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一起读《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 22
- "Good morning," said the railway switchman.
railway switchman 铁路扳道工
- "Not even the locomotive engineer knows that," said the switchman.
locomotive 机车；火车头
- And a second brilliantly lighted express thundered by, in the opposite direction.
brilliantly （光线等）明亮地，夺目地，灿烂地
- "Are they pursuing the first travellers?" demanded the little prince.
pursue 寻求；追求
- Only the children are flattening their noses against the windowpanes.
flatten 使紧贴。flatten ... against sth 是常见搭配
windowpane 窗玻璃
- They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them;
rag doll 布娃娃；碎布制玩偶
