At Home with Australian Couple who Protected Baby Kangaroos from Fires
澳大利亚一对夫妇在家袋鼠宝宝免受大火之灾


bushfire森林大火
threaten威胁
flee逃离
orphan孤儿
kangaroo袋鼠
joey袋鼠宝宝
pouch袋子
full-grown长大的
surround周围
vehicle车辆
cause原因，事业


Even as a bushfire threatened the rural Australian community of Wytaliba, Gary Wilson and his partner Julie Willis decided not to flee their wooden house.

The two had a home full of orphaned baby kangaroos to protect.

More than 10 of the baby kangaroos -- called joeys – stayed safe inside fabric pouches that hung in the couple's living room. 

Each piece of cloth looked like the opening in which mother kangaroos carry their young.

Wilson and Willis have taken care of wild animals before. Recently, full-grown kangaroos and other wildlife that had left their care long ago came back to the house in search of protection as the fires grew nearer.

"We had way too many animals in the house and around the house so we really couldn't go," Wilson told the Reuters news agency from his home. 
"We decided we were going to stay and fight." Their home is now surrounded by burned land and vehicles.

Willis said the joeys will one day be released into the wild.

She said, "We didn't have children ourselves; this is what we spend our time doing. We think it's worthy - a worthy cause - looking after our babies no matter what they are..."

新闻来源：Reuters