🔊 The sixth planet was ten times larger than the last one. It was inhabited by an old gentleman who wrote voluminous books.

第六颗行星比上一颗大了十倍。上面住着一位撰写巨著的老先生。

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voluminous /vəˈluːmɪnəs/

adj. 浩繁的,多卷的；体积大的

🔊 "Oh, look! Here is an explorer!" he exclaimed to himself when he saw the little prince coming.

"哦,看！来了个探险家！"当他看到小王子走过来时,他自言自语道。

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exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/

v. 惊叫,呼喊（过去式）

🔊 The little prince sat down on the table and panted a little. He had already traveled so much and so far!

小王子在桌子上坐下,喘了口气。他已经旅行了这么久、这么远！

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panted /pæntɪd/

v. 喘气,喘息（过去式）

🔊 "I am a geographer," said the old gentleman.

"我是一位地理学家,"老先生说。

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geographer /dʒiˈɒɡrəfə(r)/

n. 地理学家

🔊 "What is a geographer?" asked the little prince.

"地理学家是什么？" 小王子问道。

🔊 "A geographer is a scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts."

"地理学家是一位知道所有海洋、河流、城镇、山脉和沙漠位置的学者。"

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scholar /ˈskɒlə(r)/

n. 学者

🔊 "That is very interesting," said the little prince. "Here at last is a man who has a real profession!" And he cast a look around him at the planet of the geographer. It was the most magnificent and stately planet that he had ever seen.

"这真有趣," 小王子说。"终于遇到一个有真正职业的人了！"他环顾了一下地理学家的行星。那是他见过的最宏伟、最庄严的行星。

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profession /prəˈfeʃn/

n. 职业（尤指需要专门训练或高等教育的）

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magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt/

adj. 宏伟的,壮丽的,极好的

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stately /ˈsteɪtli/

adj. 庄严的,宏伟的,高贵的

🔊 "Your planet is very beautiful," he said. "Has it any oceans?"

"你的行星很美,"他说。"它有海洋吗？"

🔊 "I couldn't tell you," said the geographer.

"我说不上来," 地理学家说。

🔊 "Ah!" The little prince was disappointed. "And mountains?"

"啊！" 小王子失望了。"那山脉呢？"

🔊 "I couldn't tell you," said the geographer. "And towns, and rivers, and deserts?"

"我说不上来," 地理学家说。"城镇、河流和沙漠呢？"

🔊 "I couldn't tell you that, either."

"那些我也说不上来。"

🔊 "But you are a geographer!"

"可你是个地理学家啊！"

🔊 "Exactly," the geographer said. "But I am not an explorer. I haven't a single explorer on my planet. It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts. The geographer is much too important to go loafing about. He does not leave his desk. But he receives the explorers in his study. He asks them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels. And if the recollections of any one among them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer's moral character."

"没错," 地理学家说。"但我不是探险家。我的行星上一个探险家都没有。地理学家不会亲自出去数城镇、河流、山脉、海洋和沙漠。地理学家太重要了,不能到处闲逛。他从不离开书桌。但他在书房里接待探险家。他问他们问题,并记下他们回忆的旅行见闻。如果其中某个人的回忆让他觉得有趣,地理学家就会下令调查那个探险家的道德品质。"

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loafing about /ˈləʊfɪŋ əˈbaʊt/

v. phrase. 闲逛,游手好闲

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recollections /ˌrekəˈlekʃnz/

n. 回忆,记忆（复数）

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inquiry /ɪnˈkwaɪəri/

n. 调查,探究

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moral character /ˈmɒrəl ˈkærəktə(r)/

n. phrase. 道德品质,品德