In this haunting fable about the dangers of destroying our forests and woodlands, the long-suffering Lorax struggles to save all the Truffula Trees from the wicked Once-ler's axe. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with nearly half a million books sold worldwide. This delightful book forms part of the third stage in HarperCollins' major Dr. Seuss rebrand programme. With the relaunch of six more titles in January 2004, such all-time favourites as The Lorax, The Foot Book and Yertle the Turtle boast bright new covers that incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books are for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books are for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. The Lorax belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.
《老雷斯》(The Lorax)最早發(fā)表于1971年，書中的主人公老雷斯，愛樹如命，本書也被視為人類對(duì)生存環(huán)境危機(jī)的一個(gè)寓言：故事描繪了一個(gè)叫文斯勒(Once-ler)的人,為了賺錢，將人間仙境變成了一片荒漠的故事。當(dāng)文斯勒發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)美麗的樂園，他不聽老雷斯的警告，過度利用資源，還所有的樹木砍來(lái)作無(wú)用之物。當(dāng)生態(tài)破壞到了沒有任何地方可供動(dòng)物棲息時(shí)，樂園變成了無(wú)生氣的沙漠。那么，人類是否曾想過當(dāng)?shù)厍蛸Y源也被耗盡和污染的情境呢？希望藉此故事來(lái)喚醒人類來(lái)保護(hù)地球吧!
When Dr. Seuss gets serious, you know it must be important. Published in 1971, and perhaps inspired by the "save our planet" mindset of the 1960s, The Lorax is an ecological warning that still rings true today amid the dangers of clear-cutting, pollution, and disregard for the Earth's environment. In The Lorax, we find what we've come to expect from the illustrious doctor: brilliantly whimsical rhymes, delightfully original creatures, and weirdly undulating illustrations. But here there is also something more--a powerful message that Seuss implores both adults and children to heed.
The now remorseful Once-ler--our faceless, bodiless narrator--tells the story himself. Long ago this enterprising villain chances upon a place filled with wondrous Truffula Trees, Swomee-Swans, Brown Bar-ba- loots, and Humming-Fishes. Bewitched by the beauty of the Truffula Tree tufts, he greedily chops them down to produce and mass-market Thneeds. ("It's a shirt. It's a sock. It's a glove. It's a hat.") As the trees swiftly disappear and the denizens leave for greener pastures, the fuzzy yellow Lorax (who speaks for the trees "for the trees have no tongues") repeatedly warns the Once-ler, but his words of wisdom are for nothing. Finally the Lorax extricates himself from the scorched earth (by the seat of his own furry pants), leaving only a rock engraved "UNLESS." Thus, with his own colourful version of a compelling morality play, Dr. Seuss teaches readers not to fool with Mother Nature. But as you might expect from Seuss, all hope is not lost--the Once-ler has saved a single Truffula Tree seed! Our fate now rests in the hands of a caring child, who becomes our last chance for a clean, green future. (Ages 4 to 8) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
小豆豆來(lái)到荒無(wú)人煙的地方，無(wú)意中遇到了奇怪的once-ler先生，小豆豆好奇的問這里發(fā)生了什么，once-ler給他講述了這片荒地曾經(jīng)發(fā)生過的故事：從前這里是片生機(jī)盎然的草原，自從貪婪的once-ler先生發(fā)現(xiàn)樹可以給他帶來(lái)豐厚的利潤(rùn)后，他就開始瘋狂的砍伐這些樹，樹越來(lái)越少，小精靈Lorax提醒他不能這樣，這樣做下去，once-ler會(huì)什么也得不到，但是once-ler依然一意孤行，最后小精靈Lorax走了，大樹也沒了，小鳥再也不能唱歌了！在聽完這個(gè)故事后，once-ler先生給了小豆豆一個(gè)種子，希望他能改變這一切。
