现代大学英语第三册silent_spring_精华版.ppt

Silent Spring by Carson Rachel;Carson Rachel;Rachels father ,Robert Carson , was a salesman who invested投资in local land .He purchased 26 hectares[?hekt??]公顷（等于1万平方米）of land and built a beautiful scenery-surrounded home for his family. Rachels mother ,Maria Carson,had been a school teacher . She was fond of books and nature. Since Rachels sisiters and brothers were already in school ,Missus Carson was able to spend a lot of time with Rachel.She showed Rachel the beauty of nature and the charm of books .She had the most important influence on Rachels life .; May 27, 1907 →Rachel Carson was born in Springdale, Pennsylvania. 1929→Carson graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham College) 1932→ She received her MA(文学硕士Master of Arts） in zoology(the scientific study of animals动物学) from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. During the summers, she studied the ocean and its life forms at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts. 1935→ Her father died(the economic decline in the United States called the Great Depression; part-time work for a federal government agency, the Bureau of Fisheries in Washington, D.C. ) 1936→ Rachels sister died.She began a fifteen-year career in the federal service as a scientist and editor .She became Editor-in-Chief(n. 总编辑) of all publications for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1941→ 《Under the Sea-wind》 (海风下)first best-selling book. 1952→《The Sea Around Us》(周遭之海)It won the National Book Award（美）国家图书奖 1955→《The Edge of the Sea 》(在海之滨) It told of the connection of all living creatures in areas where land and ocean meet. ;1952→Carson resigned(辞职) from government service to devote herself to her writing. 1956→《Help Your Child to Wonder》 1957→《Our Ever-Changing Shore》 1962 →《Silent Spring》 April 14, 1964→Died after a long battle against breast cancer in Silver Spring, Maryland ;; Silent Spring is an epoch-making (划时代的) book which documented（证明） detrim