This is a very interesting essay. The article is not limited to simply recording the life of insects, but also observes the nature of insects, their instincts, habits, labor, marriage and love, reproduction and death with human nature. All of them are full of humanistic care and reflect on social life from the perspective of insects. The wisdom here is vivid on the page; most importantly, the whole work is full of love for life and full of praise for all things in nature.
It is this respect and love for life that injects soul into this ordinary scientific work, making this book about tiny insects a useful tool for human beings to acquire knowledge, interest, beauty and A monumental work of thought.
The article is mainly divided into two parts:
The first part (1-20: "I" is observing insects, using the rest of the cicada to introduce our protagonist-the grasshopper.
Part 2 (3-11): Detailed introduction to the characteristics of the Grasshopper
Level 1 (3): Describe the sounds of the Grasshopper
Second. Level (4-10): Focus on the feeding habits of grasshoppers
Level 3 (11): Write about the harmonious coexistence of grasshoppers
Extended information:
《 "Green Grasshopper" was selected as the 23rd lesson of the seventh grade volume of Junior High School Chinese (July 2013 edition) of the People's Education Press (now also included in the Shandong Education Edition)
Selected from "Insects". "The Story of Insects" (also known as "Insects") "Insects" is a rigorous scientific work, but it has a very kind face. It does not pretend to be profound, but explains the profound things in a simple way. It does not have a dry pedantic spirit or the ambiguity and boringness of academic works. With a serious attitude, "it is not full of meaningless formulas or half-understood nonsense, but an accurate description of the observed facts, no more, no less." The publication of this book is regarded as the birth of animal psychology.
"Insects" is not only a scientific masterpiece on the study of insects, but also a magnificent poem praising life. Fabre also won the titles of "Scientific Poet", "Insect Homer" and "Insect World" "Virgil" and other laurels.
Fabre insisted on self-study throughout his life, and successively obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics, a bachelor's degree in natural sciences, and a doctorate in natural sciences. He was proficient in Latin and Greek and loved ancient times. The works of the Roman writer Horace and the poet Virgil. He was also almost self-taught in painting and watercolor, and left behind many exquisite fungi illustrations that once inspired Nobel Prize winner and French poet Frederic Rice. Strahl was full of praise.
In his later years, the success of "Insects" earned Fabre the reputation of "Homer of the Insects" and "Poet of Science". Although Fabre received many scientific titles, he remained as simple as ever, shy and humble, and lived a poor life.
His talents were admired by literati and scholars at that time. These include British biologist Darwin, winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Literature - Belgian playwright Maeterlinck, German writer Junger, French philosopher Bergson, poet Mallarmé, Provence writer Roumanier, etc. Because "Insects" accurately recorded Fabre's experiments and revealed many secrets about insect life and living habits, Darwin called Fabre an "inimitable observer".
When he lived in Selignan, many scholars and writers came to visit him. Fabre received scholars such as Pasteur and the British philosopher Mill in his residence, but his correspondence with them was not frequent. The French Minister of Education, Victor Druid, recommended Fabre to Napoleon III, who awarded him the Medal of Honor. French politician Raymond Poincaré passed through Selignan and made a special detour. Yuan greets him.
Fabre, who had multiple identities, wrote a wide variety of works: as a naturalist, he left many academic treatises on plants and animals, including "Madder: Patents and Papers" and "Animals of Avignon" , "Gooseberry", "Toadstools on the Olive Tree", "Phylloxera", etc.; as a teacher, he has written many chemical physics textbooks; as a poet, he has written many poems in Provence in southern France. , affectionately called the "Gadfly Poet" by the locals.
In addition, he also translated the works of some Provence poets into French; in his spare time, he also used his small harmonica to compose some ditties. However, the longest, most important, and most well-known of Fabre's works is still "Insects". This work not only demonstrates his talents in scientific observation and research and literary talent, but also conveys his humanistic spirit and incomparable love for life to readers.