Rachel Carson, an ecologist, a biologist, and a writer, was born in 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania

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2 (trang 78 Tiếng Anh 11 Friends Global): Read the article and answer the questions. (Đọc bài viết và trả lời các câu hỏi)

Rachel Carson, an ecologist, a biologist, and a writer, was born in 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. As a small girl, she was an avid reader and soon showed a keen interest in the natural world and writing. (1) ___________ She graduated from Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in 1929, studied at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, and received her MA in zoology from Johns Hopkins University in 1932.

Initially, Rachel Carson worked for the US Bureau of Fisheries as a part-time science writer. (2) ___________ She then spent the next few years serving as a marine scientist and editor for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. There, she became famous for her writings on environmental pollution and the natural history of the sea, (3) ___________ Climate change, rising sea-levels, melting Arctic glaciers, decreasing animal populations are part of her work. In her most influential book, Silent Spring (1962), Rachel Carson strongly disapproved of the widespread use of pesticides such as DDT. (4) ___________ and called for new policies to protect humans and the environment. She then was criticised by the chemical industry and some government officials, but never gave up. (5) ___________ Additionally, it helped spark the environmental movement, resulting in the establishment of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. That’s why she was called the mother of modern ecology.

Rachel Carson died of breast cancer in 1964. However, her work continues to inspire new generations to protect all the living world.

1. What was her great interest as a young girl?

2. What is Silent Spring about?

Đáp án:

1. The natural world and writing.

2. Disapproved of the widespread use of pesticides and called for new policies to protect humans and the environment.

Hướng dẫn dịch:

1. Mối quan tâm lớn nhất của cô khi còn là một cô gái trẻ là gì?

- Thế giới tự nhiên và chữ viết.

2. Silent Spring nói về điều gì?

- Không tán thành việc sử dụng tràn lan thuốc trừ sâu và kêu gọi có chính sách mới để bảo vệ con người và môi trường.