今天的英语新闻精读练习的内容是：

Critically ill mountain lion cub rescued in California

病危的美洲狮幼崽在加州获救！

英语原文:

Wildlife officials rescued a critically ill mountain lion cub in Northern California and veterinarians named her “Holly” for the holiday season as they treat her in intensive care, the Oakland Zoo said Tuesday. A Santa Cruz resident noticed the cub on her property on Monday and alerted the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the zoo said in a Twitter thread. Wildlife officials waited to see whether the cub’s mother would return and took the animal to the zoo when she did not.

生词:

mountain lion n. 美洲狮

cub n.幼崽

California n. 加利福尼亚（美国一个州）

veterinarian n.兽医

Holly n. 冬青树

intensive care 重症监护

Oakland 奥克兰(美国加利福尼亚州西部港市)

译文对照:

Wildlife officials rescued a critically ill mountain lion cub in Northern California and veterinarians named her “Holly” for the holiday season as they treat her in intensive care, the Oakland Zoo said Tuesday.

奥克兰动物园周二表示，野生动物官员在北加州救出了一只病危的美洲狮幼崽，当时正值假日，兽医们将她命名为“冬青”，因为他们在重症监护室里治疗的这只幼崽。

A Santa Cruz resident noticed the cub on her property on Monday and alerted the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the zoo said in a Twitter thread.

该动物园在Twitter发帖中说，一名圣克鲁斯居民周一注意到自家田地上的这只幼崽，并通知了州鱼类和野生动物部门。

Wildlife officials waited to see whether the cub’s mother would return and took the animal to the zoo when she did not.

野生动物官员等了一会，看幼崽的母亲是否会回来，后来幼狮的妈妈没有出现，他们便将幼崽带到动物园了。

文章原文来自华盛顿邮报（The Washington Post）, 这里只是截取了文章的一部分进行精读、学习.

我正在进行英语新闻精读学习, 每周一小段，进步日积月累，希望这种方式能帮我唤醒内在沉睡的语言天赋。为我加油吧！