第1页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制寂静的春天英文读后感安静的春天英文读后感“Therewasastrangestillness.Thebirds,forexamplewherehadtheygone?”“Thefeedingstationsinthebackyardsweredeserted.Thefewbirdsseenanywhereweremoribund;theytrembledviolentlyandcouldnotfly.Itwasspringwithoutvoices.”“Onthefarmsthehensbrooded,butnochickshatched.”“Theroadsides,oncesoattractive,werenowlinedwithbrownedandwitheredvegetationasthoughsweptbyfire.These,too,weresilent,desertedbyalllivingthings.Eventhestreamswerenowlifeless.”ThisisastrangescenedescribedbyRachelCarson,whoisregardedas“themotherofmodernenvironmentalprotectionmovement”。SilentSpringisherrepresentativeworkwhichlightedthefireofenvironmentalprotectioninAmericaandthewholeworld.Before1960s,nobooksormagazinestalkedaboutthingslikeenvironmentandecosystem.Suchaphenomenonmeansthatenvironmentalprotectionhadnotcometopeoplesmindandthesoci第2页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制alconsciousness.Indeed,themainopinioninhumansocietyfromtheverypastaboutnatureisto“setwaragainst”or“conquer”it.Infact,manyofhumansprogressesaremadeonthebaseofsuchopinion.RachelCarsonwasthefirstpersonwhodoubtedthecorrectnessofthebeliefandbroughtthetopicunderfocus.InSilentSpring,CarsondescribedamiserablevillagewhichwasdyingundertheusingofDDT.Thevillageusedtobeprosperousandbeautiful.“Inspring,whitecloudsofbloomdriftedabovethegreenfields.Inautumn,oakandmapleandbirchsetupablazeofcolorthatflamedandflickeredacrossabackdropofpines.Thenfoxedbarkedinthehillsanddeersilentlycrossedthefields,halfhiddeninthemistsofthefallmornings.”Shethoughtthatwiththeusingofvarietykindsofpesticide,especiallyDDTs,thevillagesufferedenormousandirreversibledamageandgraduallywitheredanddied.Soonitbecamejustliketheonedescribedinthebeginning.Fromherfineandsmoothdescribing,Icanevenfeelthegroanofthetown.MoreoverCarsonalsosharplypointedoutthatthedeep-第3页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制seatedcausefortheenvironmentalproblemisthehumansarroganceandignorance.Sosheaskedpeopletocorrecttheattitudetowardthenatureandreconsideredthedevelopingpathofhumanbeing.Carsonthoughtthatbecauseoftheantibodyanddifferentiation,pesticideswouldneverbecompletelyuseful.Onthecontrary,thosemoreandmorepoisonousmedicines,becauseoftheenrichmenteffect,wouldaccumulateinhumansbody.Itsquitesarcasticthatwehurtourselvesmuchbadlywhilehurtingtheothers.Thensheanalyzedmanypoisonouscomponentsinpesticides.ThoseareallunfamiliarnamesexceptDDT,suchaschlordane,chloronaphthalene,compound497,etc.Thosethingsreallymakemefeelscared.Weareonthetopofthefoodchain,anditissuchaperfectandfragilesystem.Wehumanbeingsarejustpartofitandwedependonallofthecreatureswhostayonthelowerpositions.Itissohardandridiculoustotrytomatchthenature.”第4页共6页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制Onlyinthestatedoesmanhavearationalexistence.”Everyspecieshavetheirvaluetobeonthisworld.Thennooneknowswhatwouldhappenedifweforcethemtodisappear.Forexample,letsimaginethefoodchainasameticulouslymadecastlebuiltbybillionsoflittleblocksandwehumanbeingsarethetopone.Theremightbeseveraltinyblocksonthebottomwhichyouthinkisuselessanddispensable.Butwhatwouldhappenifwetakethemaway?Perhapsnothinghappened,andperhapsthewholecastleruined.Destructionisalwaysmucheasierthanrecovery,notcountingthoseincurableones.Humansalwaysthinkthatwearemuchclevererthantheotheranimals,sow...
