《海风下》是卡逊的处女作，是 海洋三部曲 之开篇。该书记录了北美东海岸海洋动物的行为及其生存和死亡等现象，可谓一部海洋百科；但它却没有百科的枯燥，描写细致，结构精巧，语言十分优美。海洋生命的鲜活、自然特有的温暖跃然纸上。相比于《寂静的春天》的激昂，《海风下》给人以宁静的感觉，既适合孩子，也适合成人阅读，是珍贵的关于大海的故事。

对比与巧合，新闻与旧识，凝视与思考，语言，艺术，社会，科学，美景，风俗习惯。在华旅居35年的作者一步一步地发现了一个又一个奇迹，与读者们一起分享他在中国的所见所闻。

In such an era of cultural assimilation, when bulldozers nudge their way toward the increasingly fewer Beijing hutong and siheyuan, and Shanghai linong, it is not only the old city districts that are declining; the unique Chinese architecture, culture and lifestyle are vanishing with them. Fortunately, the vast territory of China is still dotted with old townscapes dating back thousands of years, carrying on the continuous history and civilization of China. Zhouzhuang, Fenghuang,Hongcun, Tongli, Pingyao, Luodai, Lijiang, Dali ...these old towns enjoy their own tranquility, far from the din of the cities, and exude their own distinctive flavor and delicacy without the pompous magnificence of imperial palaces. Their names are beautiful symbols of China because of their small picturesque bridges, flowing waters and local houses that have long been portrayed in Chinese ink and wash paintings, numerous exquisite brick,stone and wood carvings, arches erected to memorate chaste widows, a welter of ethnic customs of

The Tibean antelope is unique to China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.lts habitat is lo-cated 4.000-5.500 m above sea level,in Changtang in northern Tibet,and Hoh Xil in Qinghai Province and the Altun Mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This is an area lr rrozen soil,glaciers,lakes and marshes, known as the"forbiddenzone" ln an extremely hostile environment for man,the Tibetan antelope thrives. Many other animals can hardly breathe at an altitude lr 4.000-5.000 m,let alone run,yet the Tibetan antelope can run 20-30 km continuously at a speed lr 60 kph,en-abling it to outdistance beasts lr prey. The Tibetan antelope isalways alert to danger.lt was only with the greatest greatest difficulty that our photographer could get shots of the animals on the distant horizon,using a camera with a 400 long-focus lens plus a 2.8-times focal-augmenting lens,and having carefully camouflaged himself beforehand. Yet,poachers have been slaughtering the Tibetan antelope for many years,reducing it to the status of an e

La richesse du patrimoine culturel d'une ville est generalement liee a sa Iongue histoire. Or depuis la haute antiquite, il y a 4e0 000 ans de cela, le developpement de la region de Beijing a ete continuel, et se poursuit encore de nos jours. Beijing est aujour- d'hui une metropole internationale tournee vers I'avenir. Ses vestiges et ses monuments, representatifs des diverses epoques de son histoire, rassemblent un riche patrimoine, qui fait de la ville un immense musee empli d'inestimables tresors. Ses 130 musees repertories, par leur abondance et leur variete, font le bonheur des touristes. Centre culturel de la Chine, Beijing pte de nombreux musees nationaux dont les collections permettent de decouvrir la quintessence de la culture chinoise. Les musees specialises retracent les progres realises dans les differents domaines. Par ailleurs de nombreuses demeures anciennes ayant appartenu de grandes figures sont autant de petits musees intimes. Les musees municipaux, quanta eux, temoignent de la specificite d

北京历代帝王庙始建于明代嘉靖九年（1530），清代断续沿用，距今已有470多年的历史。现为全国重点文物保护单位。它是明、清两朝祭祀三皇五帝、历代帝王和功臣名将的一座皇家庙宇，入祀中国史前时期的祖先人物三后五帝以及夏、商、周、汉、唐、宋、元、明等历代杰出帝王188位，功臣名将80位。历代帝王庙的祭祀活动为国家祭祀，每年春秋两季举行。据文献记载，从明嘉靖十一年（1532）到清末（1911）的380年间，北京历代帝王庙共举行过662次祭祀大典达16次，其中，雍正帝5次、乾隆帝6次到历代帝王庙祭拜。

In such an era of cultural assimilation, when bulldozers nudge their way toward the increasingly fewer Beijing hutong and siheyuan, and Shanghai linong, it is not only the old city districts that are declining; the unique Chinese architecture, culture and lifestyle are vanishing with them. Fortunately, the vast territory of China is still dotted with old townscapes dating back thousands of years, carrying on the continuous history and civilization of China. Zhouzhuang, Fenghuang,Hongcun, Tongli, Pingyao, Luodai, Lijiang, Dali ...these old towns enjoy their own tranquility, far from the din of the cities, and exude their own distinctive flavor and delicacy without the pompous magnificence of imperial palaces. Their names are beautiful symbols of China because of their small picturesque bridges, flowing waters and local houses that have long been portrayed in Chinese ink and wash paintings, numerous exquisite brick,stone and wood carvings, arches erected to commemorate chaste widows, a welter of ethnic customs

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