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1、Headoffice管理總部CarsonstartedhercareerasabiologistintheU.S.BureauofFisheries,andbecameafull-timenaturewriterinthe1950s.Herwidelypraised1951bestsellerTheSeaAroundUswonherfinancialsecurityandrecognitionasagiftedwriter.Hernextbook,TheEdgeoftheSea,andtherepublishedversionofherfi
2、rstbook,UndertheSeaWind,werealsobestsellers.Together,herseatrilogyexploresthewholeofoceanlife,fromtheshorestothesurfacetothedeepsea.Inthelate1950s,Carsonturnedherattentiontoconservationandtheenvironmentalproblemscausedbysyntheticpesticides.TheresultwasSilentSpring(1962),wh
3、ichbroughtenvironmentalconcernstoanunprecedentedportionoftheAmericanpublic.SilentSpringspurredareversalinnationalpesticidepolicy—leadingtoanationwidebanonDDTandotherpesticides—andthegrassrootsenvironmentalmovementthebookinspiredledtothecreationoftheEnvironmentalProtectionA
4、gency.CarsonwasposthumouslyawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedombyJimmyCarter.EarlylifeandeducationRachelCarsonwasbornonMay27,1907,onasmallfamilyfarmnearSpringdale,Pennsylvania,justuptheAlleghenyRiverfromPittsburgh.Anavidreader,shealsospentalotoftimeexploringaroundherfamily
5、's65-acre(26ha)farm.Shebeganwritingstories(ofteninvolvinganimals)atageeight,andhadherfirststorypublishedatageeleven.SheespeciallyenjoyedtheSt.NicholasMagazine(whichcarriedherfirstpublishedstories),theworksofBeatrixPotter,andthenovelsofGeneStrattonPorter,andinherteenyears,H
6、ermanMelville,JosephConradandRobertLouisStevenson.Thenaturalworld,particularlytheocean,wasthecommonthreadofherfavoriteliterature.CarsonattendedSpringdale'ssmallschoolthroughtenthgrade,thencompletedhighschoolinnearbyParnassus,Pennsylvania,graduatingin1925atthetopofherclasso
7、fforty-fourstudents.AtthePennsylvaniaCollegeforWomen(todayknownasChathamUniversity),asinhighschool,Carsonwassomewhatofaloner.SheoriginallystudiedEnglish,butswitchedhermajortobiologyinJanuary1928,thoughshecontinuedcontributingtotheschool'sstudentnewspaperandliterarysuppleme
8、nt.ThoughadmittedtograduatestandingatJohnsHopkinsUniversityin1928,shewasforcedtoremainatt
