24 the Lorax summary

接下来要讲的，是关于一篇国外文学儿童文摘的分析。有电影，也有小说。现在就简单说一下故事梗概，没有看过的人可以看一下，大致讲的是环境保护和发展平衡。资源来自：shmoop

Get ready, dear Shmoopers, for some major tree talk

You may call yourself green, but let's walk the walk.

Dr. Seuss sure did, and boy did he strut:

He penned The Lorax to show us what's what.

First, some background on our favorite kid's doc:

He couldn't cure measles (we know, not a shock).

An American man, Dr. Seuss is Shmoop's muse.

So read him with us—there's no way you'll lose.

Say it aloud now, WE LOVE DR. SEUSS!

Aha! You misspoke, you silly young goose.

Now try it again, with a big booming voice,

The Lorax was written by one Dr. Zoice!

Born Teddy Seuss Geisell (well, we guess, Theodore)

He became the man that we all so adore.

And now, you say, you want some more facts?

Well, in '71, he wrote The Lorax.

We're telling you, Shmoopers, this book is great fun,

But don't be fooled, it's a serious one.

The Lorax is all about what we can do

to keep our trees green, our lakes and skies blue.

Let's meet the players: the Once-ler does shine

an inventor, he is, who messed up big time.

And so he confesses to a special young boy

about the Truffula forest, the one he destroyed.

It turns out it was his own careless fault,

His own greedy deeds caused this assault.

But don't worry, readers, someone rebelled,

The Lorax (the star!)—he protested and yelled.

This fuzzy guy said, "don't be so commercial!"

(You know what that means—it's a bit controversial.)

So the Lorax is now iconically green,

reminding us how to keep our earth clean.

Some people, like loggers, thought it too simplistic,

(They seemed to have missed that it's very artistic!)

Economists, too, are putting it down.

They say Seuss-onomics just ain't all that sound.

But The Lorax is more than just rhymes and confessions.

It's a fine work of art, on top of a lesson.

The illustrations, for one, were delightfully new.

Such reds and greens! Even yellows and blues!

Doc's second wife Audrey suggested he switch

to a new color palette: more lush, plush, and rich.

In his post- Lorax books, this M.O. was clutch,

He created new worlds with this beautiful touch.