Why was the bald eagle population dying out?
為什么禿鷹會(huì)滅絕
Yeah DDT
是的是因?yàn)镈DT殺蟲劑
Nasty stuff you know and so what she did really you know, we have this view that Science and Industry was gonna solve all problems of mankind
可恨的東西 這就是她所要表達(dá)的 我們一直這樣認(rèn)為 工業(yè)和科學(xué)會(huì)解決人類所有的問題
And so you know go kill the mice under your house under nose to you, you're also killing yourself
所以當(dāng)你殺死你房子里眼皮底下的老鼠的時(shí)候 你也在殘害你自己
And as a result of DDT, their eggs got so thin
由于DDT的作用 他們的蛋殼變薄
The shells got so thin that they would crack when they try to nest off
所以當(dāng)他們要筑巢的時(shí)候蛋殼就會(huì)破
And so anyway what Rachel Carson did when this came out,
這就是她所想在書中告訴我們的
she brought to light all the hidden secrets of what chemicals and things we're doing,
她想把隱藏的秘密挖掘出來 這些關(guān)于化學(xué)現(xiàn)象和我們所作所為的秘密
how we we're dumping stuffs in rivers and killing rivers
我們是如何向河水里傾倒垃圾而毀了河流
So you know, I just mentioned a couple of those books
我只說了這些書中的一些內(nèi)容
I mean these are things whether it's on some show or she's being featured on TV on some think channel or something
這都是演播秀 或者電視上經(jīng)常播的東西
You should avail yourself to learn some of this stuff because these people these are titles–
你應(yīng)該利用機(jī)會(huì)去學(xué)學(xué)這些東西 這些題目
they are people that are mentioned
這些作者都提到過
that you should at least have a brief biography in command of
你們應(yīng)該至少掌握幾個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的傳記
That's my little piece of info for today
這是我今天要給你的一些信息