托福阅读：The badger

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　　其实我们是一个从来不尊重野生动物的国度，把在森林里的小鸟关到牢笼中，打着“保护”的名义把东北虎饿死在动物园里，熊猫能在森林里玩耍，只能在动物园里被大家参观……野生动物在欧美是十分常见的，小编曾经很多次在城市边缘的山丘上和鹿擦肩而过，看着狐狸在伦敦的大街上穿行，本期介绍的这种野生动物大家可能不太陌生，看到照片你可能就会大喊：“啊！是……”嘘！请注意英文部分！
　　Everyone recognises the badger. Its dark grey barrel-shaped body and black and white striped face and white-tipped ears are so iconic. Badgers like to live in social groups of one or two families in underground chambers and passages called setts, which they keep extremely clean and tidy. They need to... setts can sometimes be occupied for hundreds of years.

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　　They are mostly nocturnal animals, and therefore rarely seen, coming out at night to follow the same old paths between their feeding grounds and their territory, possibly passing through a garden or two. Being omnivores, they forage for everything from worms and insects to frogs and small mammals and plant material.
　　Even though the UK has a large population, badgers and their setts are fully protected by law under the Badgers Act of 1992 because of previous persecution and baiting. That said, the risk of bovine TB means they are still subject to government culling.