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Now, in a way, this book, The Cat in the Hat, captures the essence of Geisel’s particular genius as a children’s author.
在某種程度上，The Cat in the Hat這本書抓住了Geisel作為一位兒童文學作家特有的天分的精髓。
Geisel actually wrote it in response to an article written in 1954 by an acclaimed novelist named John Hersey.
事實上，Geisel寫這本書是為了回應一位飽受贊揚的叫做John Hersey的小說家1954年寫的一篇文章。
In this article, Hersey criticized the textbooks being used in elementary schools to teach children to read.
在這篇文章中，Hersey批判了小學學校教兒童閱讀所用的課本。
He called the books “boring, contrived, and utterly humorless.”
他說這些書“無聊、做作而且全然缺乏幽默感。”
After seeing Hersey’s article, Geisel must have wondered what made the books so dull. And one thing he found was they used only words from the Dolch List.
看到Hersey的文章后，Geisel一定很好奇是什么使得這些書如此無趣。他發現的一點是他們只選用了來自多爾希詞匯表的單詞。
The Dolch List contained a few hundred common sight words, words like, well, cat and hat.
多爾希詞匯表囊括了幾百個常見的單詞，比如cat和hat。
At the time, the Dolch List was widely adhered to by publishers of textbooks for beginning readers.
那時，初級閱讀者用課本的出版商廣泛擁護多爾希詞匯表。
