The woman in the stamp was Rachel Carson，a great writer as well as an environmentalist.
In 1941，a local press published Carson's first book Under the Sea Wind but it was sold poorly.In 1951，her second book The Sea Around Us came out.（1）It succeeded and was chosen as the best book of the month.
During the early 1950s，DDT （a chemical that kills insects） was widely used by farmers.（2）It made animals who ate the dead insects sick，and some of them even died.Carson was worried，so she did lots of researches and（3）她发现DDT可能会对人类和环境有害。She tried to tell people the bad effects of overusing the chemicals.（4）Besides，she decided to write her next book to call on more people to notice the situation.
Silent Spring is the first book to spread her ideas on environmental problems into over 500 thousand US homes.（5）这本书于1962年出版，并很快流行起来。By 1970，even President Nixon had come around her point of view and set up the US Environmental Protection Agency （机构）.
（1）它很成功，并被评选为当月最佳书籍。它很成功，并被评选为当月最佳书籍。
（2）它能让吃了死昆虫（尸体）的动物生病。它能让吃了死昆虫（尸体）的动物生病。
（3）she found DDT would be harmful to humans and the environment.she found DDT would be harmful to humans and the environment.
（4）此外，她决定写她的下一本书，呼吁更多的人注意到这种情况。此外，她决定写她的下一本书，呼吁更多的人注意到这种情况。
（5）The book came out in 1962 and soon became popular.The book came out in 1962 and soon became popular.
【答案】它很成功，并被评选为当月最佳书籍。；它能让吃了死昆虫（尸体）的动物生病。；she found DDT would be harmful to humans and the environment.；此外，她决定写她的下一本书，呼吁更多的人注意到这种情况。；The book came out in 1962 and soon became popular.
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