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壮妈汀妈点评：
太喜欢Eric
Carle的书了，忍不住再介绍一本。"Slowly,
slowly, slowly," said the sloth 是2002年出版的，讲一只动作慢吞吞的懒猴，在树上慢慢地吃树叶，慢慢地睡着，慢慢地醒来，做什么都慢慢的，森林里的动物忍不住问它为什么那么安静、那么无趣，他都不回答，直到有动物问它为什么那么懒散时，它思考了很久才开口辩解。。。书中沿袭了Eric
Carle一贯的绘画风格，色彩亮丽，画面上只一棵树，就能很好地表现出森林的茂盛多彩，书中每页都出现2、3种生活在南美洲的动物，而且在最后作者把所有的动物集中在一页上，写出动物的名字，方便小朋友认读，为小读者考虑得真是周到啊！
而我最爱的还是这本书所表达的主题。
现代的生活步调越来越快，生活节奏越来越紧张，我们总是在赶赶赶，总是在追追追，争时间、争荣誉、争金钱，，，我们得到了很多，也失去了心灵的宁静安逸，我们很难再保持一种平和的心态，象懒猴那样悠然地生活着。
很少有书的正文印在封底上，而Eric把他的最长的一段正文印在了封底！也许他是想提醒我们去思考，人生的最后，到底什么是最重要的。
合上书，看着封底的话，回味无穷。。。。。。
让我们，多拿出些时间，体会心灵的需要，慢慢地细细地让心灵感受生命中大自然中更多的美妙吧！
也教会孩子，这样慢慢地细细地享受生活吧！
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Slowly,
slowly, slowly,
a
sloth crawled along a branch of a tree. |
Slowly,
slowly, slowly,
the
sloth ate a leaf. |
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Slowly,
slowly, slowly,
the
sloth fell asleep. |
Slowly,
slowly, slowly,
the
sloth woke up.
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All
day long the sloth hung upside down in the tree. |
All
night long the sloth hung upside down in the tree. |
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Even
when it rained
the
sloth hung upside down in the tree. |
"Why
are you so slow?"
the
howler monkey asked one day.
But
the sloth didn't answer. |
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"Why
are you so quiet?" the
caiman asked.
But
the sloth didin't answer. |
"Why
are you so boring?"
the
anteater asked.
But
the sloth didn't answer. |
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"Tell
me," said the jaguar,
"why
are you so lazy?"
The
sloth thought
and thought
and thought
for
a long, long, long time. |
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Finally,
the sloth replied. "It
is true that I am slow, quiet and boring. I am lackadaisical,
I dawdle and I dillydally. I
am also unflappable, languid, stoic, impassive, sluggish,
lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back and, well,
slothful! I
am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace. But
I am not lazy." Then
the sloth yawned and said, "That's
just how I am. I
like to do things
slowly,
slowly,
slowly." |
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Why
are we always in a hurry?
Rush.
Rush. Rush.
We
scurry from here and there.
We
play computer games and then--
quick!click!--we
watch TV. We eat fast food.
Everyone
tells us to make it snappy!
Hurry
up! Time is flying! Step on it!
There's
so little time just to be with friends, to watch a sunset or
gaze at a star-filled sky.
Ah,
what we could learn--even if just a little--
from
the gentle sloth who slowly, slowly, slowly crawls along a
branch of a tree,
eats
a little, sleeps a lot, and lives in peace.
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