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“中外对话”网站是一个独立的非营利性组织,主要以伦敦、北京和旧金山为基地展开活动。"中外对话"网站发布于2006年7月3日。本网站在许多慈善基金会的资助下运作。该站将《人·成语·环境》作为中国对外宣传环境保护的重要著作,其副总编李思齐亲自撰文高度评价《人·成语·环境》。内容如下:
人•成语•环境
《人•成语•环境》是一本构思新颖,创意独特的环境保护散文集。
本书没有传统的章节,只是由汉语中的一系列与环境相关的成语联想到了一系列的环境问题,以通俗、流畅、优美的文学语言描述环境问题产生的原因和对人类的危害性,介绍环境保护科学知识和政策法规知识。比如在“女娲补天”这篇文章里面,既介绍了这个中国古代的美丽传说,又讲述了臭氧层被破坏的现状、原因以及国际社会对此做出的种种努力。
这样一本书的推出,显然和作者本人的独特经历有关。作者既当过中学化学教师,又在政府机构中从事过环境保护的相关工作,因此,这本书真正做到了科学性和趣味性的统一,对环保知识的介绍既达到了一定的深度,又避开了枯燥难懂的专业术语。
作者自己将本书的主题认定为“在中国环境污染异常严峻的现实面前,唤起更多人的环境忧患意识和自我保护意识”。实际上,本书的文字感染力是非常强的,所引用的资料也很翔实,成语内涵的延伸相当自然,毫无牵强之感,因此也就更有一种打动人心的力量。
本书的读者覆盖面很宽泛,甚至连中学生也成了本书的传播对象之一。本书独特的切入点,使其不仅适合希望在短时间内了解环境保护基本知识的国内读者,也适合对中国文化比较感兴趣的国外读者阅读。
人·成语·环境
姚有为
东华大学出版社
2007
本文作者:李思齐,中外对话副总编
“Man, Idiom and Environment”
Yao Youwei’s Man, Idiom and Environment is a
unique collection of essays on environmental protection. Written without
traditional chapters, it uses a series of Chinese idioms relevant to the
environment as the starting point for a discussion of environmental problems and
the challenge they present to humanity. The book also serves as an introduction
to environmental science and policy.
Yao’s essay inspired by an idiom about the
goddess Nuwa mending the heavens talks of the state of the earth’s ozone layer,
the factors that have damaged it and international society’s efforts to rectify
the situation.
The book’s nature is tied up with the
experience of the writer. Yau is a former high-school chemistry teacher and has
worked in government on environmental protection. His book is scientific and
interesting, providing in-depth information yet avoiding dry, incomprehensible
language.
Yao’s aim for the book is: “in the face of
China’s severe pollution issues, call on more people to be aware of the
environmental and their own self-preservation”. This extremely persuasive book
is backed up with ample evidence. The idioms are drawn upon naturally, not
forced, and the book is the more moving for it.
Man, Idiom and Environment will appeal to a
wide readership, even including high-school students. Its unique starting point
makes it suitable not just for Chinese people wishing to quickly learn about
environmental protection, but also overseas readers with an interest in Chinese
culture.
Man, Idiom and Environment
Yao Youwei
East China University Press, 2007
-- By Li Siqi
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