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Sixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he love...
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Sixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.
The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me how the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’ (生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step into the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.
Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations (插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and fields to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.
And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s the beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”
What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’s extraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.
1.What does the underlined word “subscribers” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Readers. B. Editors.
C. Sellers. D. Collectors.
2.What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?
A. To make a lot of money.
B. To finish the task of teaching.
C. To enlarge the areas of forests.
D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.
3.Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?
A. Scientific and interesting. B. Magical and dull.
C. Vivid and unreal. D. Hard to understand.
4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The magazine is a cartoon one.
B. Adults find the magazine too easy.
C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.
D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.
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