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托福阅读背景机经：休斯顿的扩展 小马过河为大家准备了“托福阅读背景机经：休斯顿的扩展”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267。 　　Houston, Texas, and its surrounding suburbs are growing fast and sprawling out into natural forest areas that are the habitat for many species of indigenous wildlife. Local leaders as well as environmentalists are seeking some sort of balance between growth and preservation of nature. But time is running out. 　　德克萨斯州的休斯顿及其郊区在迅速膨胀，已经扩张到周围的自然森林区域，那里是当地许多野生动物的栖息地。当地的许多领导人以及环保主义正在寻求途径，希望在城市扩张和自然保护方面找到某种平衡，但是时间有点来不及了。 　　On a ranch in the woods northwest of Houston, several young deer who were left orphaned when their mother was killed, are growing to maturity within a safe, fenced-off area. 　　这是休斯顿西北的一个林间牧场。因为母鹿被杀，几只小鹿成了孤儿。他们在这个安全的、由栅栏围着的地方生活。 　　Nearby, at the Friends of Texas Wildlife Center northwest of Houston, volunteers help care for a variety of injured animals. There, a red-tailed hawk is recovering from what may have been a collision with a glass window. 　　附近不远处，也在休斯顿的西北是德克萨斯野生动物之友中心。在这里，志愿者帮助看护多种受伤的动物。这只红尾巴的鹰可能是因为撞上了玻璃窗弄伤了翅膀，正在恢复中。 　　Center Director Lisa Wolling is helping him exercise his wings so he can be returned to his natural world. 　　中心的主任丽莎?沃宁正在帮组它锻炼翅膀，以便他可以重返大自然。 　　He needs to be in this flight area to be able to [be in] flight condition and get his endurance back up, she said. 　　沃宁说：“他需要在这个可以飞行的地方，保持能够飞行的状态，然后，恢复自己的耐力。” 　　Animals throughout this area are facing a crisis as developers build more homes and more roads to link them to Houston. 　　由于开发商在修建越来越多的房屋以及连接休斯顿的公路，整个地区的动物都正面临一场危机。 　　Friends of Texas Wildlife President Janette Winkelmann says her privately-funded organization can only help a small percentage of the displaced animals. 　　德州野生动物之友中心主席詹妮特?温克尔曼说，她的这个机构是私人赞助的，他们只能收留很少一部分流离失所的动物。 　　They have nowhere to go. They end up on the street, they end up running around in peoples yards, she said. 　　温克尔曼说：“他们无处可去。他们最后流落到街头，或者居民的院子里。” 　　Because land is relatively cheap and abundant around Houston, the metropolitan area sprawls out in every direction. 　　因为休斯顿附