🔊 And now six years have already gone by... I have never yet told this story. The companions who met me on my return were well content to see me alive. I was sad, but I told them: 'I am tired.'

如今六年已经过去... 我从未讲述过这个故事。那些在我归来时迎接我的同伴们很高兴看到我还活着。我很悲伤,但我告诉他们:"我累了。"

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companions /kəmˈpænjənz/

n. 同伴；伙伴➕

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content /kənˈtent/

adj. 满意的；满足的➕

🔊 Now my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say—not entirely. But I know that he did go back to his planet, because I did not find his body at daybreak. It was not such a heavy body... and at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bells...

现在我的悲伤稍微得到了一些安慰。也就是说——并非完全。但我知道他确实回到了他的星球,因为我在黎明时没有找到他的身体。那不是一个很重的身体... 晚上,我喜欢倾听星星。那就像五亿个小铃铛...

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sorrow /ˈsɒrəʊ/

n. 悲伤；悲痛➕

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comforted /ˈkʌmfətɪd/

v. 安慰；抚慰（comfort的过去分词）➕

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entirely /ɪnˈtaɪəli/

adv. 完全地；彻底地➕

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daybreak /ˈdeɪbreɪk/

n. 黎明；拂晓➕

🔊 But there is one extraordinary thing... when I drew the muzzle for the little prince, I forgot to add the leather strap to it. He will never have been able to fasten it on his sheep. So now I keep wondering: what is happening on his planet? Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flower...

但有一件不寻常的事... 当我为小王子画嘴套时,我忘了加上皮带。他将永远无法把它系在他的羊身上。所以我现在一直在想:他的星球上发生了什么？也许羊已经吃了那朵花...

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extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːdənri/

adj. 非凡的；特别的➕

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muzzle /ˈmʌzl/

n. (动物的)口套,口络➕

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leather strap /ˈleðə(r) stræp/

n. 皮带；皮革带子➕

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fasten /ˈfɑːsn/

v. 系牢；扣紧➕

🔊 At one time I say to myself: 'Surely not! The little prince shuts his flower under her glass globe every night, and he watches over his sheep very carefully...' Then I am happy. And there is sweetness in the laughter of all the stars.

有时我对自己说:"肯定没有！小王子每晚都把花关在玻璃罩下,而且他非常小心地照看他的羊..." 那时我很开心。所有星星的笑声中都带着甜蜜。

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glass globe /ɡlɑːs ɡləʊb/

n. 玻璃罩；玻璃球➕

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sweetness /ˈswiːtnəs/

n. 甜蜜；甜美➕

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laughter /ˈlɑːftə(r)/

n. 笑声；笑➕

🔊 But at another time I say to myself: 'At some moment or other one is absent-minded, and that is enough! On some one evening he forgot the glass globe, or the sheep got out, without making any noise, in the night...' And then the little bells are changed to tears...

但另一些时候我对自己说:"在某个时刻,人总会心不在焉,这就够了！某个晚上,他忘了玻璃罩,或者羊在夜里悄无声息地跑了出来..." 然后那些小铃铛就变成了眼泪...

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absent-minded /ˌæbsənt ˈmaɪndɪd/

adj. 心不在焉的；健忘的➕

🔊 Here, then, is a great mystery. For you who also love the little prince, and for me, nothing in the universe can be the same if somewhere, we do not know where, a sheep that we never saw has—yes or no?—eaten a rose...

那么,这里有一个巨大的谜团。对于同样爱着小王子的你和我来说,如果某个地方,我们不知道是哪里,一只我们从未见过的羊——是还是不是？——吃掉了一朵玫瑰,那么宇宙中的一切都将不再相同...

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mystery /ˈmɪstri/

n. 谜；神秘的事物➕

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universe /ˈjuːnɪvɜːs/

n. 宇宙；万物➕

🔊 Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the flower? And you will see how everything changes...

仰望天空。问自己:是还是不是？羊吃了花吗？然后你会看到一切如何改变...

🔊 And no grown-up will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!

而没有一个大人会理解这是一件多么重要的事！

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grown-up /ˌɡrəʊn ˈʌp/

n. 成年人➕

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importance /ɪmˈpɔːtns/

n. 重要性；重大➕

🔊 This is, to me, the loveliest and saddest landscape in the world. It is the same as that on the preceding page, but I have drawn it again to impress it on your memory. It is here that the little prince appeared on Earth, and disappeared.

对我来说,这是世界上最美丽也最悲伤的景色。它与前一页相同,但我又画了一遍,以铭记在你的记忆中。就是在这里,小王子出现在地球上,又消失了。

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loveliest /ˈlʌvliɪst/

adj. 最可爱的；最美丽的 (lovely的最高级)➕

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saddest /ˈsædɪst/

adj. 最悲伤的 (sad的最高级)➕

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landscape /ˈlændskeɪp/

n. 风景；景色➕

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preceding /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/

adj. 在前的；前述的➕

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impress /ɪmˈpres/

v. 使铭记；给……留下深刻印象➕

🔊 Look at it carefully so that you will be sure to recognize it in case you travel some day to the African desert. And, if you should come upon this spot, please do not hurry on. Wait for a time, exactly under the star. Then, if a little man appears who laughs, who has golden hair and who refuses to answer questions, you will know who he is. If this should happen, please comfort me. Send me word that he has come back.

仔细看看它,这样万一有一天你去了非洲沙漠,你一定能认出它来。而且,如果你碰巧来到这个地方,请不要匆匆而过。等一会儿,就在那颗星星下。然后,如果有一个笑着的小人出现,他有金色的头发,并且拒绝回答问题,你就会知道他是谁。如果这发生了,请安慰我。捎个信告诉我他回来了。

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recognize /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/

v. 认出；识别➕

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African desert /ˈæfrɪkən ˈdezət/

n. 非洲沙漠➕

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come upon /kʌm əˈpɒn/

phr.v. 偶然遇见；偶然发现➕

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spot /spɒt/

n. 地点；场所➕

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hurry on /ˈhʌri ɒn/

phr.v. 匆忙继续（赶路）➕

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golden hair /ˈɡəʊldən heə(r)/

n. 金发➕

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refuses /rɪˈfjuːzɪz/

v. 拒绝 (refuse的第三人称单数现在时)➕

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comfort /ˈkʌmfət/

v. 安慰；抚慰➕

Chapter twenty-seven (第二十七章)