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Ryrkaypiy, a village with about 700 people, is located in the north-east of Russia. Standing on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, it has to brave both the Arctic’s cold weather and wild animals like polar bears. Most of the area’s polar bears live a few miles away from Ryrkaypiy. Only a few bears come near to the village now and then.
But last winter, over 50 polar bears went to Ryrkaypiy in search of food. The villagers were told to stay indoors to avoid danger. Now, polar bears come to the village more often and in larger numbers than ever.
Although polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their life on the sea ice. The ice gives them a place where they can have a rest and catch fish. But as the temperature rises because of global warming, the bears have started to find their home disappearing.
Polar bears normally go onto dry land in summer and return to the ice when the ocean freezes again in autumn. But over the past few years, the ocean has frozen later and later, and the ice area has become smaller and smaller. Unable to live on the ice, hungry polar bears have to look for food on land, including villages like Ryrkaypiy.
In some countries, polar bears are considered as endangered animals. If the earth becomes so warm that there is no longer enough ice for the bears to live on, there will probably be no polar bears.
Immediate action must be taken to help polar bears.
1. Why did polar bears go to Ryrkaypiy last winter?
In search of food.
2. What can polar bears do on the sea ice?
They can have a rest and catch fish.
3. When do polar bears normally go onto dry land?
In summer.
4. What will probably happen if there is not enough ice?
There will probably be no polar bears. /They will probably disappear.
5. What can you do to help polar bears? Why?
Encourage people to help polar bears. Because they face danger.(答案不唯一)
