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

就在那時,狐狸出現了。"早安,"狐狸說。

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

小王子轉過身,但什麼也沒看見。"我在這裡,"那聲音說,"在蘋果樹下。"

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

"我不能和你玩,"狐狸說。"我還沒有被馴服。"

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tamed /teɪmd/

v. (adj.). 被馴服的；被馴養的

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

"啊！請原諒我,"小王子說。但,想了一會兒後,他補充道:"『馴服』是什麼意思？"

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tame /teɪm/

v. 馴服,使順從

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

"你不是這裡的居民,"狐狸說。"你在尋找什麼？"

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

"我在尋找人類,"小王子說。"『馴服』是什麼意思？"

🔊 "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?"

"人類,"狐狸說。"他們有槍,還會打獵。這很煩人。他們也養雞。這是他們唯一的興趣。你在找雞嗎？"

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disturbing /dɪˈstɜːbɪŋ/

adj. 令人不安的,煩擾的

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

"不,"小王子說。"我在尋找朋友。『馴服』是什麼意思？"

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

"這是一種經常被忽略的行為,"狐狸說。"意思是建立聯繫。"

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neglected /nɪˈɡlektɪd/

v. (adj.). 被忽視的,被忽略的

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establish ties /ɪˈstæblɪʃ taɪz/

v. phrase. 建立聯繫,建立關係

🔊 "'To establish ties'?"

"『建立聯繫』？"

🔊 "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..."

"正是如此,"狐狸說。"對我而言,你不過是個和其他成千上萬個小男孩一樣的小男孩。我不需要你。而你,也不需要我。對你來說,我不過是隻和其他成千上萬隻狐狸一樣的狐狸。但如果你馴服了我,我們就會彼此需要。對我而言,你將是世界上獨一無二的。對你而言,我也將是世界上獨一無二的……我想她已經馴服了我……"

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unique /juːˈniːk/

adj. 獨一無二的,獨特的

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

"有可能,"狐狸說。"在地球上,什麼事都可能見到。"

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

"噢,但這不是發生在地球上！"小王子說。

🔊 The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.

狐狸看起來很困惑,也非常好奇。

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perplexed /pəˈplekst/

adj. 困惑的,茫然的

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curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/

adj. 好奇的,有求知慾的

🔊 "On another planet?"

"在另一個星球上？"

🔊 "Are there hunters on that planet?"

"那個星球上有獵人嗎？"

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hunters /ˈhʌntəz/

n. 獵人,狩獵者

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

"啊,那真有趣！有雞嗎？"

🔊 "Nothing is perfect," sighed the fox.

"沒有什麼是完美的,"狐狸嘆了口氣。

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perfect /ˈpɜːfɪkt/

adj. 完美的,無瑕的

🔊 "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..."

"我的生活非常單調,"狐狸說。"我獵雞；人類獵我。所有的雞都一個樣,所有的人類也都一個樣。因此,我有點厭倦了。但如果你馴服了我,我的生活就會像充滿了陽光。我將能辨認出一種與眾不同的腳步聲。其他的腳步聲會讓我匆忙鑽回地底。你的腳步聲卻會像音樂一樣,把我從洞穴裡召喚出來。然後你看:看到那邊的麥田了嗎？我不吃麵包。麥子對我毫無用處。麥田對我沒有任何意義。這很可悲。但你有著金黃色的頭髮。想想看,當你馴服了我,那會有多美妙！同樣金黃色的麥穗,會讓我想起你。我會愛上傾聽風吹過麥田的聲音……"

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monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/

adj. 單調乏味的,一成不變的

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consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/

n. 結果,後果

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bored /bɔːd/

adj. 感到無聊的,厭煩的

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burrow /ˈbʌrəʊ/

n. （動物挖的）地洞,洞穴

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grain-fields /ˈɡreɪn fiːldz/

n. 穀物田,麥田

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yonder /ˈjɒndə(r)/

adv. 在那邊,在遠處（古語或文學用語）

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wheat /wiːt/

n. 小麥

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

狐狸凝視著小王子,凝視了很久。

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gazed /ɡeɪzd/

v. 凝視,注視

🔊 "Please—tame me!" he said.

"請你——馴服我吧！"他說。

🔊 "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."

"我很想,非常想,"小王子回答。"但我沒有太多時間。我要去尋找朋友,還有很多事情要了解。"

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discover /dɪˈskʌvə(r)/

v. 發現,發覺

🔊 "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..."

"人只有對自己馴服了的東西才會真正理解,"狐狸說。"人類再也沒有時間去了解任何東西了。他們在商店裡買現成的東西。但哪裡都沒有販賣友誼的商店,所以人類再也沒有朋友了。如果你想要一個朋友,就馴服我吧……"

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

"我該怎麼做,才能馴服你呢？"小王子問。

🔊 "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..."

"你必須非常有耐心,"狐狸回答。"首先,你要坐在離我稍遠一點的地方——像那樣——在草地上。我會用眼角餘光看著你,而你什麼話也不要說。言語是誤解的根源。但你每天都可以坐得離我更近一點……"

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patient /ˈpeɪʃnt/

adj. 有耐心的,能忍耐的

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misunderstandings /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋz/

n. 誤解,誤會

🔊 The next day the little prince came back.

第二天,小王子回來了。

🔊 "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..."

"最好能在同一個時間來,"狐狸說。"比如說,如果你下午四點鐘來,那麼從三點鐘起,我就會開始感到快樂。時間越接近,我就會越快樂。到了四點鐘,我就會開始坐立不安、焦慮起來。我會讓你看到我有多快樂！但如果你隨便什麼時候來,我就永遠不知道該在什麼時候準備好迎接你的心情……我們必須遵守適當的儀式……"

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observe /əbˈzɜːv/

v. 遵守（規則、習俗）；觀察

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proper rites /ˈprɒpə raɪts/

n. phrase. 適當的儀式,恰當的禮節

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

"什麼是儀式？"小王子問。

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rite /raɪt/

n. 儀式,典禮

🔊 "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."

"那也是一種經常被忽略的行為,"狐狸說。"儀式能讓某一天與其他日子不同,讓某一時刻與其他時刻不同。舉例來說,我的獵人們就有一種儀式。每個星期四,他們會和村裡的姑娘們跳舞。所以星期四對我來說是個美妙的日子！我可以一直散步到葡萄園那邊。但如果獵人們隨時都在跳舞,那麼每一天都會和其他日子一樣,我就永遠沒有假期了。"

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vineyards /ˈvɪnjədz/

n. 葡萄園

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vacation /vəˈkeɪʃn/

n. 假期,休假

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

於是,小王子馴服了狐狸。當離別的時刻臨近時——"啊,"狐狸說,"我會哭的。"

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departure /dɪˈpɑːtʃə(r)/

n. 離開,出發

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

"這是你自己的錯,"小王子說。"我從來沒想過要傷害你；但你想讓我馴服你……"

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fault /fɔːlt/

n. 過錯,責任

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harm /hɑːm/

n. 傷害,損害

🔊 "Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"是的,是這樣,"狐狸說。

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

"但現在你卻要哭了！"小王子說。

🔊 "Yes, that is so," said the fox.

"是的,是這樣,"狐狸說。

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

"那麼馴服你對你一點好處也沒有！"

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

"它對我有好處,"狐狸說,"因為麥田的顏色。"接著他又補充道:

🔊 "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。你會明白,你的那朵玫瑰是世界上獨一無二的。然後你再回來跟我道別,我會送你一個秘密當作禮物。"

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present /ˈpreznt/

n. 禮物

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secret /ˈsiːkrət/

n. 秘密,奧秘

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

小王子離開了,再次去看那些玫瑰花。

🔊 "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."

"你們一點也不像我的玫瑰,"他說。"到目前為止,你們什麼也不是。沒有人馴服過你們,你們也沒有馴服過任何人。你們就像我最初認識的那隻狐狸。那時的他,不過是隻和其他成千上萬隻狐狸一樣的狐狸。但我讓他成了我的朋友,現在他是世界上獨一無二的了。"

🔊 And the roses were very much embarrassed.

玫瑰花們感到非常尷尬。

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embarrassed /ɪmˈbærəst/

adj. 尷尬的,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."

"你們很美,但你們是空虛的,"他繼續說道。"沒有人會為你們而死。當然,一個普通的過路人會以為我的玫瑰和你們很像——那朵屬於我的玫瑰。但單單她一朵,就比你們所有玫瑰花加起來還要重要:因為是我為她澆水；因為是我把她放在玻璃罩下；因為是我用屏風保護她；因為是我為她殺死了毛毛蟲（除了我們留著變成蝴蝶的那兩三隻）；因為當她抱怨、或自誇、甚至有時什麼也不說時,是我在傾聽她。因為她是我的玫瑰。"

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passerby /ˌpɑːsəˈbaɪ/

n. 過路人,行人

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globe /ɡləʊb/

n. 球體；地球儀；玻璃罩

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sheltered /ˈʃeltəd/

v. (adj.). 被遮蔽的；受保護的

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caterpillars /ˈkætəpɪləz/

n. 毛毛蟲（蝴蝶或蛾的幼蟲）

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butterflies /ˈbʌtəflaɪz/

n. 蝴蝶

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grumbled /ˈɡrʌmbld/

v. 抱怨,發牢騷

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boasted /bəʊstɪd/

v. 自誇,吹噓

🔊 And he went back to meet the fox.

於是他回去見狐狸。

🔊 "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."

"再見了,"狐狸說。"現在,這就是我的秘密,一個非常簡單的秘密:只有用心才能看得清楚；真正重要的東西,用眼睛是看不見的。"

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essential /ɪˈsenʃl/

adj. 必要的,本質的,最重要的

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invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəbl/

adj. 看不見的,隱形的

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

"真正重要的東西,用眼睛是看不見的,"小王子重複著,以便牢牢記住。

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

"正是你為你的玫瑰所花費的時間,使你的玫瑰變得如此重要。"

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wasted /ˈweɪstɪd/

v. (adj.). 浪費了的；被虛度的

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

"正是我為我的玫瑰所花費的時間——"小王子說,以便牢牢記住。

🔊 "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..."

"人類已經忘記了這個真理,"狐狸說。"但你不該忘記。你對你所馴服的一切,永遠負有責任。你要對你的玫瑰負責……"

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truth /truːθ/

n. 真理,事實,真相

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responsible /rɪˈspɒnsəbl/

adj. 負有責任的,需承擔責任的

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

"我要對我的玫瑰負責,"小王子重複著,以便牢牢記住。

Chapter XXI (第二十一章)