Souvenirs Entomologiques/昆虫记

"With illustrations by the painter whose works are collected by the British Museum.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿This edition of Souvenirs Entomologiques is particularly special because it was compiled by a children's literature writer contemporary to Fabre, resulting in exceptionally smooth reading and seamless storytelling. The illustrations were drawn by a painter whose works are housed in the British Museum. This edition also features newly revised scientific names of insects, ensuring that readers can verify ""the existence of each insect.""Translated by Mr. Wang Dawen, this version of Souvenirs Entomologiques is the classic original translation that many recognize from its inclusion in textbook editions such as those used in the People's Education Press and Shanghai Educational Publishing Press. Those moving excerpts that have touched countless students originate from here-specifically, from the third chapter of this edition, The Cicada. Let us revisit this classic passage together:Four years of hard labor in the darkness, followed by one month of pleasure in the sunlight-such is the life of the cicada. We ought not to resent its boisterous songs of triumph, for it has dug in the soil for four years, and now, suddenly, it has put on splendid garments, grown wings rivaling those of birds, and bathed in the warmth of the sunlight. What kind of cymbals could sound loud enough to celebrate the hard-worn joy of that fleeting moment?¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿