Indian couple let nature take over the land

一对印度夫妇放弃了自己安逸的工作，在老虎保护区附近从当地村民手中买下了大量的土地。为了让这片土地回归自然，他们不懈努力，终于将这片贫瘠的土地打造成了一片浓密的森林……

题材 体裁 篇幅 建议用时人与自然 记叙文313词 6分钟

难词探意

1.prey/preɪ/n.猎物

2.aerial/΄eəriəl/adj.空中的

3.exploit/ɪk΄splɔɪt/v.开发；开采

For the last two decades,Indian wildlife photographer Aditya Singh and his wife have been buying land next to the Tiger Reserve.

In 1998,Aditya Singh moved to the Tiger Reserve and opened a 1.(famous zoo/tourist resort)to earn a living.They had been able to buy a piece of land because farmers were eager to sell due to the danger of tigers.Over the last 20 years,the couple bought more land and their 35 acres of land has 2.(transformed/adjusted)into a green forest where wild animals come all year round.

“I had first gone to this area along with a BBC filmmaker.This area was visited by tigers which used to come forprey.3.(Therefore/Anyhow),farmers were selling their land,”said Aditya.“I just bought this and allowed the land to 4.(enrich/recover).Aditya and his wife managed a tourist resort in the area until 2019 when they closed it down.They are now in the process of building a new home in the area,which is on solar and wind power,so they can remain close to their lifetime project.They are also trying to buy more land from nearby farmers and hopefully 5.(demand/inspire)others to follow their example.

Anaerialphoto taken by Aditya himself reveals why his green land is so much more 6.(valuable/attractive)to wildlife than the barren Tiger Reserve.He and his wife have even created watering holes to make sure visiting animals have plenty of water.

The photographer claims that he is often 7.(approached/forced)by businessmen and farmers looking to buy his land so they canexploitit agriculturally,but he has never even thought about selling,8.(regardless of/because of)how profitable that could be.His project has never been about money,but about his love for nature and wildlife.

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They are now in the process of building a new home in the area,which is on solar and wind power,so they can remain close to their lifetime project.他们目前正在这个地区建一个新家，这个新家依靠太阳能和风能（维持日常生活功能），因此，这对夫妇可以朝他们的终生事业更进一步。

【信息提取】which is on solar and wind power为非限制性定语从句，which在定语从句中指代先行词a new home，在从句中作主语。

【句式仿写】他捐赠了很多防护口罩，这些口罩对抗击新型冠状病毒的人们来说非常重要。