Compose a poem about insect life
——Introduction to the knowledge points of "Insects"
Liu Sihui
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Title: Insects
Archives of famous books
Subject: Science sketches
Author: Fabre
Insects: cicadas, caterpillars, peacock moths, ants, spiders, bees, praying mantises, etc
Country: France
Status: The work is a total of ten volumes, and the author of "Insects" vividly reveals the little-known life and habits of insects based on a large number of first-hand information obtained from personal observation, so that people can understand the real life situation of insects. It has influenced countless scientists, writers and the general public, aroused people's deep reflection on all things, human beings, and popular science, and assumed the role of enlightenment of insect behavior, known as the "epic of insects". There is no one who has come after the ancients.
About the Author and Background
Fabre (1823-1915) was a famous French entomologist, animal behaviorist, and popularizer. He is known as "Homer of the insect world", "Virgil of the insect world", and "poet of science". He was born into a farming family in Provence, southern France. The representative work "Insect Chronicle", known as "Insect Story" or "Entomological Notes", is known as "the epic of insects".
Insects was written between 1879 and 1910. In 1879, Fabre bought the deserted stone garden in Selingnan and lived there until his death. It was a barren barren land, but it was a land loved by insects, and in addition to being inhabited by his family, there was also his study, studio and testing ground, which allowed him to quietly concentrate on thinking and devote himself to various observations and experiments, which could be said to be the world he had always dreamed of. It was here that Fabre, while conducting observations and experiments, sorted out the observation notes, experimental records and scientific notes of the first half of his life studying insects, and completed the last nine volumes of the Insect Chronicle.
Artistic Features
The reason why "Insects" is loved by many readers, in addition to the educational significance of evoking people's deep reflection on popular science, it also has the following distinctive characteristics in artistic creation:
1. Observe the habits of insects with a human eye.
2. The writing is vivid and lively, and the language is easy and witty. It's full of fun. In the author's pen, for example, the willow ox is like a miser, wearing a short tuxedo that seems to be "missing the fabric"; the little insect "makes a selfless dedication for its offspring and breaks its heart for its children".
3. Observe insect nature with human nature, and reflect on social life with insect nature.
Insect Life Habits
spider:
Spiders are indeed worthy of being "mathematicians" and "web weavers".
scorpion:
Scorpions are "cowards, interested in bloodied prey, but acting in love." "
cicada:
Cicadas, commonly known as knowing, are not hearing.
newt:
The salamander is a lifelong, tail-tailed amphibian with a lizard-like appearance, a flattened head, a rough epidermis, a black back, a reddish-yellow ventral surface, short limbs, and a flattened tail. Living in water, oviparous.
Pond rays:
Pond rays are a type of fish with a flattened body, slightly rounded or diamond-shaped, smooth surface or small spines, small mouth, and small and numerous teeth. There are many varieties and live in the water.
leech:
Leeches, commonly known as leeches, grow mostly in inland freshwater waters. Its body is flat and long, with two suction cups in front and back, which can be adsorbed on humans or other animals, which is harmful to the person being adsorbed.
Peacock moth:
Peacock moths, beautiful, "fearlessly persistent" in the search for a mate, and small lives can also create miracles.
〖Examination Center Combing〗
Examine the content
1. Examine the author and the background of the book.
2. The main contents of the investigation: The twenty-five chapters of the book: on ancestral traditions; mysterious ponds; insects' journeys to find their homes; pine caterpillars; fireflies; tube worms; petite red striped bees; praying mantises; two magical grasshoppers; Spanish dung beetles; cicadas; wasps; crickets; parasites; locusts; labyrinth spiders; large peacock butterflies; small striped butterflies; goldenrods; waist bees; spider webs; crab spiders; spider telegraph lines; languedoc scorpions; insect geometry.
3. Examine the living habits of animals: there are cicadas, spiders, bees, praying mantises, fireflies, peacock moths, caterpillars, beetles, crickets, scorpions, etc.
4. Reading experience: (1) "Insects" is not only a literary masterpiece, but also a scientific encyclopedia. (2) The Insect Chronicle is a magnificent poem that celebrates life. (3) "Insects" is a piece of life.
5. Examine the topic: observe with Fabre; explore with Fabre; learn to write with Fabre.
Original questions
1. The theme of Insects is ( ).
2. Entomologist ( ) devoted his life to observing and studying insects, and wrote ten tomes for insects, of which "Insect Story" (also translated as "Insect Story" or "Entomological Notes") was praised as "".
3. Fabre's "Insect Chronicle" not only records the life of insects authentically, but also reflects social life through the insect world. Can you give specific examples of this?
4. If you want to recommend Insects to a friend, please tell me the reason for your recommendation.
Refer to the answer
1. Compose a poem about insect life
2. Fabre Insect Chronicles Insect Epics
3. For example, in the case of a praying mantis preying, the praying mantis not only has sharp weapons, but is also good at using "psychological" tactics to defeat the enemy. This is like the scene in our human life, both courage and wisdom.
4. Fabre has "philosophical thinking, artistic views, and literary feelings and lyrics." In this book, the author fuses professional knowledge and life perception in one furnace, and tells the story, reflecting the author's unique vision of the world of life in the description of the daily life habits and characteristics of an insect. The words in the book are filled with the author's own respect and love for life. The advent of this book is seen as the birth of animal psychology.