🔊 It was then that the fox appeared. "Good morning," said the fox.

就在这时,狐狸出现了。"早上好,"狐狸说。

🔊 The little prince turned around but saw nothing. "I am right here," the voice said, "under the apple tree."

小王子转过身来,但什么也没看见。"我在这儿呢,"那个声音说,"在苹果树下。"

🔊 "I cannot play with you," the fox said. "I am not tamed."

"我不能和你玩,"狐狸说,"我还没有被驯服。"

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tamed /teɪmd/

v. 驯服,使顺从

🔊 "Ah! Please excuse me," said the little prince. But, after some thought, he added: "What does that mean—'tame'?"

"啊！请原谅我,"小王子说。但是,想了一会儿后,他补充道:"'驯服'是什么意思？"

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tame /teɪm/

v. 驯服,使顺从

🔊 "You do not live here," said the fox. "What is it that you are looking for?"

"你不是住在这里的,"狐狸说,"你在寻找什么？"

🔊 "I am looking for men," said the little prince. "What does that mean—'tame'?"

"我在寻找人,"小王子说,"'驯服'是什么意思？"

🔊 "Men," said the fox. "They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?"

"人,"狐狸说,"他们有枪,还会打猎。这很烦人。他们也养鸡。这是他们唯一的兴趣。你是在找鸡吗？"

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disturbing /dɪˈstɜːrbɪŋ/

adj. 令人不安的,烦扰的

🔊 "No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean—'tame'?"

"不,"小王子说,"我在寻找朋友。'驯服'是什么意思？"

🔊 "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties."

"这是一件常常被忽略的事,"狐狸说,"意思是建立联系。"

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neglected /nɪˈɡlektɪd/

v. 被忽视的,未被妥善照管的

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establish ties /ɪˈstæblɪʃ taɪz/

phrase. 建立联系,建立关系

🔊 "'To establish ties'?"

"'建立联系'？"

🔊 "Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world... I think that she has tamed me..."

"正是这样,"狐狸说,"对我来说,你还只是一个小男孩,就像其他成千上万个小男孩一样。我不需要你。你也不需要我。对你来说,我也只是一只狐狸,就像其他成千上万只狐狸一样。但是,如果你驯服了我,我们就互相需要了。对我来说,你就是世界上独一无二的了。对你来说,我也是世界上独一无二的了……我想她已经驯服了我……"

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unique /juˈniːk/

adj. 独一无二的,独特的

🔊 "It is possible," said the fox. "On the Earth one sees all sorts of things."

"这是可能的,"狐狸说,"在地球上,人们能看到各种各样的事情。"

🔊 "Oh, but this is not on the Earth!" said the little prince.

"哦,可这不是在地球上！"小王子说。

🔊 The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.

狐狸看起来既困惑又非常好奇。

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perplexed /pərˈplekst/

adj. 困惑的,迷惑不解的

🔊 "On another planet?"

"在另一个星球上？"

🔊 "Are there hunters on that planet?"

"那个星球上有猎人吗？"

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hunters /ˈhʌntərz/

n. 猎人,狩猎者

🔊 "Ah, that is interesting! Are there chickens?"

"啊,那倒有趣！有鸡吗？"

🔊 "Nothing is perfect," sighed the fox.

"没有十全十美的事,"狐狸叹了口气。

🔊 "My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."

"我的生活很单调,"狐狸说,"我捉鸡,人捉我。所有的鸡都一个样,所有的人也都一个样。因此,我感到有点厌烦。但是,如果你驯服了我,我的生活就会充满阳光。我会辨认出一种与众不同的脚步声。其他的脚步声会让我匆匆躲回地底下。而你的脚步声会像音乐一样,把我从洞里召唤出来。还有,你看！看到那边的麦田了吗？我不吃面包。麦子对我来说毫无用处。麦田也不会让我产生任何联想。这很可悲。但是,你有一头金发。想想看,当你驯服了我,那该有多美妙啊！金黄色的麦子会让我想起你。我也会喜欢听风吹过麦田的声音……"

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monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/

adj. 单调乏味的,一成不变的

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in consequence /ɪn ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/

phrase. 因此,结果

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burrow /ˈbɜːrəʊ/

n. （动物挖的）地洞,洞穴

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grain-fields /ˈɡreɪn fiːldz/

n. 谷田,麦田

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yonder /ˈjɒndə(r)/

adv. 在那边,在远处（旧式或文学用语）

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wheat /wiːt/

n. 小麦

🔊 The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.

狐狸久久地凝视着小王子。

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gazed /ɡeɪzd/

v. 凝视,注视

🔊 "Please—tame me!" he said.

"请你——驯服我吧！"他说。

🔊 "I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."

"我很愿意,"小王子回答,"但我没有太多时间。我还要去寻找朋友,还有很多事情要去了解。"

🔊 "One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..."

"人只能了解自己驯服的东西,"狐狸说,"人们再也没有时间去了解任何东西了。他们总是到商店里去买现成的东西。但是世界上没有可以买到友谊的商店,所以人们也就没有朋友了。如果你想要一个朋友,那就驯服我吧……"

🔊 "What must I do, to tame you?" asked the little prince.

"我该怎么做,才能驯服你呢？"小王子问。

🔊 "You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me—like that—in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."

"你必须非常有耐心,"狐狸回答,"首先,你要坐在离我稍远一点的地方——就像那样——坐在草地上。我会用眼角偷偷看你,你什么也不要说。语言是误解的根源。但是,你每天都要坐得离我更近一点……"

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patient /ˈpeɪʃnt/

adj. 有耐心的,能忍耐的

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misunderstandings /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋz/

n. 误解,误会

🔊 The next day the little prince came back.

第二天,小王子又来了。

🔊 "It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you... One must observe the proper rites..."

"你最好在同一个时间来,"狐狸说,"比如说,如果你下午四点钟来,那么从三点钟起,我就开始感到幸福了。时间越临近,我就越感到幸福。到了四点钟的时候,我就会坐立不安,心神不定了。我会让你看到我有多幸福！但是,如果你随便什么时候来,我就不知道在什么时候该准备好我的心情……应当有一定的仪式感……"

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observe /əbˈzɜːrv/

v. 遵守（规则、习俗）；观察

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proper rites /ˈprɒpər raɪts/

phrase. 恰当的仪式,适当的礼节

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

"什么是仪式感？"小王子问。

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rite /raɪt/

n. 仪式,典礼

🔊 "Those also are actions too often neglected," said the fox. "They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day, and I should never have any vacation at all."

"这也是一件常常被忽略的事,"狐狸说,"它使某一天与其他日子不同,使某一时刻与其他时刻不同。比如说,我的那些猎人就有一种仪式感。每个星期四,他们都会和村里的姑娘们跳舞。所以,星期四对我来说就是个美妙的日子！我可以一直散步到葡萄园那边。但如果猎人们随时都可能跳舞,那么每一天都会和其他日子一样,我也就永远没有假期了。"

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vineyards /ˈvɪnjərdz/

n. 葡萄园

🔊 So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near—"Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."

于是,小王子驯服了狐狸。当离别的时刻临近时——"啊,"狐狸说,"我要哭了。"

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departure /dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/

n. 离开,启程

🔊 "It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..."

"这是你的错,"小王子说,"我本来并不想给你带来任何痛苦,可你却要我驯服你……"

🔊 "Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"是的,是这样,"狐狸说。

🔊 "But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince.

"可现在你就要哭了！"小王子说。

🔊 "Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"是的,是这样,"狐狸说。

🔊 "Then it has done you no good at all!"

"那么这对你一点好处也没有！"

🔊 "It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields." And then he added:

"这对我有好处,"狐狸说,"因为麦田的颜色。"接着他又说:

🔊 "Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret."

"再去看看那些玫瑰花吧。你现在就会明白,你的那朵玫瑰花是世界上独一无二的。然后你再回来和我告别,我会送你一个秘密作为礼物。"

🔊 The little prince went away, to look again at the roses.

小王子走开了,又去看那些玫瑰花。

🔊 "You are not at all like my rose," he said. "As yet you are nothing. No one has tamed you, and you have tamed no one. You are like my fox when I first knew him. He was only a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But I have made him my friend, and now he is unique in all the world."

"你们一点也不像我的玫瑰,"他说,"你们现在还什么都不是。没有人驯服过你们,你们也没有驯服过任何人。你们就像我最初认识的那只狐狸一样。那时,他也只是一只和成千上万只狐狸一样的狐狸。但我已经让他成了我的朋友,现在他就是世界上独一无二的了。"

🔊 And the roses were very much embarrassed.

那些玫瑰花听了,感到非常难为情。

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embarrassed /ɪmˈbærəst/

adj. 尴尬的,窘迫的

🔊 "You are beautiful, but you are empty," he went on. "One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you—the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered; because it is she that I have put under the glass globe; because it is she that I have sheltered behind the screen; because it is for her that I have killed the caterpillars (except the two or three that we saved to become butterflies); because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or ever sometimes when she said nothing. Because she is my rose."

"你们很美,但你们是空虚的,"他继续说,"没有人会为你们去死。当然,一个普通的过路人会以为我的玫瑰和你们一模一样——那朵属于我的玫瑰。但是,单是她一朵就比你们全体更重要:因为是我给她浇的水；因为是我把她放在玻璃罩下的；因为是我用屏风把她保护起来的；因为是我为她杀死了毛毛虫（除了留下两三只为了变蝴蝶的）；因为是我倾听过她的抱怨、她的自夸,甚至有时她的沉默。因为她是我的玫瑰。"

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passerby /ˌpɑːsərˈbaɪ/

n. 过路人,行人

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globe /ɡləʊb/

n. 球体；地球仪；此处指玻璃罩

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sheltered /ˈʃeltərd/

v. 遮蔽,保护

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caterpillars /ˈkætəpɪlərz/

n. 毛毛虫（蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫）

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butterflies /ˈbʌtəflaɪz/

n. 蝴蝶

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grumbled /ˈɡrʌmbld/

v. 抱怨,发牢骚

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boasted /bəʊstɪd/

v. 吹嘘,自夸

🔊 And he went back to meet the fox.

然后他又回去找狐狸。

🔊 "Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"再见,"狐狸说,"现在我要告诉你我的秘密,一个非常简单的秘密:只有用心才能看得清。真正重要的东西,用眼睛是看不见的。"

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essential /ɪˈsenʃl/

adj. 本质的,必不可少的

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invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/

adj. 看不见的,隐形的

🔊 "What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

"真正重要的东西,用眼睛是看不见的,"小王子重复着,以便牢牢记住。

🔊 "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."

"正是你为你的玫瑰花费的时间,才使你的玫瑰变得如此重要。"

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wasted /ˈweɪstɪd/

v. 浪费

🔊 "It is the time I have wasted for my rose—" said the little prince, so that he would be sure to remember.

"正是我为我的玫瑰花费的时间……"小王子重复着,以便牢牢记住。

🔊 "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose..."

"人们已经忘记了这个道理,"狐狸说,"但是你不应该忘记它。你要对你驯服过的一切负责到底。你要对你的玫瑰负责……"

🔊

responsible /rɪˈspɒnsəbl/

adj. 有责任的,需负责的

🔊 "I am responsible for my rose," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.

"我要对我的玫瑰负责,"小王子重复着,以便牢牢记住。

Chapter XXI (第二十一章)