關于蘇斯博士的一切

Theodor Seuss Geisel， better known to the world as the beloved Dr. Seuss， was born in 1904 in Springfield， Massachusetts. Geisel’s father， Theodor Robert， and grandfather were 1）brewmasters in the city. His mother， Henrietta Seuss Geisel， often 2）soothed her children to sleep by repeating 3）rhymes remembered from her youth. Geisel 4）credited his mother to be his first 5）inspiration.

Although the onset of World War I and Prohibition注6）presented both 7）financial and social challenges for the German 8）immigrants， the family managed to make it through， providing the young Geisel and his sister，Marnie， with happy childhoods.

His childhood in Springfield inspired some of his work， such as Horton the Elephant walking along streams in the Jungle of Nool， which mirror the waterways of the town.

Geisel left Springfield as a teenager to attend Dartmouth College， where he became 9）editor-in-chief of the Jack-O-Lantern， Dartmouth’s humor magazine. His time as editor ended sooner than expected， however， when Geisel and his friends were caught throwing a drinking party， which was against the prohibition laws and school 10）policy， but he continued to 11）contribute to the magazine， signing his work “Seuss，” which was both Geisel’s middle name and his mother’s 12）maiden name.

To please his father， who wanted him to be a college professor， Geisel went on to Oxford University in England after graduation. However， his 13）academic studies bored him， and he decided to tour Europe instead. Oxford did provide him the opportunity to meet a classmate， Helen Palmer， who encouraged him to become a professional 14）illustrator and became his first wife.

After returning to the United States， Geisel began to 15）pursue a career as a cartoonist. The Saturday Evening Post and other publications 16）featured some of his early pieces， but most of Geisel’s activity during his early career was devoted to creating advertisements for Standard Oil， which he did for more than 15 years.

During World War II， Geisel turned his focus towards 17）political cartoons. He drew more than 400 cartoons for New York’s daily newspaper， PM. In 1943， Geisel 18）enrolled in the US army as 19）commander of the Animation 20）Department. There he made 21）a series of army training films. His work with the First Motion Picture Unit of the US Army introduced him to the art of animation.

While Geisel was continuing to contribute to Life， Vanity Fair， Judge and other magazines， Viking Press offered him a 22）contract to illustrate a collection of children’s sayings called Boners. Although the book was not a 23）commercial success， the illustrations received great reviews， providing Geisel with his first “big break” into children’s 24）literature. However， getting the first book published that he both wrote and illustrated， And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street， required a great degree of 25）persistence—it was rejected 27 times before being published by Vanguard Press.

In 1954， Geisel was 26）approached by William Ellsworth Spaulding， the director of the education 27）division at Houghton Mifflin， to write a book using only 250 words which William thought were important for first grade students to learn. The idea was inspired by a report published in Life magazine， which said that children were unable to learn reading because their books were boring. Geisel， using 236 words， completed The Cat in the Hat—a perfect 28）blend of Geisel’s 29）verse rhythms， drawing skills and imaginative power. This book along with others written for your young children， were a huge success both on a national and international level.

After Geisel’s first wife died in 1967， he married Audrey Stone Dimond， who not only 30）influenced his later books， but guards his 31）legacy as the 32）president of Dr. Seuss 33）Enterprises.

At the time of his death on September 24th， 1991， Geisel wrote over 60 books. Though most were published under his well-known 34）pseudonym， Dr. Seuss， he also 35）authored over a dozen books as Theo LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone. His books have topped many bestseller lists， sold over 600 million copies， and been 36）translated into more than 20 languages.

西奧多·蘇斯·蓋澤爾——即眾所周知、廣受愛戴的蘇斯博士，于1904年出生于（美國）馬薩諸塞州斯普林菲爾德市。蓋澤爾的父親西奧多·羅伯特和祖父都是市里的釀酒師。他的母親漢麗埃塔·蘇斯·蓋澤爾常常哼著童年記憶中的歌謠哄孩子們睡覺。蓋澤爾將他最初的靈感歸功于他的母親。

第一次世界大戰的爆發和禁酒令使這個德國移民家庭陷入了經濟和社會困境，不過，蓋澤爾一家設法渡過了難關，使年少的蓋澤爾和他的妹妹瑪妮得以擁有快樂的童年。

在斯普林菲爾德度過的童年成為蓋澤爾一些作品的靈感來源，比如大象霍頓走在怒爾叢林的小溪邊，這些小溪便是斯普林菲爾德河流的化身。

十幾歲時，蓋澤爾離開斯普林菲爾德，入讀（美國）達特茅斯學院。其間他曾擔任該校幽默雜志《杰克南瓜燈》的主編。但是，由于他和朋友們舉行飲酒派對，違反了禁酒令和校規，因而他的主編生涯不得不提前結束，但他繼續為該雜志投稿。他在作品上的署名為“蘇斯博士”，這是蓋澤爾的中間名，也是他母親的娘家姓。

蓋澤爾的父親希望他成為一名大學教授。為了取悅父親，他在大學畢業后繼續到英國牛津大學深造。然而，厭倦學術研究的他決定放棄學業，游歷歐洲。但在牛津大學讀書的經歷也不是一無是處，它的確為蓋澤爾帶來了一個機緣，讓他遇見了同學海倫·帕爾默。她鼓勵蓋澤爾成為一名職業插畫師，后來更成為了蓋澤爾的第一任妻子。……