简介 简介 人类是地球这颗行星上最成功的动物。所谓成功，是指在与其他动物的斗争中取得的成功。在争夺食物或土地的问题上，我们人类战无不胜。我们砍伐树木，修建房屋或工厂，自己种植粮食。其他动物不得不去另找其他的地方生活——如果它们能找着的话。 我们人类战无不胜是因为我们智力发达。我们会思想，会说话，会使用工具，会制造精妙的机器。我们是再聪明不过的动物„„ 也许聪明过头了。也许将来的人们会有不同的想法。蜂鸟（简称蜂儿）是一个生活在公元 22500 年的16 岁姑娘，她住在离地球很远很远的一颗行星上。她喜欢漂亮的衣服，喜欢跳舞，还为自己将嫁给谁而忐忑不安。她从来没有见过树。什么动物啊、鸟啊她从来没有见过。当然，她知道什么是动物，因为在《往事追忆》这本书中有动物的故事。但谁会相信那种老掉牙的故事呢？ 本书的作者，哈里·吉尔伯特，是住在伦敦的一位教师。这是他的第八本书，也是他为学习英语的学生写的第一本 1 You must marry me 1 You must marry me Nothing ever happens on Just Like Home— that'sthe name of the planet I live on． I getso bored！ But tonight was Remembering Night and that's exciting． There'sthe big fire where everybody must put on something that they love and watch itburn． Then there's the dancing round thefire． But what I like best about Remembering Night are theclothes． We usually wear what we like onJust Like Home— but the clothes must havethe name of our name-animal on them． Forexample， I always have theword'Hummingbird'on my clothes， whichmeans my name is Hummingbird— Hummy forshort． Nobody knows what a hummingbird looks like， butwe know what birds are． Birds are animalsthat fly． The Book of Remembering tellsus that． I don't always believe what the Book of Remembering says． Nobody knows who you are on Remembering Night because youwear black clothes that cover you from head to foot， andthere is no name of your name-animal． Youcan only see people's eyes looking out of the eye-holes in th...
