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適讀人群 :6歲及以上 Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth's natural beauty.
《羅拉剋斯》(The Lorax)描繪瞭一個叫文斯勒(Once-ler)的人,為瞭賺錢如何將一個人間仙境變成瞭一片荒漠的故事。當文斯勒發現一個美麗的樂園。但他不聽羅拉剋斯的警告,過度利用資源而將所有樹木砍來作無用之物。當生態破壞到瞭沒有任何地方可供動物棲息時,樂園變成瞭無生氣的沙漠。那麼,人類是否曾想過當地球資源也被耗盡和汙染的情境呢?希望藉此故事來喚醒人類來保護地球吧!
內容簡介
A young boy residing in a polluted, grim world visits a strange creature called the Once-ler who lives in such seclusion that he never appears in full and only his limbs are shown. He pays the Once-ler fifteen cents, a nail, and the shell of a great-great-great grandfather snail to explain why the world is in such a run-down state. The Once-ler explains to the boy that he arrived in a beautiful, cheerful world containing happy, playful fauna that spent their days romping around blissfully among "Truffula trees." The Once-ler begins to cut down the truffula trees, thinking they will help him craft "Thneeds," his invention that he thinks everyone will need. The Lorax, a small orange creature, appears from the stump of a truffula tree. He "speaks for the trees, for the trees have no tongues" and warns the Once-ler of the consequences of cutting down the truffula trees, but the Once-ler ignores him. Soon the once beautiful land becomes polluted and the fauna flee to find more hospitable habitats. Eventually the final Truffula tree is cut down, and without Truffulas the Once-ler cannot make any more Thneeds. This leads to the closure of Once-ler's factory and the disappearance of the Lorax. The Once-ler lingers on in his crumbling residence, living in seclusion and remorse, while pondering over a message the Lorax left behind: a stone slab etched with the word "Unless". The Once-ler now realizes that the Lorax means that unless someone cares, the situation will not improve. The book then returns to the present, ending on an ambiguous yet optimistic note where the Once-ler gives the boy the last Truffula seed and encourages him to plant it so that Truffula trees can return as well as the fauna, and so would the Lorax.
作者簡介
Theodor Seuss Geisel - better known to millions of his fans as
Dr. Seuss is quite simply the most beloved children’s book author in the world.
Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children,
Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped millions of kids learn to read.
Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 2, 1904. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1925, he went to Oxford University, intending to acquire a doctorate in literature.
Geisel published his first children's book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, in 1937, after 27 publishers rejected it.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, an Academy Award, three Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards, and three Caldecott Honors, Geisel wrote and illustrated 44 books. While Theodor Geisel died on September 24, 1991, Dr. Seuss lives on, inspiring generations of children of all ages to explore the joys of reading.
蘇斯博士,二十世紀最卓越的兒童文學傢、教育學傢。一生創作的48種精彩教育繪本成為西方傢喻戶曉的著名早期教育作品,全球銷量2.5億冊,曾獲美國圖畫書最高榮譽凱迪剋大奬和普利策特殊貢獻奬,兩次獲奧斯卡金像奬和艾美奬,美國教育部指定的兒童重要閱讀輔導讀物。另有蘇斯嬰童生活中心。
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