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C ritical thinking R eading B ackground W arming up sand storm desertification soil erosion deforestation salinization The birth of ecological literature Due to the rapid development of science and technology, an increasingly wastage of the resources makes a severe ecological destroy. ecological criticism are popular . In the early 1970s, the American human ecologists Joseph Kerr in The Comedy of Survival:Studies in Literary Ecology put forward the concept of ecological literature. 由于科学技术的飞速发展，对地球资源的浪费使生态严重破坏。于是，全球兴起了生态批评的热潮。20世纪70年代初，美国人类生态学家约瑟夫·密克尔在其《生存的悲剧：文学生态学研究》一书中提出“文学生态学”的概念。 warming-up What is ecological literature ? Ecological literature is based on ecological holism.It is a kind of the literature showing the relationship between ecological environment and human social development. 生态文学是以生态整体主义为思想基础。生态文学反映了生态环境与人类社会发展之间的关系。 Background Author Background Silent Spring Author Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and ecologist, was born in Pennsylvania. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) Background She died in 1964 after a long battle against breast cancer. She wrote many books about conservation, natural resources, and the wonder and beauty of the living world. Background The Sea Around Us The Edge of the Sea The representative works of Rachael Louise Carson Silent Spring Background Silent Spring is an environmental science book written by Rachel Carson and published in 1962. The book documented the detrimental effects on the environment—particularly on birds—of the indiscriminate use of pesticides. About Slient Spring A Fable for tomorrow Part Division of the Text Parts Para(s). Main Ideas 1 1~2 2 3~8 A town in the heart of America, where all life lived in harmony with its surroundings. The description of the same town which was now stricken with all kinds of maladies and people’s own responsibility. 3 9 the tragedy may become a reality Animal Description Fox and Deer Bird The foxes barked in the hills and deer silently crossed the f