about WWF: 1),The time of establishment: 1961.09.11 2),The headquarter: Morges ,Switzerland WWF is a non-governmental organization. At first, it was called World Wildlife Fund Internationa

2、l (世界野生生物基金会 ).Now ,weCall it World Wide Fund for Nature(世界自然基金会 ).It was founded to protect living beings resources from destroying by human beings. By now ,it has 520,000,0 advocates and about 153member states. In 1980, the government of China invited WWF to help us to protect great pandas. It was

3、 the first non-governmental organization which China had invited to carry out work.In1996, the agency of Beijing was established.Aims of WWF:1)Protecting the diversity of living beings2)Making sure the sustainable usage of reproducible natural resources3)Reducing pollution and objecting to wasting4)

4、Loving our planet Items of protection of WWF: Protecting Swamp and freshwaterProtecting the forestProtecting our energyProtecting wildlifeEarth Hour :The “Earth Hour” was proposed byWWF.In order to deal with global warming,WWF put forward a propose that individuals,communities, industries,and govern

5、ments kill their power at the last Saturday of March every year.Idiomsinteresting idiomscarry coal to Newcastle : 把煤送到纽卡斯尔把某种东西送到一个人们根本不需要的地方,多此一举（carry water to the river） To offer him money is to carry coals to Newcastle; he is very wealthy.给他钱是多此一举，因为他已经很富有了。 3.wordsSwan:n. a large graceful bird（天鹅）v. to go around Enjoying yourself (悠然闲逛)Swan LakeThe last masterpiece by an artist ,an musician or the last performance by an actor.Swan song:(绝唱)For example:The famous star Bruce Lee star