国鸿圣院AuthorSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESgrew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, went to thePennsylvania College, majored in zoology, and thenwent to John Hopkins for a master's degree in geneticspublished Under the Sea-Wind, then The Sea Around Usand The Edge of the Sea, and finally Silent Spring in1962. In the wake of Silent Spring, she was attackedpersonally and as a scientist by many. While she wasworking on Silent Spring, she was seriously ill, a niecedied and left a young son whom she adopted, her motherdied, and she learned she had breast cancer> died two years after Silent Spring was published, at age56
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Author Background ➢ grew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, went to the Pennsylvania College, majored in zoology, and then went to John Hopkins for a master’s degree in genetics. ➢ published Under the Sea-Wind, then The Sea Around Us and The Edge of the Sea, and finally Silent Spring in 1962. In the wake of Silent Spring, she was attacked personally and as a scientist by many. While she was working on Silent Spring, she was seriously ill, a niece died and left a young son whom she adopted, her mother died, and she learned she had breast cancer. ➢ died two years after Silent Spring was published, at age 56
国圣院AuthorSCHOOLOFFOREIGN LANGUAGESWe still talk in terms of conguest. We still haven't become matureenough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast andincredible universe. Man's attitude toward nature is today criticallyimportant simply because we have now acquired a fateful power toalter and destroy natureBut man is a part of nature, and his war against nature isinevitably a war against himself. The rains have become aninstrument to bring down from the atmosphere the deadly products ofatomic explosions. Water, which is probably our most importantnatural resource, is now used and re-used with incrediblerecklessness(Quotes from Rachel Carson)
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Author Background We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe. Man's attitude toward nature is today critically important simply because we have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. The rains have become an instrument to bring down from the atmosphere the deadly products of atomic explosions. Water, which is probably our most important natural resource, is now used and re-used with incredible recklessness. (Quotes from Rachel Carson)
国诚圣院AuthorSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESShe was once bitterly attacked:“an anti-humanitarian crank, a priestess of nature, and ahysterical woman"But she courageously went on fighting until her idea caughton and more and more people joined in→the mother of modern environmental movement
外国语学院教学工作汇报 She was once bitterly attacked: “an anti-humanitarian crank, a priestess of nature, and a hysterical woman” But she courageously went on fighting until her idea caught on and more and more people joined in. →the mother of modern environmental movement Author Background
国鸿圣院AuthorSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGES1. When was it published?2. Who was the author?3.What is it about?SILENTWhat is its central argument?SPRING4.How was it received?5.How significant is it now?ENCET0+ANKI6.Does it still make sense now?RACHSILENTCARSSPRINGTHEWORLD-FAMOUSBESTSELLERABOUTOUFRAVAGEDENVIRONMENTANDTHEMAN-MADEPOLLUTIONTHATISIMPERILINGALLLIFEONEARTHRACHEL CARSON
外国语学院教学工作汇报 1. When was it published? 2. Who was the author? 3. What is it about? What is its central argument? 4. How was it received? 5. How significant is it now? 6. Does it still make sense now? Author Background
尔国诚圣院Silent SpringSILENTSCHOOLOFFOREIGNLANGUAGESSPRINGRACHELSummary of the bookCARSONThe book starts with a fable of a lovely ruraltown that suddenly suffers blight, sickness, anddeath. Its people finally realize they had poisonedthemselves. She presented scientific evidence thatthis was happening all over the country. Sheexplained in plain terms how the strongest bugssurvive, making stronger pesticides necessary, andthat DDT, though scarce in the water, becomesconcentrated as it works its way up the food chain.She advocated integrated management: using aminimum of chemicals combined with biologicaland cultural controls
外国语学院教学工作汇报 Silent Spring Summary of the book The book starts with a fable of a lovely rural town that suddenly suffers blight, sickness, and death. Its people finally realize they had poisoned themselves. She presented scientific evidence that this was happening all over the country. She explained in plain terms how the strongest bugs survive, making stronger pesticides necessary, and that DDT, though scarce in the water, becomes concentrated as it works its way up the food chain. She advocated integrated management: using a minimum of chemicals combined with biological and cultural controls. Background